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ABOVE: Earl Marshall, father of nine championship
winners at the Chicago International Shows and ancestor of all Australian
Lowline cattle.
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This page is
about the Hon. J.D.McGregor who, in 1877, founded the Glencarnock stock farms, which became the largest, single, intensive farming operation in Western Canada and Earl Marshall, the Aberdeen Angus bull who sired nine championship winners at the Chigago International Shows and who is an ancestor of all Australian Lowline cattle. McGregor got his start in Aberdeen Angus cattle in 1890 through an importation from Scotland. His Glencarnock herd provided the foundation stock for many Aberdeen Angus herds established on the Prairies (of both Canada and the US) and it was from his herd that Trangie Research Centre in Australian imported its champion Aberdeen Angus seed stock in 1929. McGregor won repeated victories with his Glencarnock Aberdeen Angus cattle, capturing the grand championship at the Chicago International with his magnificent bull Blackcap Revolution from whom all Australian Lowlines are descended. Blackcap Revolution was himself the progeny of a champion. His sire was Earl Marshall (see picture top left) sire of no less than nine Champions of the Chicago International Shows. McGregor became so respected by cattlemen that his portrait was hung in the Saddle and Sirloin Club in Chicago, the greatest honor the livestock men of America can grant. His influence on Canadian farming was tremendous. He was instrumental in removing Manitoba's early concentration in wheat and helped to make the new country a land of varied agriculture. In 1929, McGregor became lieutenant-governor of Manitoba. Much of the information on this page (including McGregor's picture) has been obtained from the Manitoba Hall of Fame. |
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Judy and David Sainsbury, Casablanca Lowline Stud, 146 Kauri Crescent, Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand. Telephone:(New Zealand)09 4122341. Mobile:0211433204. Email:lowline@casablanca.co.nz |
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