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T. L. Melville Cart-wright at Melville, viz., Lavender 

 4th 4247 and Eosamond 3853. In 1881 he purchased two 

 cows from Lord Airlie at Cortachy, viz., Favourite 7th 

 3651 and Francesca 3274 ; also three cows from Mr James 

 Bruce, Collithie, viz., Julia of Collithie 3671, Ida 9th 3670, 

 and Vine of Collithie 4507. This year he has purchased 

 two from Mr James Carnegie, Aytoun Hall, viz., Fortune 

 of Aytoun 4632, of the Mina family, from Melville, and 

 Necklace of Aytoun 4633, of the Bracelet family, also from 

 Melville. The bull in. service is Josephus 1684, out of 

 the Jilt cow, Jewess 1916, and after Elcho 595, bred by 

 Sir George Macpherson Grant of Ballindalloch ; and Mr 

 Mackenzie has also lately acquired from Mr Carnegie a 

 young bull, Black Peter, by St Clair 1160, out of Mina 

 6th 3489. Last year there were five bulls calved and two 

 heifers from the seven cows Mr Mackenzie then possessed. 

 He sold the five bulls at Messrs Macdonald & Fraser's 

 sale at Perth in the spring of this year, at an average of 

 31 guineas. At the date of writing us (April 1, 1882), Mr 

 Mackenzie had got five calves in his herd, so that the 

 entire stock, of both sexes, numbered 16. 



Powrie. 



Mr Thomas Smith has at no little trouble and expense 

 collected a large and fine herd at Powrie, Dundee. His 

 first purchase was at Lord Airlie's sale in 1876, and since 

 that time he has acquired some excellent animals at Easter 

 Tulloch, Tillyfour, Gavenwood, Aboyne, Easter Skene, 

 Portlethen, etc. At the Tillyfour sale in 1878, Matilda 

 1175, of the Zara family, dam of the prize heifer Pride of 

 Alford 1778, was secured for 80 guineas ; Eosa Bonheur 

 2565, of the Eothiemay Victoria family, for 60 guineas ; 

 Ruby 2nd of Easter Tulloch 3520, of the Kinnaird Eebecca 

 family, for 42 guineas ; and Mayflower 2nd 3521, for 36 

 guineas. The last named, bred at Easter Tulloch, was dam 



