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CHAPTER VII. 



EXTINCT HERDS. 



(1) The Keillor herd : Old Grannie 1 Her remarkable career, and list of 

 her calves The Kinnochtry Princesses, Baronesses, and Emilys Mr 

 Watson's cows Old Favourite and Favourite 2 The Kinnochtry 

 Favourites Beauty of Tillyfour 2nd 1180 the Wellhouse Ruths and 

 Ballindalloch Jilts Mr "Watson's Beauty and the Ballindalloch Ericas 

 Lord South esk's Dora 333 Mr Harry Shaw's Jane of Bogfern 540 The 

 Portlethen Pansys List of families descended from Keillor cows Fam- 

 ous bulls bred at Keillor. (2) The Ardovie and Ardestie herds : Black 

 Meg 766 Panmure 51 The Tillyfour Queen tribe Families tracing 

 to Ardovie stock Earl o' Buchan 57 Mr Fullerton's losses by pleuro- 

 pneumonia. (3) The Tillyfour herd : Cows owned by Mr M'Combie in 

 1850 Queen Mother 348, and her illustrious offspring Mr M'Combie's 

 system of breeding Table showing descendants of Queen Mother 348 

 The Pride of Aberdeen family Remarks on famous animals at Tilly- 

 four Mr M'Combie's unparalleled success in the show-yard His 

 public sales. 



THE history of the origin, building up, and composition of 

 extinct herds has an important bearing not only upon the 

 leading existing herds, but likewise upon the position 

 which the breed generally has come to occupy. We shall 

 therefore present some details relating to those herds that, 

 although now dispersed, have in the greatest measure con- 

 tributed to the improvement of the breed. 



Keillor. 



As already noticed, Mr Hugh Watson, Keillor, Forfar- 

 shire, was the first to establish a regular herd of polled 



