344 THE BREED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Panmure 59, by Panmure 51. From Mr Scott, Easter 

 TuUoch, were obtained Duchess 11th, of a branch of the 

 Old Grannie strain, and Margaret 4th, of the same descent 

 as the Easter TuUoch Mayflowers, from which Witch of 

 Endor 3528 was bred. Several of the animals were 

 selected from Mr Wilken's herd at Waterside of Forbes, 

 and besides the herds mentioned, there were specimens of 

 those at Balquharn, Gavenwood, Blairshinnoch, Campfield, 

 BrucehiU, East-town, Powrie, Skene, Kinbate, Baads, Bal- 

 quhain, Nether Kildrummy, Oakhill, Haughton, etc. Two 

 stock bulls were selected, the one bred by Mr. Ferguson, 

 Kinnochtry, and the other bred by Mr Stevenson, Blair- 

 shinnoch. The latter is Strathisla 1816, of the Erica 

 tribe, being out of Ella 1205, a daughter of Erica 843, 

 and after Moraystown 1439, whose dam was the prize 

 cow Forget-Me-Not 1685. Mr Matthews writes us : — 

 " My herd now numbers 170 head. I have sold within 

 the last two years about fifty head of cattle. They have 

 nearly all gone to the plains in theWest. I have shown my 

 cattle at the Kansas State Fair, where there was no opposi- 

 tion, and also at the Kansas City Exposition, where they 

 received the first prizes in all classes shown. I also exhi- 

 bited them at the great polled cattle show at St Louis 

 last year, where seven herds were represented, and there 

 took the herd premium, also several individual prizes. 

 This was the greatest show of polled cattle ever held in 

 America. I have fed a polled steer from November up 

 to the present time (May 25, 1882), the average daily 

 gain of which was about 3^ lbs. per day, which I think very 

 good. I am now also feeding a polled heifer, the average 

 gain of which I cannot now give, but it is certainly much 

 better than the steer. I could not expect animals to do 

 better than mine have done during the time I have had 

 them, and all parties to whom I have sold them write 

 me most encouragingly of their hardiness, capability of 

 caring for themselves under the most disadvantageous 



