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family, from Colonel Gordon of Fyvie. He hias since 

 added Lily 2nd of Thomastown 3628, from Mr Walker, 

 Westside of Brux; the bull P.R. 1395, from the same 

 breeder; Mayflower of Pitgair 8th 4237, from Captain 

 Beedie; Cannie Chiel 1662, from Sir William Gordon 

 Gumming; Diana 3rd of Morlich 5036, from Mr Cran, 

 Morlich ; and Knight of Fyvie, from Colonel Gordon of 

 Fyvie. The bulls we have named have been used in the 

 herd. P.E., descended from the Keillor cow Jane of Bog- 

 fern 540, left very good stock, and improved the herd very 

 much. Cannie Chiel, by the Sybil bull Senator 863, and 

 of the Westertown Victoria family, a heavy, useful sire, 

 also has left nice calves. Duchess of Fyvie has had two 

 bull calves. Miss Jeannie is a regular breeding and 

 excellent milking cow, and was second in the cow class at 

 the Eoyal Northern show at Aberdeen. Lily 2nd has had 

 four heifer calves, was commended as one of a pair at 

 Aberdeen, and was first at Turriff. Mr Craighead sold 

 Lily 4th 5034, winner of first prize at Turriff as one of a 

 pair and her bull calf; Lily 5th 5035, second-prize heifer at 

 Turriff; Lily 6th; Joan of Thomastown 5032, commended 

 at Turriff ; and Knight of Fyvie, out of the Fyvie Flower 

 cow Miss Grace 4066, at from 30 to 60 guineas, to Mr 

 Bell, for Mr Eobertsou, Waimea, New Zealand. Diana 

 3rd of Morlich and her bull calf were sold to Mr Wilken 

 for exportation to America. The herd numbers about 

 twenty head. 



Waterside of Forbes. 



Mr George Wilken, Waterside of Forbes, who has taken 

 such a prominent part in connection with the exportation 

 of polled cattle to America, having been entrusted by 

 clients with the difficult and important task of selecting 

 over 200 head of breeding stock for the other side of the 

 Atlantic, commenced a herd in 1872 by purchases from 

 the old Asloon stock. The herd was drafted in 1877, when 



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