SPOTT HERD. 301 



Spott, in Glenprosen, a high outlying glen in the county 

 of Forfar, and was founded about 1852 by animals got 

 chiefly from his father, whose polled herd at Braedownie 

 had been in existence ever since Mr Whyte remembers, 

 which would be nearly fifty years ago. The late Mr 

 Whyte's cattle were closely allied to the Kinnaird herd, 

 as he latterly generally obtained his sires from the Kin- 

 nordy and Shielhill herds, which were of the same strains. 

 The first bull Mr William Whyte used on his own account 

 was one bred by the late Mr Watson. Keillor, and bought 

 from Mr Alexander, then at Mains of Glamis ; but as he 

 did not turn out so well as expected, he was not kept long. 

 The next bull used was bought from Mr Lyell, Shielhill, 

 being Heather Jock of Shielhill 278, sire Mariner 148, 

 grandsire Cupbearer 59. He was not only the best bull 

 Mr Whyte ever had, but one of the best he ever saw in 

 the county, and he has often since regretted selling him 

 to the butcher. After Heather Jock, Mr Whyte used 

 Pioneer 326, bred at Balwyllo, Othello 319, The Fenian 

 418, Baronet of Leys 419, Engineer 571, Juryman 404, 

 Juror 908, Johnston 1360, Man o' the Mearns 1483, 

 and Elcho 595, and for the last three years he has chiefly 

 used Khan 1260. The last-named, now the property of the 

 Earl of Strathmore, is a very fine specimen of the Pride 

 family to which he belongs. Mr Whyte never added many 

 females, only one occasionally when opportunity offered, 

 and his herd has been mainly reared with the cows that 

 came from the old-established stock of his father, crossed 

 with the excellent bulls we have named. The herd num- 

 bers about a score of breeding cows, with their followers. 

 Till lately Mr Whyte fed nearly all his heifers, selling 

 one or two now and then. The Earl of Airlie has a con- 

 siderable number of Mr Whyte's breeding in his herd, and 

 some of them are very good milkers. Mr Whyte never 

 made a practice of exhibiting, unless at the county shows, 

 where he has generally been pretty successful. 



