The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . ation concerning this breed. GROUP OF ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE. The engraving on the opposite page represents a group ofAberdeen-Angus cattle of the very popular Erica tribe, descendedfrom the celebrated cow of that name bred by Lord Southesk andpurchased by Sir George Macpherson Grant, of Castle Ballindalloch,when she was four years old. The family descended from this cowhas long been regarded as one of the very best of the breed, andits reputation has added greatly to the renown of the BallindallochHerd, which is probably the oldest
The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . ation concerning this breed. GROUP OF ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE. The engraving on the opposite page represents a group ofAberdeen-Angus cattle of the very popular Erica tribe, descendedfrom the celebrated cow of that name bred by Lord Southesk andpurchased by Sir George Macpherson Grant, of Castle Ballindalloch,when she was four years old. The family descended from this cowhas long been regarded as one of the very best of the breed, andits reputation has added greatly to the renown of the BallindallochHerd, which is probably the oldest one of this breed now in exist-ence in the world. In the center of the group is shown YoungViscount (736), for years the premier stock bull at Ballindalloch;and the cows — naming them in order, beginning with the calf lyingdown at upper left-hand corner of the engraving — are as follows:Eila (3794), Edelweis (5605), Eugenia (4170), Electra (4186), Equity(4671), and Equinox (8616). Engraved from a photograph copy ofa painting by Steel made in 1884. (298). ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULL JUDGE (1150). Calved Feb. 7, 1875; bred by Sir George Macpherson Grant,The Castle, Ballindalloch, Scotland; imported to Canada by Whitfield, Rougemont, P. Q., from whom he was purchased byJ. S. & W. R. Goodwin, Beloit, Kan., and died their property in1884; got by Scotsman (474) [bred by Mr. McCombie at Tillyfour,and the first-prize bull at the Highland Societys Show at Kelso in1872], dam the celebrated Jilt (973) [also bred by Mr. McCombie,a prize-winner as a heifer at the Royal English and Highland Soci-eties Shows and the dam of that famous trio of Ballindalloch bullsJudge (1150), Juryman (404), and Justice (1462)] by Black Princeof Tillyfour (366) [a famous Queen Mother bull bred at Tillyfour];2d dam Beauty of Tillyfour 2d (1180) [dam also of Ruth of Tilly-four (1169)] by Young Jock (4), etc. Judge was the second-prizeyearling at the Highland Show of 1876 at Aberdeen, and gainedthe gold medal
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