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Galloway presents the slightest appearance of horns, he 

 should be rejected as impure. 



278. Use for milk. The Galloways, as a breed, can- 

 not lay claim to any superiority as milkers. Although 

 many herds have been kept for centuries in the south of 

 Scotland for dairy pur- 

 poses, yet, as a whole, 

 the breed has been im- 

 proved chiefly along the 

 lines of beef-produc- 

 tion. Some breeders 

 in Scotland have de- 

 veloped the milking 

 faculty of their herds 

 to a very high degree 

 by systematically dis- 

 posing of cows that 

 proved shy milkers. 

 It is not an uncom- 

 mon thing in the corn- 

 belt of this country to 

 find Galloway cows that produce large quantities of milk. 

 Some of the most noted show-cows exhibited in recent 

 years gave large quantities of very rich milk during their 

 milking season. The United States Government recently 

 purchased a number of animals of the milking strains and 

 sent them to Alaska for dairy purposes. Many favorable 

 reports have been received from Alaska since these hardy 

 blacks arrived at their .new home. They seem to be as 

 well adapted to the rigors of the northern climate as 

 they are to the inclement weather found among the 

 rugged hills and fertile glens of their native land in 

 southwestern Scotland. 



FIG. 41. Galloway cow. 



