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her daughters, a white and a dark roan, were sold 

 at 300 gs. each to Mr Donald M'Dougall, Dall, Killin, 

 and Mr Jolliffe. Lavender 69th by the Cromleybank 

 Admiral (123,793) was secured at the same time from 

 Mr George Walker, Tillygreig. She has done re- 

 markably well. Lavender Star, her red bull calf of 

 1918, was sold to Mr Bowden, Dublin, for 410 gs. 

 Three families of the Sittyton Butterfly foundation 

 were acquired at the late Mr George Murison's sale, 

 near Stonehaven, in 1916, and one of these, Butterfly 

 Rose by Beaufort Count (114,249), is now in the 

 herd. She is a fine breeder. Butterfly Star, her dark 

 roan bull calf of 1918, was third in a class of 150 

 at Perth in 1919, and was sold for 420 gs. From 

 Mr Wylie Hill in 1916 there was bought the 

 massive roan cow Victoria 71st by Scottish Regent 

 (93,373), and at Moness she bred three heifer calves. 

 One of these, Victoria 73rd, a red by Collynie Violet 

 Star, was sold in 1919 to Mr William McAllister for 

 1000. 



The Messrs Munro's latest selection is what is 

 believed to be the only straight - bred Alexandrina 

 in this country. She was bred by the late 

 Lord Calthorpe, and is by the noted Collynie bull 

 Lavender Royal (86,380) ; her dam being Alexandrina 

 30th, the second highest priced female animal at the 

 Uppermill dispersal sale of 1905. 



The high - class bulls used by the Messrs Munro 

 have been referred to in passing. Collynie Royal 

 Duke (141,715), the sire of the present crops of young 

 bulls and heifers, is a massive, level-fleshed, beauti- 



