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Mr Eamsay and Mr H. D. Adamson, late of Balquharn, 

 Alford. The second volume was brought out in 1872, and 

 since then four volumes have been issued. The third, 

 fourth, and fifth volumes were produced under the sole 

 charge of Mr Eamsay, and breeders of polled cattle are 

 much indebted to him for the careful and efficient manner 

 in which he executed the difficult and important work 

 that devolved upon him. The sixth volume was pub- 

 lished in 1881. It contains the names of 190 breeders, 

 and the register of 1193 animals — 855 cows and heifers, 

 and 308 bulls. There have now been registered 1930 

 bulls, and 5054 cows and heifers, making in all 6984 

 animals. In the first four volumes Galloway cattle are 

 registered along with the polled Aberdeen or Angus breed, 

 but the Galloway Cattle Society acquired the copyright of 

 the Galloway portion after the issue of the fourth volume. 

 Since then the ' Herd Book ' has been confined exclu- 

 sively to the race to which it was from the outset mainly 

 devoted. The following is the qualification for entry in 

 vol. vii., which is in preparation — viz., "Either (1) that 

 the sire and dam are both in the ' Herd Book ; ' or (2) that 

 the sire, and the sires of the dam and of the grand-dam, be 

 all entered in the ' Herd Book,' and that the grand-dam 

 should come from a reputedly pure stock, provided that 

 this rule shaU not apply to the produce of cows whose 

 produce has already been registered in the ' Herd Book.' " 

 Another important step in the history of improved 

 polled Aberdeen or Angus cattle was the establishment 

 of the Polled Cattle Society. The movement was pro- 

 moted heartily by Sir George Macpherson Grant, Bart., 

 M.P., and others; and at a meeting of breeders held at 

 Perth in 1879 — strangely enough, under the same auspices 

 as the meeting held in 1871 to consider the revival of the 

 'Herd Book' — it was formally decided that the Society 

 should be established. Accordingly, the Society was 

 started in the autumn of that year. Her Majesty the 



