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tribes of the day, and the rapid increase is due to the 

 fortunate circumstance that the produce of the herd has 

 been almost entirely females. The stock sire is the 

 Erica bull Viscount 2nd 1743, half-brother on the 

 dam's side to the celebrated Young Viscount 736. Prizes 

 have been taken at the local shows, but Mr Duff has not 

 up to the present time exhibited elsewhere. Three 

 yearling bulls of last year were sold for a little over 33 

 each. 



Haughton. 



Over twenty years ago, Mr Farquharson of Haughton 

 purchased a polled cow off the Tillyfour stock, which he 

 named Leochel Lass, and from her has sprung the best of 

 his herd. Leochel Lass 2nd 1861 is still in the herd, 

 and although now sixteen years old, she keeps her shapes 

 as well as ever. She has been a regular breeder, and is 

 a heavy milker. Her daughter, Leochel Lass 3rd 1863, 

 gained the second prize at the Vale of Alford show as a 

 cow, and was sold for 40. Leochel Lass 4th 1864 won 

 the first prize at Alford in 1876, and was afterwards sold 

 to Professor Brown, of the Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Canada, for 70 guineas. From her has sprung a sub- 

 family of Heather Bells. Heather Bell 1st of Haughton 

 2295 won first prizes at Alford and Insch, and was sold 

 to Mr Mackessack, Earnside, for 80 guineas. Heather 

 Bell of Haughton 2nd 2496, after gaining many high 

 honours at Alford, was sold with her calf for 100. 

 Another daughter of hers, after Victor of Kelly 3d 854, 

 Heather Bell 3d 3953, bids fair to surpass her dam in 

 merit, and there is in the herd a very fine heifer from her 

 by The Black Knight 1809. There are other three cows 

 of the same blood. These go by the name of Marias. 

 They are good breeders, and their stock have brought 

 satisfactory prices. Others of the same line might be 

 mentioned as very promising. In the herd this season 



