548 THE BKEED IN FOREIGN COUNTKIES. 



Stevenson, Blairshinnoch ; and Mr George Bruce, Aber- 

 deen. 



Mr G. W. Henry, Kansas City, bought a valuable lot 

 of twenty-three heifers and five bulls in the spring 

 of 1882. From Mr Auld, Bridgend, was secured the 

 cow Dandy 2nd 3266, of the Empress branch of the 

 Queen tribe ; Tifty 5th 4575 of the Fyvie Flower 

 family; Dimple 3916; Dolly Douglass ; and Gymbeline. 

 The herd at Greystone supplied Bella 4th, sister of the 

 cow Bella 2nd, sold for 200 guineas ; Lady Haddo 7th ; 

 and a yearling bull. A good selection was made from the 

 herd of Mr Strachan, Wester Fowlis, all the animals from 

 that herd — eight in number — having been by Prince 

 Albert 1492, a son of Young Viscount 736. Three 

 heifers were obtained from Mr Stevenson, Blairshinnoch ; 

 two from Mr George Bruce, Aberdeen ; and one from 

 Wellhouse. The bull Blaclc Commodore was secured at 

 Montbletton. He was after the prize bull Young Hero 

 1837, and of the Ballindalloch Coquette family. Bulls 

 were also purchased from Mr Fraser, Kinbate ; and Mrs 

 Hay, South Ythsie. 



Mr J. V. FarweU of Chicago imported in the autumn 

 of 1881, for his farm in Iowa, a bull and seven yearling 

 heifers. The bull was Father Jack 1913, bred by Mr 

 M'Kenzie, Lyne of Carron ; and among the heifers were 

 specimens of the Westertown Rose and Mains of Kelly 

 Guinea Pig families. Mr Farwell bought more recently, 

 from Colonel rFerguson of Pitfour, a yearling bull out 

 of the prize cow Dulcet 4057, and after Marischal 

 Keith 1627 ; and two heifers. From other breeders in 

 the North of Scotland eighteen heifers and a bull were 

 secured. 



Mr P. H. Tompkins, El Paso, Illinois, purchased a male 

 and female, — the former being Black Hawk, and the latter 

 Scottish Maid. The bull was purchased from Messrs 

 Anderson & Findlay. Mr Tompkins says these animals 



