MAYFLOWER OF MULBEN. IO5 



MAYFLOWER OF MULBEN. 



This family name is derived from cows bred at 

 Mulben descended from Madge 161 calved there before 

 1850. 



Mayflower 314, a granddaughter of Madge, was a 

 ist prize H.A.S. cow, but the existing members of the 

 family are descended from a half-sister of this cow 

 Mayflower 5th 1185, calved in 1860, through three of her 

 daughters, viz. : 



(i) Mary Ann of Mulben 1039, a prizewinner, from 

 which was bred Queen Mary 2nd 2356, a daughter of 

 which Queen Mary 7th 4791, also bred at Mulben, went 

 to Minmore and there had a considerable progeny. 



Of these Queen Mavis 15629, a granddaughter of 

 Queen Mary 7th, passed to Auchorachan, where there 

 was bred from her daughter Queen Mavis 2nd 20588 a 

 good bull Quintus M. 2nd 13888, 3rd as a yearling, two- 

 year-old, and aged bull at the H.A.S. Shows 1897-8-9 

 and used in the herd. 



Queen Mavis 6th 31050, a half-sister of this bull, 

 passed at the Auchorachan sale in 1902 at 52 guineas as 

 a two-year-old to Craighead and has bred there. 



At the Minmore sale in 1891 Queen Mona 15630, 

 another granddaughter of Queen Mary 7th, went to 

 Skegby and there bred some excellent cattle called 

 " Queen Monas of Skegby." 



At the same sale another granddaughter Lady May- 

 flower of Minmore 17152 passed as a yearling at 40 

 guineas to Auchorachan where she bred the bull Mayor 

 of Auchorachan 11071, 3rd as a yearling and two -year- 

 old at the H.A.S. Shows 1894-5, used at Overhill. 



