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Wanderer (101,295), which was from a dam by the 

 Collynie Silver Mint (79,968). She was consequently 

 of the same line of breeding as Lothian Augustus 

 (116,354). Her first calf at Orchard was a bull, but 

 before she came round to her second calving she was 

 ditched and drowned. Other purchases made by Mr 

 Finlayson included Polmaise Juliet, a red Dairymaid 

 heifer bred by Major Murray, and by Dalrannoch 

 Archer (94,822) ; Fairy Queen 5th, an old Queen of 

 Rothes cow bred at Rhynie and sired by Ringleader's 

 Heir (67,739); and Duchess Broadhooks llth, a 

 beautiful roan heifer from Throsk, and by Doune 

 Diamond 2nd (105,288), out of Duchess Broadhooks 

 4th by Lavender Fancy (89,047). 



Polmaise Juliet did fairly well as a breeder. The 

 Queen of Rothes bred until she was over eighteen 

 years old, her produce at Orchard being two heifers 

 and three bulls. One of the heifer calves, a dark roan 

 by Doune Goldsmith (111,559), was sold to Mr W. T. 

 Malcolm. The Broadhooks has proved a grand 

 breeder. She has produced seven heifer calves and 

 one bull. With the exception of a Lady Dorothy 

 heifer calf, Mr Finlayson's Shorthorns are now con- 

 fined to the old Broadhooks cow and three of her 

 daughters all first-class animals. The Lady Doro- 

 thy, a dark roan by Flight Lieutenant, a grandson 

 of the Naemoor Edgcote Masterpiece, was bred by 

 Mr H. O. Ritchie, Netherley, Stonehaven. 



Orchard is a typical Forth-side holding of about 

 200 acres, of which 30 are on an island in the river. 

 Rising ground and mixed woodlands shelter it from 



