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So far, Leaston has been used for grazing and feeding 

 commercial stock, but if necessary it can form a 

 very good summer outlet for the Shorthorn heifers. 

 Hitherto Mr Henderson has had no difficulty in dis- 

 posing of his surplus heifers privately. His best have 

 gone mainly to the Argentine and the United States, 

 He has a herdsman of great experience and enthusiasm 

 in John Mackie, a born judge of a Shorthorn. 



LONGNIDDRY. 



The farm of Longniddry is pleasantly situated on 

 the shores of the Firth of Forth, about thirteen miles 

 east of Edinburgh. In recent years its acreage has 

 been cut down for building schemes, the erection of 

 a sugar-beet factory, and other developments. The 

 farm has now an extent of fully 370 acres, and 

 Mr James Shields, the present holder, has 35 acres 

 of grazings in the policies of Gosford House, the 

 residence of the proprietor, the Earl of Wemyss. 

 It was to Longniddry that the late Mr Shields 

 came in 1904, after making over his interests in 

 Dolphingstone to his son, Mr George Bertram 

 Shields. Longniddry soil is a sharp sandy loam, 

 admirably adapted for general cropping, and with 

 a special reputation for potatoes and grain, in both 

 of which a good seed trade has been established. 

 The steading is an excellent one, with a roomy 

 airy byre, and some very good out-and-in boxes for 

 bulls, and it has the great advantage of being only 

 a quarter of a mile from the railway siding. The 



