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side, selected twenty fine animals, comprising Blackbird of 

 Corskie 2nd 3024, the first-prize cow at the Highland 

 Society's show at Perth, and representing the Mont- 

 bletton Mayflower family. We are informed that she 

 cost 200 guineas. Mabel 6th 4295, of the Pride family, 

 bred by Mr Grant, Methlick, was secured at a long 

 price. Vine 2nd 3329 was bought from the Earl of 

 Southesk, and was in the prize list at the Highland 

 Society's show at Stirling. The Pride heifer Pride 20th, 

 bred at Tillyfour, was acquired from Mr Auld. Animals 

 were further obtained from the East-Town, Altyre, Skene, 

 Dunnydeer, Cardney, Kinstair, Guisachan, and Thomas- 

 town herds. The bull Paris 3rd, out of Proserpine 3807, 

 a second-prize heifer at the Highland Society's show, and 

 after Paris 1473, the first-prize two-year-old at the Paris 

 Exhibition, was purchased from Mr M'Combie of Easter 

 Skene for 150 guineas. He was the first-prize yearling at 

 the Eoyal Northern and Highland Society's shows in 1881. 

 The herd contains specimens of the Pride, Easter TuUoch 

 Mayflower, Mulben Ellen and Mayflower, Kinnochtry 

 Favourite, Advie Eose, Indego Grace, Mains of Kelly 

 Victoria, TiUyfour Charmer and Windsor, Eothiemay 

 Victoria, Drumin Princess, Westertown Victoria,^ Drumin 

 Lucy, Kinnochtry Emily, and other well-known families. 

 Twenty-five bulls were also selected for the Cochrane 

 Eanche Company. Writing us in April last Mr Cochrane 

 said : — " I have at present in my herd thirty-three cows 

 and heifers, three stock bulls, and eleven calves of both 

 sexes. They have done well during the past winter. I 

 am in every way pleased with them, and they are greatly 

 admired by all who see them. The manager of our Eanche 

 Company in the North- Western Territory also speaks in 

 the highest terms of the pine young bulls which I purchased 

 at the Perth auction sale." 



Three very fine lots have been imported by Mr George 

 Whitfield, The Model Farm, Eougemont, Quebec. The 



