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late Mr Walker, Montbletton ; and the bull Black Standard 

 1541, out of Blackbird of Corskie 1704 Sybil's Darling 

 4050, a very fine cow of the Ballindalloch Sybil sort, came 

 from Mr Argo, Cairdseat, at a high price. There are three 

 of the Kinnochtry Favourite family. The Greystone, 

 Eothiemay, Baads, Clova, Westertown, Auchorachan, East- 

 Town, and other herds are also represented. The stock 

 sires are Black Standard of the Mayflower family, and 

 Octavius Eric of the Erica family already referred to. 



Mr Wilken sold from his herd in 1881, forty animals to 

 the United States and Canada. In 1882 he sold (up to 

 June 1) forty-two head to Canada, the United States, New 

 Zealand, and England. 



Wellhouse. 



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The farm of Wellhouse, in the Vale of Alford, will 

 always possess interest to breeders of polled cattle, from 

 the fact that it was to it Mr Farquharson Taylor brought 

 the celebrated bull Panmure 51 after the Dundee show 

 in 1843. The present tenant of Wellhouse, Mr William 

 Anderson, has also devoted great care to the rearing of a 

 herd characterized by usefulness for breeding and feeding 

 purposes. As previously noticed, Mr Anderson's father 

 and uncle farmed land in the Vale of Alford and bred 

 polled cattle in the end of the eighteenth century. They 

 gained prizes for animals of the polled breed at the early 

 shows of the Vale of Alford Agricultural Association, 

 formed soon after 1830. When Mr Anderson came to take 

 .charge of the herd, he bought females from Mr M'Combie, 

 Tillyfour ; Mr M'Combie, Cairnballoch ; Mr Taylor, Well- 

 house ; and Mr Barron, Moonhaugh, all of whom were 

 breeders of polled cattle. The sires he bred from were the 

 best he could buy. Like many other breeders in these pre- 

 ' Herd Book' times, he, however, neglected to register 

 pedigrees. .The first registered sire he bought was Hero of 



