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numerous in the states of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, 

 Kansas, Ohio and Nebraska, in the order given. How- 

 ever, they are widely distributed, and in recent years 

 have increased substantially in popular favor in the South, 

 Southwest, West and Northwest. Preeminently a feeder's 

 beast, the Aberdeen-Angus not only is highly prized by 

 beef-producers in the corn-belt, but graziers and ranchmen 

 of the plains region of the West, Southwest and North- 

 west find it a profitable breed for their conditions. It is in 

 the surplus corn states, however, that Aberdeen-Angus 

 cattle appear to reach their highest excellence. 



273. Organizations and records. The two leading 

 organizations concerned with the advancement of the 

 interests of Aberdeen-Angus cattle are the Polled Cattle 

 Society of Scotland, organized in 1879, and the American 

 Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association, organized in 1883, 

 with headquarters in the Live-Stock Record Building, 

 Chicago. Thirty-eight volumes of the Polled Cattle Herd- 

 book have been issued since 1862. When the Polled Cattle 

 Herd-book was first established in Scotland, Galloway 

 cattle were recorded in it as well (in first four volumes), but 

 all animals of that breed were designated by an asterisk 

 placed in front of their names, and no animals were accepted 

 that were a cross between the Aberdeen-Angus and the 

 Galloway, but both breeds were kept distinct. Since 1886, 

 the American association has published twenty-four vol- 

 umes of its herd-book. Over 197,000 Aberdeen- Angus 

 cattle have been registered in the American herd-book, 

 but of course a considerable proportion of these were the 

 foundation animals whose pedigrees were taken from the 

 Scotch herd-book ; about 15 per cent of the annual prod- 

 uce of pure-bred herds is not recorded. There are now 

 about 3200 members in the American association. 



