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heifer calf. At the Uppermill dispersion in 1915 he 

 selected the handsome young red cow Scotch Beauty 

 10th of the noted Kilblean Beauty family, and by the 

 great stock bull Royal Leader (103,727). She was in 

 calf to Prince Palatine (117,061), and the result was 

 an excellent heifer calf. In 1915, also, he acquired a 

 very good Bessie heifer from Mill of Wartle, and 

 Butterfly Queen 7th from Woodend. Clipper Fancy, 

 a pretty white, was bought from Heatherwick the 

 following year. At the dispersion of the stock owned 

 by the representatives of the late Mr John Gordon, 

 in 1918, Mr Henderson secured one of the greatly- 

 admired Secrets in the white heifer Cullisse Symmetry, 

 and he also took a Brawith Bud. 



The first bull used in the Lawton herd was 

 Boquhan Champion (104,838), a Clara by Proud 

 Monarch (92,961), dam by Orton (79,509), gran- 

 dam by Archer Royal (71,943). Boquhan Champion 

 was retained five years. Much of the success of the 

 herd is due to that bull. His females were of a 

 uniformly high -class order, fine milkers, and of a 

 distinct type. The Rosehaugh - bred Rosemere 

 (122,530) was then used to a limited extent, and 

 he left some very good heifers. A bull which had a 

 striking influence on the herd was selected in 1913. 

 That was the red Dunglass Chieftain (115,188), which 

 was kept for six years. As a sire of females that bull 

 was one of the best of his time. He left beautiful 

 heads, smooth mellow-touching frames, and he backed 

 the Boquhan bull on the milking side, while his colours 

 always ran to rich roans and reds. He was by the 



