244 THE BEEEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



Galloway Cattle Society of Great Britain, with the able 

 assistance of the secretary, Rev. John Gillispie, of Dum- 

 friesshire, Scotland, published the first book of Galloway 

 pedigrees which is recognized by Galloway associations 

 at present. 



276. History in America. The breed was formally in- 

 troduced into America by an importation made by Graham 

 Brothers, Ontario, Canada, in 1853, although it has been 

 said that one or two individuals were seen in this country 

 before that time. The cattle of the first importation 

 adapted themselves so readily to Canadian conditions 

 that many large shipments quickly followed, until now 

 the hornless, shaggy blacks are found in all the provinces 

 of Canada and nearly every state in the Union. The 

 breed made its way into the United States slowly at first. 

 A few head were brought into Michigan in 1870, and from 

 there spread into other central and western states. 



277. Description. The typical modern Galloway is a 

 low, blocky animal, with a long, soft, shaggy coat of black 



hair, hornless, well 



fe^|- sprung in the ribs, the 



whole make-up re- 

 sembling a barrel in 

 shape, which is evenly 

 covered with juicy, 

 lean flesh. (Figs. 40, 

 41. Plate IX.) The 

 FIG. 40 -Galloway bull. Galloways have been 



hornless from time 



immemorial. Some writers mention a tradition to the 

 effect that in remote ages they were provided with horns ; 

 however, notices of the breed centuries ago invariably 

 state that Galloways were hornless. If any so-called 



