138 EXTINCT HERDS. 



likely to make a show-yard animal of him, and he was un- 

 successful at the Highland Society's show at Dundee in 

 1843. Colin was succeeded by his son, Southesk 34, from 

 Old Bell 98 ; and just before Sir James Carnegie's death in 

 1849, a young bull was purchased from Mr Euxton, Far- 

 nell. This bull was a son of Adam 39, and his name 

 appears in some pedigrees. He was used only for those 

 cows that were too closely bred to Southesk, as he turned 

 out to have scurs, being the only beast with scurs Mr 

 Carnegie ever saw at Kinnaird in the late Sir James's 

 lifetime, except a cow bought for one season for milk. 



At the time of Sir James Carnegie's death, the following 

 pure animals were in the herd : of the Lady Anne tribe — 

 Old Bell 98, Smutella 329, Lady Anne 97 (miscalled in 

 ' Herd Book ' " of Craigo "), Nelly, Bell of Kinnaird 328, 

 Fanny of Kinnaird 330, Meg 708, and Violet 327, the last 

 four being heifers; of the Sarah tribe — Sarah 140, and 

 her daughter, Mary of Kinnaird 326 ; of the Beauty 

 tribe — Mona 325, and a sister of hers not entered in 

 ' Herd Book ; ' the cow Angus 95, of the same tribe, be- 

 longed to the park-keeper. 



The oldest and most important tribe in the herd was 

 the Lady Anne tribe. The cow Old Lady Anne 743 was 

 a very old cow at the time of Mr Carnegie's earliest recol- 

 lections, and she must have been calved about 1820. She 

 was said to have been a prize-taker in her time. Mr 

 Carnegie believes Old Lady Anne to be the oldest cow 

 recorded in vol. i. of the ' Herd Book.' Old Lady Anne 

 and all her descendants, even to the present time, have 

 been most excellent milkers. They had the especial 

 property of continuing to give a large quantity of milk till 

 close on the time that they were due to calve, and, if 

 allowed, they would continue to milk on tiU their calving. 

 The old cattleman used to say that he believed that, from 

 one year's end to the other. Old Lady Anne and her 

 descendants gave more milk than any of the Ayrshires, 



