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the time of the purchase of this first heifer he 

 had taken the large farm of Sittyton, a then 

 unknown name, which he has rendered familiar 

 to all breeders of Short-horn cattle. His Scotch 

 temperament caused him to "make haste slow- 

 ly/' and with his one heifer and her produce he 

 was content for some time, but soon began a 

 system of judicious purchases wherever good 

 cattle were to be found, buying the best, both 

 bulls and cows. From the outset he bought 

 those that spoke for themselves. Individual 

 merit was his great object. Consequently an 

 examination of his herd's record, even in the 

 fourth and fifth decades of the century, reveals 

 many prize-winners, both among the animals 

 purchased from time to time and also among 

 the animals of his own breeding. Indeed, from 

 the very outset this herd took its place among 

 the prize-winning herds, and has won innumer- 

 able triumphs both in England and Scotland. 

 This speaks clearly enough for the character of 

 stock chosen by Mr. Cruickshank. An inspec- 

 tion of the pedigrees of the animals further 

 shows how good was the judgment displayed 

 in selecting the stock. Many fancies have had 

 their day in the past fifty years. They have 

 come and gone, leaving often scarcely the least 

 memory of their existence. Mr. Cruickshank 

 seems to have pandered to none of them. He 

 chose for the foundations of many of the fam- 



