110 AMERICAN CATTLE. 



That they are well adapted to the soil and climate of Canada, 

 and of the Northern and Middle States of America, we have no 

 doubt, as a grazing beast ; but, for the dairy, an intimate and 

 persistent trial of their qualities in that line, will only convince 

 us of their superiority, or even average excellence with our own 

 good dairy cows. In the hilly and more rugged parts of our 

 country, adapted for the rearing and grazing of the lighter and 

 more active breeds of cattle, they must be a desirable stock to 

 introduce, and as such, we consider them entitled to confidence. 



Their lack of horn, is by some thought a point of great merit, 

 as rendering them more peaceable in a herd, and harmless to do 

 injury. It may be so ; but if those charitable people could once 

 see a fight between one of them and a full-horned beast, they 

 would soon find that their conical skulls can butt as hard, and 

 force as vigorous a push as the others; and although they can 

 inflict no injury by the horn, the skull is as impenetrable and 

 actively managed as the most enthusiastic admirer of adroit 

 "hits " would desire. The fact is, a Galloway can fight, either 

 in defence or attack, as well as a horned beast, and the safety of 

 him who handles them lies more in their docility of temper and 

 good training, than in their inability to inflict injury. 



The peculiar shape of the skull is a prominent point in deter- 

 mining the purity of blood, and high breeding in the Galloway. 

 It should be high, and pointed round like the head of a doe, 

 with no place for a horn to plant itself, and a thick and long 

 growth of hair, almost shaggy, in front. In fact, an expert in 

 Galloways will detect a deficient or false point in them, as readily 

 as the most fastidious judge would do in a short-horn or a 

 Devon. 



