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the farm of Fernyflatt, parish of Kinneff, at that time 

 farmed by Eobert Hector. David mentions that during 

 the seventeen years he was grieve at Brechin Castle, there 

 were none of the Shorthorn cattle ever there. Their dairy 

 cows were pure Ayrshires, and were always kept strictly 

 separate from the black polled cattle. He also tells me 

 that Panmure was ultimately bought by Mr M'Combie of 

 Tillyfour, and remembers well that, previous to that pur- 

 chase, the Forfarshire breeders always beat the Aberdeen- 

 shire ones, but after that, vice versa." 



We may explain that it was Mr Farquharson Taylor, 

 Wellhouse, Alford, who bought Panmure 51, after he had 

 gained the first prize at the Highland Society's show in 

 1843. 



Steps were taken in 1876 to rectify the errors in these 

 pedigrees in the ' Herd Book.' Mr FuUerton wrote a letter, 

 dated 20th October 1876, to the editor of the ' Herd Book,' 

 making a short declaration similar in substance to that 

 given in the foregoing ; and breeders possessing vol. i. of 

 the ' Herd Book ' were requested to delete the asterisk pre- 

 fixed to the entry of Black Meg 766, as well as the words 

 signifying that she was the dam of Panmure 51. As 

 regards the bull Panmure, it was ascertained from Mr 

 John Collier, Hatton, Arbroath, that he purchased his dam 

 in the year 1839 for Lord Panmure. The purchase was 

 made from Mr Silver of Netherley, and " it was understood 

 that the cow was bred in Buchan." The sire of Panmure 

 was certified by Mr Collier to have been a bull named 

 Hector, bred by Mr Hector, Fernyflatt. This bull does not 

 seem to be entered in the ' Herd Book.' It was decided 

 to regard Black Meg 766 as the cow that belonged to Mr 

 Fullerton, and that produced his Queen of Ardovie 29 ; 

 and to hold that the dam of Panmure 51, Black Meg, 

 belonging to Lord Panmure (of whom Mr Collier testified 

 that she had not a drop of Galloway blood in her), had 

 not been registered. 



