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herd dates from 1830, Mr M'Combie having about that time 

 succeeded his father in the farm. We do not think it is 

 possible to convey a more accurate description of the stock 

 with which Mr M'Combie first acquired his fame as a 

 breeder, than by quoting from the private catalogue of 

 his herd, dated 1st January 1850. In a short prefatory note 

 to the catalogue, Mr M'Combie says most truly, that " he 

 had directed his earnest attention to the improvement of 

 the Aberdeen or Angus polled breed, with respect to size, 

 symmetry, fineness of bone, strength of constitution, and 

 disposition to accumulate fat, sparing no expense in ob- 

 taining the finest animals from the purest stocks." The 

 following is a list of the cows that were in the Tilly four 

 herd in 18.50 : 1, Young Charlotte 103, bred by Colonel 

 Dalgairns of Balgavies, sire Black Hugh 316, dam Char- 

 lotte ; 2, Lady Ann of Balgavies 102, bred by Colonel 

 Dalgairns of Balgavies, sire Black Hugh 316, dam Lady 

 Ann ; 3, Jean Ann 206, bred by Mr Fullerton, Mains of 

 Ardovie, sire Panmure 51, -darn Queen of Ardovie 29 ; 

 4, Princess, bred by Mr Fullerton, sire Panmure 51, dam 

 a pure Angus cow ; 5, Lady Scott, bred by Mr Scott, 

 Balwyllo, sire Albert, dam belonging to Mr Scott ; 6, 

 Cleopatra, bred by Mr Scott, Balwyllo, sire Albert, dam 

 belonging to Mr Scott ; 7, Balwyllo, bred by Mr Scott, Bal- 

 wyllo, got by the first prize two-year-old bull at the East- 

 ern Forfarshire Society's show in 1843, dam May Eose; 

 8, Queen Mother 348, bred by Mr Fullerton, Ardovie, 

 sire Panmure 51, dam Queen of Ardovie 29 ; 9, Victoria, 

 bred by Mr Watson, Keillor, sire Second Jock (Old Jock 

 1), dam belonging to Mr Watson ; 10, Clara, bred by Mr 

 Watson, Keillor, sire Second Jock (Old Jock 1), dam belong- 

 ing to Mr Watson ; 11, Violet, bred by Mr Watson, Keillor, 

 sire First Jock (Grey-breasted Jock 2), dam a pure Angus 

 cow; 12, Matchless, bred to the owner, sire Panmure 51, 

 dam Matilda ; 13, Duchess, bred by Colonel Fraser of 

 Castle Fraser ; 14, Matilda, bred by the late Mr William- 



