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home farm, fully 236 acres at lower-lying Dalpatrick, 

 and in addition, 100 acres rented from the Inner- 

 pefiray estates. The pure-bred herd has thus ample 

 bounds. At Dalpatrick some very fine commercial 

 animals have been bred and fed, but latterly the farm 

 has been more used as grazing ground and wintering 

 quarters for the younger portion of the increasing 

 pure-bred stock. On the upper section of land at 

 Millhills, a sharp loam over a gravelly subsoil prevails 

 for the most part, and some of it tends to scorch in 

 course of a dry summer ; but towards the valley at 

 Dalpatrick the soil is deeper and of more substance. 

 High-farming has put the whole of the lands into 

 first-class cropping and grazing order, and the pro- 

 duce is of excellent feeding quality. The pretty 

 steading at Millhills was of course originally in- 

 tended for a smaller herd than the one now in 

 possession, but in recent years there have been 

 some ingenious rearrangements, with the result that 

 every justice is done to stock in comfort and fresh 

 air. Dalpatrick has one of the best steadings in the 

 country. 



Mr Stewart's first Shorthorn was a Carnation, bred 

 by the late Mr Alexander Robertson, Ballechin. A 

 little later, in September 1897, he attended the 

 Dalmeny sale and bought the Collynie-bred Veronica 

 2nd of the Violette family. Then came a Julia or 

 Dairymaid from Beaufort Castle, and Lady 22nd 

 from Balnakyle. The Dairymaid, a beautiful red 

 heifer by Royal Star, was very successfully shown, 

 and she proved a fine breeder. Lady 22nd, a hand- 



