Excerpt from History of Polled Aberdeen or Angus Cattle: Giving an Account of the Origin, Improvement, and Characteristics of the Breed
Inaccurate entries in vol. I. Of Polled Herd Book - Statement ''by the late Mr Fullerton, Mains of Ardestie, on breeding of cow Black Meg 766 and bull Panmure 51 - Communication from Dr Simpson, Marykirk, regarding sire of Panmure 51 - Mr Collier, Hatton, on the breeding of Panmure 51 - Errors in entries of Keillor cattle - Confusion as to bulls Old Jock 1 and Grey breasted Jock 2 - Account of the Keillor Jocks - The Keillor cows Favourite and Beauty - Supplementary information re specting the pedigrees of the bulls Monarch 44 and the Tilly four Victors.
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