242 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



There are also several state organizations, as the Indiana, 

 Iowa and Nebraska Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Associa- 

 tions. These have memberships of seventy-five to one 

 hundred and fifty persons, hold regular annual meetings, 

 appropriate money for special prizes at the state fairs, 

 and in other ways seek to promote the interests of the 

 breed. 



Literature. Aberdeen-Angus, The Breed that Beats the Record, 

 Detroit (1886); James Macdonald and James Sinclair, History of 

 Polled Aberdeen or Angus Cattle, Edinburgh (1882) ; A History of 

 the Heatherton Herd, Chicago (1907). 



GALLOWAY CATTLE. Plate IX. Figs. 40, 41. 

 By Charles Gray 



274. The Galloway is a breed of beef cattle which 

 derives its name from the province of Galloway, Scotland. 

 Galloway now embraces only the Stewartry of Kirkcud- 

 bright and the shire of Wigton, the two southwest counties 

 of Scotland, but formerly comprised the six counties lying 

 south of the Firth of Forth. 



275. History in Scotland. The origin of the Galloway 

 cattle is lost in the mists of antiquity. When the Romans 

 first visited Britain the country was covered with dense 

 forests. In these forests the Romans found many wild 

 cattle roaming at their will, and it is now conceded 

 that they were the progenitors of our modern breed of 

 Gallo'ways. Cattle-breeding has been the principal busi- 

 ness among Galloway farmers since earliest times of which 

 we have record. A history of Scotland alluding to the 

 time prior to and including the reign of Alexander III 

 (1249) says : " Black cattle were reared in great numbers 



