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prize against nearly two thousand other cattle of various 

 breeds shown in competition, every animal of the Aber- 

 deen-Angus breed receiving either a prize or an honorable 

 mention. About this time the breed was introduced into 

 England, and a little later into Ireland. 



269. History in America. The Paris successes led 

 some of the former breeders of these cattle, then in America, 

 to bring over a few of their early favorites in 1878, and 

 from that time this breed of cattle has grown rapidly in 

 public favor until it is now recognized as one of the prin- 

 cipal beef breeds of this country. In 1872, two bulls 

 were sent to western Kansas, but no females accompanied 

 that importation. It was the marketing of the steers 

 from these two animals that first attracted attention to 

 this breed in Kansas City. Other importations were 

 made as follows : In 1876, two bulls and a cow, by the 

 Ontario Agricultural College; in 1878, one bull and five 

 cows, by Anderson & Findlay, Lake Forest, Illinois; 

 in 1879, by F. B. Redfield, Batavia, New York; in 

 1880, by George Whitfield, Rougemont, Province of 

 Quebec. Since that time many importations have been 

 made. 



The lack of horns was such an unusual condition that it 

 excited much comment and not a little opposition. When 

 breeders and feeders began to consider this feature, its 

 decided advantage so appealed to them that a perfect 

 furor of dehorning swept over the country. Horns were 

 sawed off from aged animals, and horn-cores were gouged 

 out or burnt off of calves, until dehorned market cattle 

 became the rule instead of the exception. The Aber- 

 deen-Angus bull has become a prime favorite as a dehorner. 

 Crossed with the ordinary native cow, about 90 to 95 

 per cent of the offspring are black in color and hornless, 



