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has sold a good many heifers of the family for the 

 Argentine. At Messrs Bain's dispersion sale in 1904 

 he took out a good-looking cow in Bright Pearl, but 

 he did nob keep her long. Attending the Messrs 

 Law's Mains of Sanquhar sale the same year, he 

 bought Graceful Maid, but she and her progeny 

 were sold off in course of a few seasons. He then 

 settled down to breed the Faldonside Princess, Dry- 

 hope Moss Roses, and the Baillieknowe Princess Bea- 

 trice families. In his view of things, a Shorthorn cow 

 ought to be a kindly feeder, a good milker, and a 

 hardy animal. 



Mr Davidson was induced to show a heifer at the 

 Border Union in 1906. She took a first prize. That 

 was the only occasion on which he exhibited a female 

 animal. He has shown his stock bulls at odd times. 

 At the Border Union in 1906 he took first and the 

 Shorthorn Society's 10 premium with Violet's Pride 

 (93,761), bred by the Messrs Napier, Dallachy ; and 

 in 1914 he had the same distinction, and also the 

 Challenge Cup, with Bellatrix (11,893), bred by Mi- 

 Budge in Ross-shire. Mr Davidson weans his calves 

 in November, and he feeds the young bulls reasonably 

 well for local or Perth sales in spring. He winters his 

 heifer calves in open courts, with turnips and straw, 

 and a small allowance of cake. All the cattle, how- 

 ever, have as much as possible of the simple life in 

 the fields so long as the weather is fairly good. Mr 

 Davidson has given, in ruefully humorous terms, his 

 only experience of failure in connection with the 

 tuberculin test. " I had a good bull calf, and I thought 



