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transaction of its order. The lot include four Princess 

 Royals, four Rosebuds, and one or more representatives 

 of the Uppermill Missie, Roan Lady, and Maude 

 families ; also members of such high-class lines as the 

 Orange Blossom, Eliza, Augusta, Broadhooks, Queen 

 of Rothes, Nonpareil, Lady Dorothy, Blythesome, and 

 Beauty. Along with the female animals two bulls 

 were taken over. These were the great six-year-old 

 Quartermaster (132,925), bred by Mr J. Duthie 

 Webster and full brother to Mr Wm. Duthie's Master- 

 stroke (126,820); and the yearling Collynie Chal- 

 lenger, a red Lady Dorothy by Crusader (130,468). 



The vigorous tenant of Congalton has substantial 

 farm buildings, which were not originally planned for 

 a Shorthorn herd. They have been considerably im- 

 proved for more recent developments. For the rest he 

 has a beautiful residence and picturesque surroundings. 



CORSTON. 



Most of the poor land in Strathmore lies along the 

 trough of the valley. Parts of it might not have 

 satisfied the Wise Man who summed up his aspira- 

 tions modestly in " Give me neither poverty nor 

 riches." The western fields on the world-famous 

 farm of Corston, not far from the Sidlaws, are well 

 up towards the slopes, but they are naturally poor. 

 After two or three years in grass they tend to revert 

 to bent (Agrostis) and crested dog's-tail ; with a little 

 more time they would renew their old acquaintance 

 with whins and broom. More than half a century of 



