THE GALLOWAYS. 



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back, 3ft.; across the shoulders, 2ft. 4in.; girth of leg below knee, 

 8in.; distance of breast from the ground, 1ft. 3)in.; width 

 between fore legs, 1ft. Sin. The live weight was 1520 pounds. 

 She was exhibited at the Smith field cattle show, and her portrait 

 engraved under the sanction of the club. 



Plate 14. Galloway Cow, four years old. 



This cut is an accurate portrait of a beautiful young Galloway 

 cow, in Canada West, as taken by our artist. 



" The Galloway cows are not good milkers ; but although the 

 quantity of the milk is not great, it is rich in quality, and yields 

 a large proportion of butter. A cow that gives from twelve to 

 sixteen quarts of milk per day, is considered a very superior 

 milker, and that quantity produces more than a pound and a half 

 of butter. The average milk, however, of a Galloway cow, 

 cannot be reckoned at more than six or eight quarts per day, 

 during the five summer months after feeding her calf. During 

 the next four months she does not give more than half of that 

 quantity, and for two or three months she is dry. 



