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at Aberdeen in 1858, with his head out to the alley, and 

 the people remarking that I was making the most of him. 

 Among other bulls I particularly remember when I was 

 at Tillyfour, were Don Fernando 514, Lord Clyde 249, 

 President 4th 368, Bright 454, Champion 459, Bob Eoy 

 Macgregor 267, and Black Prince of Tillyfour 366. As to 

 the last two, I think they were kept on for stock not so 

 much for the merits they had, but because they were good 

 useful bulls, with good pedigrees. During the time they 

 were stock bulls at Tillyfour, 1 think the number of cows 

 was heavy, and they were never fed for show-yard 

 purposes, consequently they were very useful in serving, 

 arid had good crops of calves. Turning to the cows at 

 Tillyfour, I may first mention Charlotte 203. Like her 

 fellow-traveller Han ton 228, she possessed an excellent 

 constitution, as was proved by her coming through all the 

 diseases that the bovine race is heir to foot-and-mouth, 

 pleuro, &c. &c. She was all over a sweet-looking, level, 

 nice-touching cow, with fine temper; and when in her 

 summer dress, the letters E. U. I. burnt into her neck 

 when she gained the first prize at Paris in 1856, and 

 which came in in white hair^looked like a medal round 

 her neck. I consider Charlotte the best cow of the breed 

 I ever saw. It made no difference lean or fat, she was 

 always level - looking, without patchiness of any kind 

 about her. She was an excellent breeder to the last, and 

 generally had better heifers than bulls. Bloomer 201 was 

 larger than Charlotte, but not so level and sweet, nor so 

 fine in the bone. She was an excellent worker in any 

 kind of harness, worked her ten hours the time of the 

 turnip laying down, and brought up twin calves. This 

 was to get her to keep to her service, and keep her down 

 in condition. 



" Writing about that brings it to my mind that Daisy 

 1165 and Fancy 1195, who both came to be Highland 

 Society first-prize cows, when two years old were not 



