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and Oakhill stocks. The animals from Portlethen and Easter 

 Skene are Sweetmeat 3348, of the Miss Scott family, and 

 Young Grizzle 1807, of the Grizzle family. With these 

 two cows Mr Mackie gained the second prize for pairs at 

 the Eoyal Northern Show in 1881 ; and his stock bull Glen- 

 artney 1181, bred at Aboyne, after Duke of Perth 357, and 

 out of Gem of Aboyne 1595, of the Pride family, was third 

 on the same occasion. 



Little Endovie. In 1876 Mr Brown, Little Endovie, 

 purchased from her breeder, Mr M'Combie, Upper Farm- 

 ton, Lynturk, the cow Pride of Little Endovie 2393. She 

 and her produce have been kept and bred from. In 1880 

 two calves were dropped to the Pride bull Petrarch 1258. 

 One of these was a heifer, and was retained for breeding 

 purposes. The other, a bull, went to Barra Castle. The 

 calves in the herd this year are after Knight of the 

 Shire 1699. Last year a two-year-old heifer was sold 

 to Mr Wilken, Waterside of Eorbes, for exportation to 

 America. 



Lyne of Carron. The Tillyfour prize bull Standard- 

 Bearer 229 left here a calf named Fanny, whose descend- 

 ants, crossed with Mulben, Ballindalloch, Drumin,and Burn- 

 side bulls, have been carefully preserved by Mr M'Kenzie. 



Mains of Ardlaw. This herd was begun by Mr James 

 Beedie a few years ago. An animal was purchased from 

 Mr Morrison, Auchlin, descended from the Easter Tulloch 

 herd. Additions have been made from Burnshangie, 

 Brucklay, and Mains of Kelly. Bulls have been obtained 

 from Montbletton and Mains of Kelly. 



Mains of Wardhouse. Mr Moir owns a few good 

 cattle here, descended from the Clova and Bognie 

 herds. From Miss Carnegie 3rd 2149, bred at Bognie, 

 came the superior cow Hawthorn of Wellhouse 2467, a 

 famous prize-winner at local shows, as well as at the 

 Eoyal Northern and Highland Society's meetings. She 

 won the third prize at Dumfries in 1878, and as the head 



