250 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



record. Of this book, which is published by the Society, 

 35 volumes have been issued, containing the registry of 

 36,954 pedigrees. American Galloway Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation; secretary, R. W. Brown, Carrollton, Missouri. 

 The Association publishes the American Galloway Herd- 

 book, of which 20 volumes have been issued, containing 

 41,000 registrations. North American Galloway Associa- 

 tion; secretary, Lieut.-Col. David McCrae, Guelph, On- 

 tario, Canada. The registry work of this organization is 

 conducted by the Canadian National Live-stock Records, 

 Ottawa. About 2200 pedigrees have been recorded. 



SUSSEX CATTLE. Figs. 42, 43 



By Overtoil Lea 



285. Sussex cattle are so called from the county of 

 that name in England, where they most abound. They 

 are distinctly a beef breed. 



286. History in England. The origin of the Sussex, 

 like that of all the oldest breeds of English cattle, is in- 

 volved in obscurity. According to Youatt and Martin, 

 some of the ancient Britons fled before the advance of their 

 enemies to the Weald of East Sussex and carried with them 

 their cattle, or found there some of the native cattle of 

 the country, and zealously guarded them against all ad- 

 mixture. Alfred Heasrnan, editor of the first three 

 volumes of the Sussex Herd-book, and author of a chapter 

 on Sussex cattle in " The Cattle of the British Isles," 

 doubts whether the breed was imported or found native to 

 the country on the advent of William the Conqueror and 



