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Aymer, East Carcary ; Mr Leslie, The Thorn ; Mr Archi- 

 bald Whyte, Braedownie ; Mr W. Why te, Spott ; the late 

 Mr Lyell, Arrat; the late Mr Goodlet, Bolshan; the late 

 Mr Pierson, The Guynd, &c. Of these Lord Southesk, 

 Mr Alexander Bowie, Mr Ferguson, Mr Leslie, and Mr 

 Whyte still possess herds, and their operations will be 

 noticed afterwards. 



Accounts will be found of two different herds at 

 Kinnaird Castle — one of great antiquity, annihilated by 

 rinderpest in I860, and another founded about two years 

 ago. There is good reason to believe that the property of 

 the Carnegie family has long been a stronghold of the 

 breed. Ochterlony, in his description of Angus in 1684, 

 1685, states that the Earl of Southesk owned the whole of 

 the parishes of Kinnaird and Farnell, which contained 

 " ane excellent breed of horses, cattle, and sheep ; " and 

 from other sources we gather that polled cattle had been 

 bred extensively on the estates even before the commence- 

 ment of the present century. The Hon. Charles Carnegie, 

 brother of the present Earl of Southesk, has kindly fur- 

 nished us with an account of the extinct Kinnaird herd, 

 in which he states that it is impossible to trace the origin 

 of that old stock, " which had probably gone on from 

 generation to generation from a very remote period." 



Mr Bowie, Mains of Kelly, owns the oldest herd 

 now existing. It was commenced in 1809 — the year after 

 the foundation of the Keillor herd. What we shall have 

 to say regarding it, more particularly in reference to 

 the bulls produced in the herd, will fully establish its 

 title to rank as one of the most useful agents in the im- 

 provement of the breed. Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry, com- 

 menced to rear polled cattle in 1835, and has ever since 

 been a devoted, intelligent, and successful breeder. 



It is generally understood that the late Lord Panmure 

 (born 1771, died 1852) did not himself establish a herd of 

 polled cattle till about 1835. We have, however, good 



