300 EXISTING SCOTCH HEEDS. 



1880 a draft sale was held at Aberdeen, when 19 head 

 averaged £25, 15s. Since then, the herd has been largely- 

 reduced by sales to the Honourable Mr Cochrane, Canada, 

 who obtained two cows, four two-year-old heifers, and 

 three yearlings, the yearlings being a Victoria, a Daisy, 

 and a Maria, all of whom were shown at Aberdeen in 

 1881. 



Skillymarno. 



This herd, belonging to Mr Ferguson, was founded in 

 1869 from two sources — the Crimonmogate and Castle 

 Fraser Lily families. Lady Anne 1144, and Lady Mary 

 1145, were descended from the former, and Lovely 1146 

 from the latter. In establishing the herd, the bull Jamie 

 Fleeman 437, from the Strichen Mains herd, was used. 

 He was the winner of the Kinmundy cup at the Buchan 

 Society's show at Mintlaw in 1871. The females in the 

 herd are wholly descended from the two strains named. 

 The bulls introduced have been Miller 716, bred by 

 Mr Tayler of Glenbarry, who proved unsuccessful, and 

 Garvock 1221, bred by Mr Adamson, Balquharn. A few 

 calves were sired by the noted Highland Society bull 

 Logie the Laird 3rd 862, and by Marischal Keith 1627, 

 both owned by Colonel Ferguson of Pitfour. The sire at 

 present in use is Young Prince of Wester Fowlis 1897, 

 bred by Mr Strachan, Wester Fowlis. The herd com- 

 prises about twenty cows and heifers, with calves. The 

 cows are all good milkers. Mr Ferguson has been 

 breeding more for the butcher than the show-yard, and 

 has endeavoured to develop the beef-producing qualities 

 of the stock. The females in the herd have, however, had 

 a fair share of prizes at local shows. 



Spott. 

 Mr William Whyte's herd of polled cattle is kept at 



