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this is known as the Lady Ida family. This latter cow is said to 

 have lived nineteen years and dropped fifteen calves, nearly all of 

 whom were prize winners. Her daughter Blackbird of Corskie 

 was the dam of Blackbird of Corskie 2d (3024), Blackbird of 

 Corskie 3d (3766), and Blackbird of Corskie 4th (3769). This 

 last cow was imported to America, where she made a remarkable 

 breeding record. Bred to Abbotsford 2702, one of the more noted 







FIG. 123. Blackbird 26th 54457, by Black Monarch of Emerson 30331. Grand- 

 champion Aberdeen- Angus female at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. 

 Owned by W. J. Martin, Churdan, Iowa. From photograph by the author 



sires in service in America, she produced Black Abbot 10423, 

 Black Monk 13214, and Blackbird Knight 11547, all sires of 

 special merit. The Blackbird family in recent years has had a 

 great popularity in America, and many herds are. strongly impreg- 

 nated with this blood. Black Woodlawn 42088, one of the most 

 noted American-bred Aberdeen-Angus sires, out of Blackbird 1 3th 

 24464, is a straight-line-bred Blackbird. Gay Blackbird 14443, 

 champion in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition and a 

 great sire, traced back in each branch to Blackbird of Corskie. In 

 spite of its popularity some think this family rather overestimated. 



