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(bred by Lord Panmure) exist in Mr Scott's herd at Easter 

 Tulloch. 



Mr William Fullerton's long connection with the polled 

 breed will be referred to later on. He was bom in 1810, 

 began to breed polled cattle in 1833, and died in 1880. 

 His first important purchase was that of the famous cow 

 Black Meg 766, and from one of her daughters and the 

 celebrated bull Panmure 51, he produced Queen Mother 

 348, foundress of the meritorious Queen tribe. Mr Fuller- 

 ton was a painstaking and intelligent breeder, and his 

 name will ever live as that of one of the most distinguished 

 improvers and most accurate judges of his favourite horn- 

 less breed. The two brothers, Messrs William Mustard, 

 Fithie, and James Mustard, Leuchland, both bred polled 

 cattle early in the present century. The latter was not 

 only one of the earliest, but also one of the most careful, 

 breeders of doddies ; and descendants of his stock made an 

 excellent appearance in other herds, notably in that of 

 Mr Lyell, Shielhill. Mr William Fullerton has recorded 

 with genuine humour some of his earlier contests with his 

 good neighbour Leuchland. In 1844 they had a trial of 

 strength with eight cows from each herd, the " stakes " 

 being an " Edinburgh dress-coat." Mr Fullerton won, and 

 we are informed that the coat was in due time delivered 

 at Ardovie. "Mr James Mustard," says Mr Fullerton, 

 " bred with greater care than almost any one I ever knew." 

 By the late Mr M'Coinbie of Tillyfour the system pur- 

 sued at Leuchland is also very highly commended. Mr 

 Euxtou, Farnell, was another intelligent and systematic 

 breeder, paying close attention to the purity of his herd. 

 He at one time had a blue or light-coloured tribe, which 

 had been kept on the farm in a pure condition for many 

 years. A few were black, but the majority were blue. 

 They were called " droners," and Mr Fullerton tells us that 

 he "never saw a secondary droner blue or black." The 

 late Mr Scott, Balwyllo, built up and long maintained a 



