226 EXISTING SCOTCH HERDS. 



registered animals 13 cows, 6 heifers, and 2 bulls, in 

 addition to calves. Mr M'Combie has in his possession 

 over 300 prize tickets won by animals from his herd at 

 the local and national shows — a sufficient and striking 

 testimony to the merit of the Easter Skene stock. 



Easter TuUoch. 



Mr James Scott of Easter Tulloch, Stonehaven, owns 

 perhaps the largest herd of polled cattle in existence. It 

 numbered at one time about 200 head, and notwithstanding 

 numerous sales, it is still of very imposing dimensions. Not 

 only are the cattle at Easter Tulloch numerous, but they are 

 exceedingly well bred. Mr Scott has himself brought out 

 several good animals, and in the hands of other breeders, 

 who practise a more liberal system of feeding, stock reared 

 from his herd have taken very high positions. Mr Scott 

 himself keeps his herd in very lean condition, but when 

 his animals are generously treated "blood tells." About 

 1866, some sixteen females and bulls were purchased from 

 Mr T. Ferguson, Kinnochtry. The purchases from Kin- 

 nochtry and their descendants form the bulk of the herd. 

 Among the animals acquired from Mr Ferguson we may 

 note Princess of Kinnochtry 914, of the Keillor Favourite 

 tribe, and foundress of Mr Ferguson's well-known Princess 

 family; Princess of Easter Tulloch 1026, a daughter of 

 Princess of Kinnochtry, Duchess of Easter Tulloch 1028, 

 also a descendant of the Keillor cow Favourite 2, through 

 Prizie 586 ; Levitz 1034, a descendant of Lord Panmure's 

 first-prize cow at the Highland Society's show at Dundee 

 in 1843 ; Mary of Easter Tulloch 1035, descended from a 

 dam by Panmure 51 ; Kate of Easter Tulloch 1036, of the 

 same strain as Levitz 1034; Agnes of Easter Tulloch 1966, 

 of the Kinnochtry Emily family, tracing to Old Grannie 1. 

 At the Kinnaird sale in 1865 Mr Scott purchased the 

 cow Formosa 186 (erroneously entered among bulls in 



