252 EXISTING SCOTCH HERDS. 



and, with tlie exception of two dairy cows, every animal 

 on the farm is purely bred, and in the ' Herd Book.' The 

 most numerous family now at Kincraig is that of which 

 Miss Carnegie 8th 1676 is the ancestress. This cow was 

 purchased at the Bognie dispersion, and has proved an 

 excellent breeder and a good milker. Another Bognie 

 family originated with Corskie 30th 1277, also bought at 

 the Bognie dispersion. A third family of three animals is 

 from the Ballindalloch cow Elaiae 2989, descended from 

 the Drumin herd. She has done well at Kincraig, although 

 her first calf was a disappointment. A fourth family of 

 four animals is from Leddy 3556, a good handsome cow 

 from the Johnston herd. She was purchased in 1879 at 

 the Aberdeen sale, and has turned out a very valuable 

 acquisition to the herd. The fifth family is descended 

 from the excellent cow Adelaide 3501, of the "Westertown 

 Victoria family, selected by Mr Macgregor from the late 

 Mr Brown's splendid herd, and purchased at what was in 

 these days considered a very long price. Unfortunately 

 Adelaide's progeny have been chiefly bulls, and her 

 present representative in the herd has as yet followed 

 her example. This has been very disappointing, for 

 Adelaide 2nd 2457 is a particularly handsome cow. The 

 stock bull Chieftain 1847 is her calf, and is now two 

 years old. 



The climate of Badenoch, in which district Kincraig is 

 situated, is exceedingly severe in winter. This is a great 

 disadvantage ; but in reducing his herd to its present 

 limits, Mr Macgregor has endeavoured to retain only such 

 animals as appeared most suitable, and the result has 

 been very encouraging. The chief difficulty is to provide 

 food in spring in a locality in which vegetation is very 

 late, and on a farm where a large stock of several thousand 

 blackfaced sheep is kept. There is also the drawback of 

 being generally obliged to sell the surplus stock in com- 

 paratively low condition, which always reduces the price 



