176 EXTINCT HERDS. 



Sybil from Ballindalloch ; a Duchess and a Rose from 

 AVestertown, &c. The herd was dispersed in 1877, when 

 32 head averaged 34. The highest-priced animal was 

 Miss Macpherson 1252, sold to Mr Adamson, Balquharn, 

 for 90 guineas. From the Tullochallum herd were sent 

 out some splendid commercial cattle, and it supplied Mr 

 M'Combie of Tillyfour with a noted prize-ox at the 

 Smithfield and Birmingham shows. 



Brucklay. The Brucklay herd that belonged to the late 

 Mr Dingwall Fordyce was established in 1870, by the 

 purchase at Castle Fraser of Blanche 1117, from whom 

 was bred Bella Mary 1503, who gained for Mr George 

 Bruce the first prize for cows at the International show at 

 Paris in 1878. Tillyfour, Portlethen, Fyvie, Westertown, 

 Rothiemay, Easter Tulloch, and Drumin furnished the other 

 female additions to the herd. The chief sires used were 

 M'Combie 430, bred at Tillyfour, after Bright 454, and 

 out of Miss M'Combie 1118; and Knight of Avea 775, 

 bred at Drumin, both of the Queen tribe. The herd was 

 dispersed in 1876, when 38 head averaged 31. 



Indego. The late Dr Eobertson of Hopewell had a herd 

 of polled cattle at Indego, Tarland animals from which 

 were successfully exhibited at the shows of the Eoyal 

 Northern Agricultural Society. The females in the 

 herd were descended from the Tillyfour, Bogfern, and 

 Haddo House herds. The best family, perhaps, was that 

 tracing to Bess 1181, a daughter of Mr M'Combie's Rob 

 Roy Macgregor 267. Bulls belonging to Mr Farquharson, 

 at the adjoining farm of East- Town, were used, and at the 

 time of the dispersion the stock sire was Sir William 705, 

 after President 4th 368. This bull won the challenge 

 cup at the Royal Northern show at Aberdeen in 1873, 

 and was used in the Baads herd. 



Bognie. Mr Morison of Bognie was most energetic in 



