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THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS BILL

... four. The Laird of Easter Skene has the credit of repeeting his first position at Aberdeen in the twoyear-old class with Blackberry, a useful-looking heifer of his own breeding, brought out in good condition. A stylish-looking, shapely heifer. from Ba ...

Published: Wednesday 28 July 1875
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6834 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE NORTH BRITISH AGRICULTURIST•

... Heifers calved after lst January 1873. Premiums, £lO, £6, and £4-1, William M'Combie of Easter Skene, Skene, Aberdeenshire, Blackberry ; 2, Sir George Macpherson Grant, Bart., Ballindalloch Castle, Ballindelloch, Ethel; 3, the Earl of Fife, K.T., Duff ...

Published: Wednesday 28 July 1875
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2420 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

GENERAL FEATURES

... spite of its funs white flowers and pleasant dark berries, grows more vigorously than could be wished, is the bramble or blackberry. It contends with the honeysuckle for the of trees and shrubs on which to dime. Its branches are of great thick tires and ...

Published: Wednesday 29 December 1875
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2396 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE NORTE BRITISH AGRIOULTURIS2

... Cows of any age-1, The Earl of Fife, ' lnure 2, Sir Geo. Macpherson Grant, Eva ; 3, Wiz. M'Combie of Easter Skeue, Blackberry; 4, the Earl of Fife, Patce of Corskis ; very h.-c., the Earl of Fife, Viol e t o f alontbletton ; h.-a, the Earl of ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1876
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1112 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

MAR AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION SHOW

... of the horses was fair. Mr M'Combie, Easter Skin., carried off e ± grsat many of the prises in the polled stook. His cow Blackberry, which was third at Aberdeen, and first se a two-year-old at Glasgow last year took the first honour here; while his two-year-o ...

Published: Wednesday 09 August 1876
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1153 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

TIIB 'VC-IPM BRITISII AGRICULTURIST

... other item of news concerning this herd is not so cheerful ; it is that Mr M'Combie has lost his beautiful four-yeau old cow Blackberry (1813) of his own breeding which was first at Aberdeen and Glasgow in 1873 as a two-yearold heifer, and third in the remarkable ...

Published: Wednesday 14 February 1877
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4297 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

SALE OF MR. DREW'S HORSES

... , while Mr. Waddell had only to exceed the start of 80 p. by 10 gs. to secure Neva, a nice filly, with good action. Blackberry, a strong, lengthy, promising filly, was not very dear at 66 gs. to Mr. Wilkie, Auchnagatt. The four two-year-old fillies ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1878
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4136 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

EGGS NOT FOOD

... nests, they had nearly all creation—the manger In the stable, the hay-mow in the barn, the old sleigh under the unshed, the blackberry patch in the corner of the hogs. yard, the brusbheap m the woodor the hies ran and weeds in the neigh bouring meadow . ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1879
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2356 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

THE NORTH BRITISH AGRICULTURIST. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS IN

... hundreds of families get an income from the gathering and sale of the wild strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, huckleberry, blackberry, and cranberry. These small fruits are mostly consumed at home. In the Genessee Valley peaches were carted about in waggon ...

Published: Wednesday 06 October 1880
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2149 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

IRELAND

... red cherry, choke cherry, blueberry, gooseberry (two varieties, ono quite large), red raspberry, strawberry, eyeberry, blackberry, west of mountains ; cranberry, marsh, high bush, and sand ; moosberry, swampberry or orangeberry, elderberry, currants ...

Published: Wednesday 11 October 1882
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1080 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

GALLOWAY BULL SHOW AND BALE

... (2061) ; c., J. Cunningham—' Roderick of Carliestown (2128) ; J. & Nivison--' Underwood' (2034); and It. & J. Shennan—' Blackberry' (1M). The following i 9 the male list of the yearling bullocks which realized £25 and upwards per head The property of ...

Published: Wednesday 04 April 1883
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 750 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

THE NORTH BRITISH AGRICULTURIST. WOBURN CROP EXPERIMENTS

... by 'Sir Benedict,' to Mr. Hawke's, Thenford, Oxfordshire, at a high price. POLLED CATTLE FOR AMERICA.—Mr. John Stewart, Blackberry, Kane County, Illinois, has purchased from Mr. Stewart, Knockollochy, a throe-year-old polled Angus cow named ' .Tone of ...

Published: Wednesday 04 July 1883
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1729 | Page: 7 | Tags: none