290 SHORTHORNS 



(132,041) by Esmond (111,713), out of Rose Lyne- 

 doch by Lord Lynedoch (74,900); and Balthayock 

 Eamsden (140,699), Mr Wylie Hill's very pretty roan 

 third-prize winner in the Perth March class, 1918, 

 sire Collynie Golden Star (130,289), dam Lady 

 Ramsden by the former Millhills stock bull Proud 

 Favourite (84,420). In recent years the buildings at 

 Strowan Home Farm have been very much improved, 

 and they are now at once airy, comfortable, and 

 convenient. The young stock always do well in 

 their winter quarters. 



Much of the success of the herd during the last 

 quarter of a century has been due to the watchful 

 care exercised by the faithful old manager, Mr Alex- 

 ander Stewart, who has been at Strowan since 1882, 

 and in full charge of the home farm since 1896. 



SWINNIE. 



On breezy Swinnie, near Jedburgh, with a Black- 

 face sheep - run beyond the arable grounds, Mr 

 Richard Davidson, a true Borderer, and keen sports- 

 man in his younger days, has bred Shorthorns since 

 1876, the year in which Mr Nicol Milne, Faldonside, 

 died. Mr Davidson then bought Prince Regent Prin- 

 cess, a representative of Mr Milne's Princess family. 

 She was an excellent milker and grand breeder. In 

 1878 he bought a Dry hope Moss Rose, and in 1889 

 he added to his growing herd a first-class milker and 

 breeder in Princess Beatrice 6th, from the late Mr 

 John Thompson, Baillieknowe, Kelso. Mr Davidson 



