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behind the navel. The Angus is the first and 

 most important of the polled or hornless breeds, 

 both the Shorthorn and Hereford bearing horns, 

 the latter being wider spread and larger in diameter 

 than those of the former. 



Galloway. This breed, like the Angus, comes 

 from Scotland and was introduced into Canada in 

 1853 and into Michigan in 1870. A Galloway 

 breeders' register was established in the United 

 States in 1882. At present this breed is dis- 

 tributed mostly in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, 

 and Minnesota. The Galloways are gaining in 

 popularity wherever they are raised. This breed 

 is the hardiest of all the beef cattle with the 

 exception of the West Highland cattle. The hair 

 is long and wavy. In size they are somewhat 

 smaller than the Shorthorn, Hereford, or Angus. 

 Under ordinary conditions they do not mature 

 as early as the Angus or Hereford, but may be 

 readily forced by suitable feeding. The Galloways 

 are excellent grazers and are capable of giving 

 a good account of themselves under unfavorable 

 conditions. The quality of the beef has been 

 referred to as of unusual excellence, in England, 

 for the past two centuries. The prepotency of 

 the Galloway is perhaps stronger even than that of 

 the Angus since from ninety-five per cent, to 

 one hundred per cent, of the progeny of Galloway 

 bulls from native stock are black and hornless. 

 They are good breeders, but yield a very small 

 quantity of milk. One peculiar value of the 

 Galloway lies in their beautiful hide which is 

 extensively used for robes and other purposes. 

 On account of their long, wavy hair the Galloways 

 are preferred in crossing with Buffaloes to produce 

 the half breed known as the Catalo, The color 



