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in 1903 and included four famous bulls who left excellent and typical dairy points in their offspring. Two of these bulls were sired by the prize-winning bull Baron Wallace," of Auchenbrain; one from Craigbrae herd was a second prize winner at the show and sale at Ayr; the fourth came from Macquittiston herd and was sixth in a big yearling bull class at Ayr show. Many large importations of both male and female Ayrshires have been made from Scotland since. Fortunately for the Company, one lot of over 100 head was allowed to leave for Hong Kong soon after the Great War began. These were all first-class animals from some of the most prominent herds in Ayrshire. Great care has always been exercised in selecting animals, particular attention being given as to constitution and to the percentage of butter fat in their yield of milk. Any animal giving a low produce or bred from a low producer of butter fat is rejected without regard to her other attractions, while purchased animals are accepted only if they pass the tuberculin test. Judicious selection and breeding have given a very high standard of Ayrshire cattle on the Company's farms. It needs only to be mentioned that they have been bred from the following well-known prize-winning herds in the county of Ayrshire Hillhouse, Garelaugh, Shewalton Mains, Mid-Buiston, Jeanfield, Oldhall, Skerrington Mains, Castle Mains, Changue, Moorfield, Corsehill and many others. These breeders, besides being successful exhibitors, have exported many valuable animals. Champion Ayrshire cows in America during the last few years were from Garelaugh, Castle Mains, Shewalton Mains, Kilmford and Auchenbrain. From the last-named herd was exported to America the world-famous Ayrshire cow Brown Kate," which animal broke all Ayr- shire milk records. From the Hillhouse herd, the Company imported the bull All U Need," whose dam won the milking competition at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show in England. He had for sire the great breeding bull All U Want" the name being significant of the end in view- a full milk pail! More recently, from the Hillhouse herd, was imported the bull "Howie," from a Hobsland dam and sired by the unbeaten sire" Sir Hugh." Besides being bred absolutely on milk lines, "Sir Hugh won all honours at all British Shows for four or five years he was indeed pleasing to look upon and at all points satisfied the most critical eye. His record did not end there, for amongst his progeny, male and female, there have been many prize winners at the shows and at public auction sales, His sons, at one year old, have fetched handsome figures-up to 500 guineas each, From the Hillhouse herd in 1919, a bull calf of ten months old made the record figure for his age and class of 1,700 guineas.
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