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instruction which his lordship gave to his local agent, 

 Mr John Scrimgeour. How skilfully and faithfully 

 Mr Scrimgeour acted all Scottish breeders know. 

 Five cows were bought in 1905 and two heifers in 

 1906 from the Moness, Pirriesmill, Stoneytown, and 

 Ballechin herds, one of the cows being the Meg 

 Merrilies, Lady Maud of Rettie descent, which cost 

 180 gs. the top price of that season at Stoneytown. 

 At the Perth sales of 1906 the handsome red first- 

 prize Westerton - bred Diamond Earl (98,591) was 

 acquired at 700 gs. At the dispersion of the late 

 Mr Francis Simmers' herd at Whiteside in 1908 the 

 excellent cow Mary Ann of Lancaster 13th was 

 bought. Since that time a well-bred female animal 

 has been bought every year. All the time the best 

 home-bred heifers have been added to the herd, the 

 result being a high-class collection of about twenty- 

 five breeding cows. The sixteenth Earl died in 1909, 

 and was succeeded by his brother, the present Earl, 

 who wisely decided to keep the herd going. 



Lady Maud, which is still alive (1919), has been a 

 grand breeder. Her yearling bull Doune Diamond by 

 Diamond Earl was second in the young class at Perth 

 in 1908, and was sold for 150 gs. A full brother was 

 third in the junior class the following year, and was 

 bought by Mr Wm. Finlayson, Throsk, who took 

 third with him at the Stirling Highland. Doune 

 Maud, calved in 1909, and also by Diamond Earl, was 

 very highly commended at the Inverness Highland in 

 1911. Doune Marquis, a handsome blood-red calf of 

 great substance by the Saphock Proud Warrior 



