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bad temper. This is somewhat remarkable, as Deodora 

 1232 was, with perhaps the exception of her half-sister 

 Dahlia 569, the tamest cow at Kinnaird. She and her 

 sister would either of them come from a long distance 

 if called, and would follow like a pet dog any one they 

 knew. Florence of Kinnaird 1274, by Druid 225, out of 

 Flavia 376, of the old Kinnaird stock, was a very taking 

 heifer. She won a prize at the Eoyal Agricultural show, 

 and some prizes at local shows. She was sold to Lady 

 Dunmore, and lived for many years at Dunmore as a pet, 

 though by no means a useless one, as she, like the rest of 

 her kind, was a fine dairy cow. Dolores 1285, by Cup- 

 Bearer 59, out of Dora 333, was a rather late calf, but 

 was shown as a two-year-old, and at the local shows 

 stood second to her more celebrated neighbour Erica 843. 

 Dolores 1285 proved a very good breeder, and she and 

 most of her stock were retained at Kinnaird, unfortu- 

 nately to perish with the rest of the herd. She had one 

 bull calf, Draco 338, by Windsor 221. Mr Walker, Ard- 

 huncart, Mossat, bought him as a calf, and he did most 

 excellent service in his herd. 



Last but not least of the heifers of 1857 must be men- 

 tioned Erica 843, by Cup-Bearer 59, out of Emily 332. 

 Not being either an early or a very strong calf, Erica 843 

 was not shown as a yearling. In the autumn of 1858, 

 the late Mr Collie, Ardgay, paid a visit to Kinnaird, and 

 was so much struck by her beauty, that he begged Lord 

 Southesk to make her up for the shows next year. This 

 was done, and at the local show she was first, and very 

 much admired. Unfortunately, however, at the Highland 

 Society's show she was, from certain reasons, out of condi- 

 tion, and consequently looking at her worst, her fault, a 

 slight tendency to slackness in the back, showing very 

 prominently so much so, that the judges put her out 

 before either of her companions Dolores 1285 and Flor- 

 ence 1274. That Erica would have been beaten on her 



