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premier one of Scotland. Here some of the best bulls of the 

 breed produced in the past twenty-five years have been bred, 

 including Juryman (421), Ermine Bearer 1749, King of Trumps 

 2690, Bushranger (732), Justice 854, Judge 473, Prince Ito 

 (50006), Bion 36986, Emulus 20417, Eblito 50098, and Eques- 

 trian 34216. The cows Erica 184, Jilt 422, and Coquette 2538 

 are among the famous founders of families at Ballindalloch. 



William Fullerton founded a herd at Ardovie in 1834 and 

 added much to the prestige of the breed through the use of the 

 bull Panmure (51), bought at Lord Panmure's sale in 1841. 

 Fullerton bred Queen Mother by Panmure, the cow McCombie 

 later purchased, the founder of the Queen tribe. 



The Aberdeen Angus tribes in special favor to-day are the fol- 

 lowing : Queen descended from Queen Mother (41), Erica from 

 Erica 184, Pride from Pride of Aberdeen 38, Blackbird from 

 Lady Ida 686, Heather Bloom from Heather Blossom 306, Nose- 

 gay from Nosegay 2251, and Coquette from Coquette 2538. Of 

 these the Blackbird at present is in most favor. There are numer- 

 ous other families of merit in addition to the above, but these 

 are most popular. 



The introduction of Aberdeen Angus cattle to America was com- 

 paratively recent. In 1873 George Grant of Victoria, Kansas, 

 brought the first to America, the importation being three bulls, 

 two of which were shown at the Kansas State Fair. These bulls 

 were imported to use on western range cows. In 1876 the 

 Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph brought to Canada two 

 bulls and a cow. In 1878 Anderson & Findlay of Lake Forest, 

 Illinois, imported five cows and a bull, this being the first firm 

 to exhibit prominently in the Central West. In 1879 F. B. Red- 

 field of Batavia, New York, and in 1880 George Whitfield of 

 Rougemont, Quebec, made importations. In 1881 and 1882 a 

 number of importations were made, including a very superior lot 

 by Gudgell & Simpson of Missouri. In 1882 Mr. T. W. Harvey 

 established at Turlington, Nebraska, in charge of William Watson, 

 a son of the famous Hugh, a herd of Aberdeen Angus that for 

 ten years, until its dispersion, was a wonderful factor in advertis- 

 ing the breed, containing as it did some of the most noted cattle 

 of the time. Others who have been most important contributors to 



