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been on the farm. It was not, however, until about 1780, that this 

 improved breed might be said to be duly estimated, or generally estab- 

 lished in that part of Ayrshire^ although they had begun to extend be- 

 yond the Irvine, into Kyle. 



About 1790, according to Mr. Alton, Mr. Fulton from Blith, carried 

 them first into Carrick, and Mr. Wilson, of Kilpatrick, was the first who 

 took them to the southern parts of +hat district. So late as 1804, they 

 weie introduced on the estate of Penmore, on the Stonchar, and they are 



