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by Gloaming Star (136,732), out of Newton Charity. 

 A pretty Miss Ramsden by the Millhills Cupbearer 

 was bought about the same period from Mr A. M. 

 Reid, Currochs, Crieff. At the Aberdeen October 

 sale of last year he secured a couple of lovely 

 Augusta heifer calves by Collynie Golden Star 

 (130,289) from Mr Wylie Hill's group. These were 

 Augusta 17th, 700 gs., and Augusta 19th, 600 gs. 

 A beautiful Lavender, bought at a very high price 

 from Mr John Gill, Stainton, finished Mr Piper's 

 purchases of females for 1919. This heifer is by 

 Ambassador (134,612), the Birmingham champion of 

 1917. As a form of "luckpenny" he had a Butter- 

 fly heifer calf from Lawhill. 



A favourite young bull with many at Mr Duthie's 

 sale in October 1919 was the red Collynie Prince 

 President by Knight of Collynie (112,229), out of 

 the first-class Princess Royal cow Collynie Princess 

 17th by Danesfield Storm King (94,827). With 

 Nonpareil Courtier, Scottish Archer, and William of 

 Orange in the next three crosses this representative 

 of a great family had some strong bidders, but Mr 

 Piper emerged owner at 2900 gs. Prince President 

 has grown well and kept his shapes. 



With characteristic thoroughness Mr Piper has 

 built a first-class modernly planned steading at The 

 Grange. The old buildings were quite unsuitable for 

 the housing of a valuable herd. Electric lighting 

 and threshing by electric power will soon be at 

 command. With regard to herd numbers, his inten- 

 tion meanwhile is to work up to a breeding total of 



