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charge of two pecks of meal to the gardener of Tillyilt, 

 near Haddo House, a distance of ten miles, whence he 

 brought, in exchange, exactly the same number of pecks of 

 turnips, very much resembling oranges in point of size and 

 colour ; and I have seen nothing of the kind half so good 

 since.'* 



The premiums offered for competition amounted to 

 ^781, being ^^150 more than at the previous show at 

 Aberdeen. The place of meeting was, as formerly, on the 

 Links. The first position in the prize list was assigned to 

 Shorthorns. There were nineteen entries of bulls calved after 

 January 1835. The Duke of Richmond exhibited a two- 

 year-old bull, bred by Earl Spencer ; Mr Barclay Allardice 

 of Ury exhibited a four and a three-year-old bull, both 

 bred by himself ; Mr Anderson, Newton, Forfarshire, 

 showed a bull, also bred by himself; Mr Robert Black, 

 Little Haddo, exhibited a three-year-old, bred at Ury. Mr 

 Boswell of Kingcausie showed two, one a four-year-old bred 

 by himself, and one a three-year-old bred by Mr Chrisp, 

 Doddington. Mr Grant Duff of Eden showed a three-year- 

 old bull, bred by Thomas Crofton, Holywell, but bought 

 from Mr Chrisp. Information we have from Mr Grant 

 Duff's notes enables us to say that this animal exhibited 

 by him was The Peer 5455. Mr Gordon of Newton 

 showed a five-year-old bull ; Mr Hutchison of Monyruy a 

 three-year-old ; Mr Johnston, INIains of Inkhorn, a five-year- 

 old bull. The latter three bulls were all bred at Ury. 

 George Lumsden, Keir, Aberdeenshire, exhibited a three- 

 year-old bull, bred by Alexander Bean, Breakley, Tarves. 

 Dr David Manson, Spynie, Elgin, showed a three-year-old 

 bull, bred by Mr Thomson, Rathillet, Fife, and bought from 

 Mr Stronach, Muiryfold. Patrick Mitchell, Dorcincelly, 



* To estimate the change in the course of a century, contrast the above 

 with the present condition of Aberdeenshire, in which the returns show that 

 there were in 1878 in that county 94,134 acres under turnips (yellows and 

 Swedes). An average crop may be taken at 15 tons of bulbs per acre, (the 

 official enumerators' average for Aberdeenshire for 1856 was 15 tons 12,^ 

 cwts., and for 1857, 14 tons oj^ cwts.) ; and, rated for feeding purposes at 8s. 

 per ton, the average crop of turnips in Aberdeenshire may be put down as 

 worth ^^564,804. 



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