Jim and Marjorie Scrymgeour leading their Shorthorn bull Netherby Royal Challenge at the Brisbane Exhibition where he was named grand champion bull for six successive years from 1930 to 1935.
A BLINDING flash in the Jordan Valley during World War 1 was the last physical sight Jim Scrymgeour from Warwick would see with his own eyes.
So he learned to “see” with his hands.
Relying on touch and feel to assess cattle, Jim became an award-winning Shorthorn breeder and a celebrated judge at the Brisbane and Sydney Royal Shows, where his ability to judge cattle despite being blind earned…
