ERICA. 



there in 1882 this cow, a great milker, made 300 guineas, 

 her yearling heifer Erinna 5094 380 guineas, and her 

 heifer calf Elmissa 5091 300 guineas, but these high- 

 priced females are not now apparently represented in the 

 Herd Book. 



Another daughter of Erica 3rd was Erica gth 3822, 

 from which was bred Essence 4547, 2nd as a yearling and 

 two year old at the H.A.S. Shows 1881-2, which went at 

 101 guineas to Kinnaird and there produced Amanda 

 Erica 9251, the dam at Kirkbridge of the well-known 

 bull Fairy King of Kirkbridge 11662 ist at the H.A.S. , 

 R.N., and R.A.S.E.* Shows in 1897 and a very success- 

 ful sire, especially of females, in the Glamis herd. 



Amanda Erica is represented in the female line 

 through Galatea of Lauriston 12802 at Cullen, Lynemore 

 Ballintomb, Doonholm, and elsewhere, and, through 

 Amaryllis 18326, the dam at Aldbar of Erica Essence 

 25171 which passed to Glamis and with her off-spring 

 made good prices at the sale there in 1904, at Aldbar, 

 Auchnaguie and Hayston. Amanda Erica is also still 

 represented at Kirkbridge. 



The most celebrated produce, however, of Erica 3rd 

 was the bull Young Viscount 736, bred at Hillockhead, 

 ist as a yearling, two-year-old, and aged bull at the 

 H.A.S. Shows 1874-5-6, which in 1878 went to 

 Ballindalloch at 225 guineas (then a record price) and 

 was there a most noted sire, especially of females, 

 including the cows Edelweiss 5605, Elba 7045, Pride of 

 the Tervie 7060, and Blushing Maid 7042, mentioned 

 hereafter. 



In " Macdonald and Sinclair's History " Young Vis- 

 count is described at the H.A.S. Show, 1876, as looking 



* Royal Agricultural Society of England. 



