184 EXISTING SCOTCH HEEDS. 



Mr Gordon, Tullochallum, Pride of the Findhorn 3243, 

 and Pride of Altyre 3244, were bought privately. They 

 were twin daughters of Fancy of Tillyfour 2nd 1799, a 

 granddaughter of Pride of Aberdeen 581, and were after 

 Talisman 640. Of the Daisy branch of the Queen tribe, 

 representatives were obtained from Mr Mackessack, Earn- 

 side, for whom the cow Dido 3257, and Flora of Earnside 

 2113, had been secured at Tillyfour in 1871. The Kin- 

 nochtry Favourite heifer, Favourite of Altyre' 3127, was 

 bought from Mr Ferguson. Banshee 2981, by Jester 472, 

 was also added to the herd. The sires used have been 

 Senator 863, bred at Ballindalloch, out of the splendid 'cow 

 Sybil 974 ; Black Watch 1242, bred by Viscount Macduff, 

 after Gainsborough 596, and out of Lilias of Tillyfour 1795, 

 of the Pride tribe ; and Dustman 1667, bred at Aboyne, 

 after Warrior 1291, and out of Dandelion 2569, of the 

 Duchess branch of the Queen tribe. The herd thus com- 

 prises members of the following families : Pride, Daisy, 

 Princess, Favourite, Westertown Eose, Mulben Mayflower, 

 &c. Surplus females are sold privately, and the bull 

 calves are in demand at the public sales. 



Ardhuncart. 



When Mr Walker's father entered the farm of Ard- 

 huncart, Kildrummy, in 1811, he commenced breeding 

 what was at that time considered pure Aberdeenshire 

 cattle. About the years 1826 and 1840 he obtained fresh 

 strains of polled blood from Wester Fintray, through Mr 

 Eoss, Oldtown, Tarland. Stock from the Crathes and 

 Mains of Kelly herds were also introduced. That splen- 

 didly bred bull, Draco 338, after the Queen sire Windsor 

 221, and out of the Dora cow Dolores 1285, was bought 

 at Kinnaird in 1861, and improved the herd very much. 

 Cows and bulls were obtained from Tillyfour, Clova, 

 Archbalioch, and Eeekie in Alford. The herd has never 



