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he was worth doing well, so I kept him in and fed him 

 through the summer, putting him to his dam night 

 and morning. No more of that for me." 



Since 1888 Scotch bulls have been used at Swinnie. 

 The first of them was Marquis (56,147), bought as a 

 calf at the sale of the late Mr Bruce's herd, Burnside. 

 At that time Mr Davidson had the management of 

 the herd owned by the late Miss Milne of Otterburn. 

 Marquis was bought for Otterburn, and Mr Davidson 

 had the use of him. He proved a front-rank sire. 

 Then followed Velvet (68,029), Doubtful Duke 

 (83,313), Violet's Pride (93,761), Silver Arrow 

 (97,136), Stoneytown Baron (128,347), Bellatrix 

 (11,895), Saracen (133,429), and Millom Count 

 (138,924). In his use of bulls Mr Davidson has been 

 handicapped to some extent. His bulls run out with 

 the dairy cows, and the women can hardly be per- 

 suaded to go to the fields if a two-year-old or more 

 mature bull is grazing. Mr Davidson, who was born 

 and bred on Swinnie, has many interesting remin- 

 iscences in connection with Border-district Shorthorn 

 breeding from Mertoun to Faldonside, and from Dry- 

 hope to Baillieknowe, Legars, and Otterburn. 



TERRONA. 



Terrona, on the Langholm section of the Buccleuch 

 property, has been held by the Paterson family for 

 fully one hundred years. The grandfather of the pre- 

 sent tenant entered the farm in 1818, and died in 

 1876. A man of great energy and resourcefulness, he 



