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LORD BANFF 



135. The dark roan bull Lord Banff 150178 (77031), was 

 calved in Scotland January 10, 1899, having been bred by Alex 

 Watson, of Aberdeenshire. As a yearling he was imported to 

 the Trout Creek herd of W. D. Flatt, Hamilton, Ontario. His 

 sire was the good Scotch bull Cap-a-Pie 106717, and his dam 

 was Roan Bessie by Sittyton Sort. After a very mild showyard 

 career he was sold in Mr. Flatt's November sale in 1901, at 

 the Union Stock Yards, for $5,100 to Mr. George E. Ward, 

 Hawarden, Iowa, to replace St. Valentine. At that time this 

 established the record price for Scotch bulls. Here he had but 

 little opportunity as a sire, but was shown in some of the Mis- 

 souri Valley exhibitions. His later years were spent in the 

 herd of M. E. Jones & Son, Williamsville, HI., where he left a 

 type imprint noticeable even to this day. Lord Banff was a 

 bull of magnificent symmetry and his high valuation did much 

 to elicit confidence in Scotch bloodlines during the increasing 

 agricultural values at the first of the 20th century. 



