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for Dalmeny was Keir Belle, a roan heifer bought in 

 1909, and still a regular breeder. It is somewhat 

 singular that this cow and her daughters have so far 

 produced only heifer calves. There is no better family 

 in the herd than the Marigold. From Mr George Yeitch 

 in 1910 a most fortunate purchase was made in the 

 roan cow Princess Marigold by Prince Edgar (100,036). 

 At ten years old her breeding record is 5 heifers and 

 3 bulls, Mated with Collynie Grand Duke, she pro- 

 duced the blood-red 3000-gs. bull Lothian Mario, 

 which did so well in Colonel Johnston's herd at 

 Linksfield, Elgin. Lothian Marquis, her calf in 1917, 

 is proving an impressive sire in the Wester Lovat 

 herd. Put to the home-bred Fairy Gold (115,355), 

 Princess Marigold calved Lothian Martha, a beautiful 

 red heifer, and that heifer when only turned two years 

 old bred to Collynie Grand Duke the dark roan bull 

 Lothian Marksman, which led the Perth February 

 class in 1919, and was sold for 3100 gs. to Mr A. J. 

 Marshall. So far, no heifers of the Marigold family 

 have been offered from the herd. 



The noted white Lavender Iris 2nd, now seventeen 

 years old, was taken out at the Elvetham dispersion 

 sale in 1911. Four of her progeny are in the herd, 

 a specially prized one being a dark roan three-year-old 

 heifer by Collynie Grand Duke. The Nonpareil family 

 is well represented at Dalmeny. Gartly Nonpareil 

 Countess, bred as her name indicates on a well-known 

 Aberdeenshire farm and by County General (111,407), 

 came south in 1914, and she has three daughters 

 in the herd. Of the fine Goldie family, so highly 



