The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . ABERDEEN-ANGUS COW BRUCES QUEEN (5312). Calved March 2, 1879; bred by Mr. David A. Pearson, JohnstonLodge, Lawrencekirk, Scotland; purchased by Mr. Geo. Bruce, ofAberdeen, and- sold to her present owners, Messrs. Gudgell & Simp-son, Independence, Mo.; got by M. P. (1250), [a richly-bred Prideof Aberdeen bull got by the prize-taking Queen Mother bull Mou-diewart (686), out of Pride of Aberdeen 3d (1168) by Black Princeof Tillyfour (^66)^, dam Annie of Johnston (1212), bred by JamesLeslie, of The Thorn, and sired by a bull from Tillyf
The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . ABERDEEN-ANGUS COW BRUCES QUEEN (5312). Calved March 2, 1879; bred by Mr. David A. Pearson, JohnstonLodge, Lawrencekirk, Scotland; purchased by Mr. Geo. Bruce, ofAberdeen, and- sold to her present owners, Messrs. Gudgell & Simp-son, Independence, Mo.; got by M. P. (1250), [a richly-bred Prideof Aberdeen bull got by the prize-taking Queen Mother bull Mou-diewart (686), out of Pride of Aberdeen 3d (1168) by Black Princeof Tillyfour (^66)^, dam Annie of Johnston (1212), bred by JamesLeslie, of The Thorn, and sired by a bull from Tillyfour. BrucesQueen was first in her class and won a special cup at the Kincar-dine Show in Scotland in 1881, and since her importation, in thehands of Messrs. Gudgell & Simpson, at the great fairs of 1882 and1883 was a frequent winner of class and sweepstakes prizes. Sketchedfrom life by Burk. (316). ABERDEEN-ANGUS COW IMP. BLACKBIRD OFCORSKIE 2D (3024). Calved April 18, 1875; bred by the Earl of Fife, K. T., DuffHouse, Scotland; imported by the Hon. M. H. Cochrane, Hillhurst,P. Q., Can., and purchased at his sale at Kansas City, Mo., April26, 1883, by her present owners, the Indiana Blooded Stock Com-pany of Indianapolis, Ind., for $2,050, the highest price ever madeby an animal of the breed on this side the Atlantic; got by JohnBright (642), [a famous prize bull in Scotland early in the Seven-ties, gaining among other honors the male championship of theyard at the Highland Societys Show at Turriff in 1872], damBlackbird of Corskie (1704) [a prize cow at various Highland andRoyal Northern Shows] by Squire (436) [bred at Tillyfour and first-prize bull at the United Banffshire Show of 1871]; 2d dam LadyIda (1021) [prize-taker at Highland, Banffshire, Cornhill, and othershows from 1867 to 1873] by Black Diamond (464); 3d dam May-flower 2d by The Earl (291), etc. Blackbird of Corskie
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