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of a pure Polled-Angus cow, but " Regulator " had a dash of 

 white in the roan. 



It has been pointed out that a black first-cross between a 

 Galloway bull and a red Shorthorn cow strongly resembles 

 in appearance and also in feeding qualities the Angus breed 

 of cattle, and, had the origin of the latter not been known, the 

 likeness might have been accepted as strong presumptive 

 evidence of its being due to this cross. The Galloway bull is 

 on the whole more impressive than the Aberdeen- Angus, the 

 breed being more ancient in its origin and the cross-bred 

 stock with the pure Shorthorn more uniform in size and of 

 better colours commanding a readier market in districts 

 where both are known. There is much less uncertainty 

 about a blue-grey entirely free from horns than a black 

 first-cross Aberdeen-Angus that is not so attractive in 

 colour, and may develop horns or scurs, and may easily 

 be mistaken for an inferior type of cross. From the 

 Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn cross one has the chance of 

 getting probably a greater number of exceptionally good 

 show animals, still there are, all over, more of the narrow- 

 hipped sort among them than among Galloway crosses, and 

 they do not possess such well-developed coats of hair to 

 withstand exposure in a humid country like the south-west 

 of Scotland. But that they are unsurpassed as butchers' 

 beasts to be qui.ckly fed in favourable surroundings into beef 

 of the finest quality their annual record at Smithfield clearly 

 shows. 



The first volume of the Polled Herd Book was published 

 in 1862, and the second in 1872. After the publication of 

 the fourth volume the Galloway portion was withdrawn, to be 

 published separately. The Polled Cattle Society, Banff, 

 N.B., which was established in 1879, has since its formation 

 superintended the registration of the Aberdeen-Angus breed. 

 The English Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Association, which 

 publishes no Herd Book, was formed in May 1900, mainly 

 with the object of holding an annual show and sale at a 

 convenient centre for English breeders and buyers ; but also 

 to promote generally the interests of the breed, to hold 

 discussions and give breed prizes at the shows of the Royal 

 Agricultural ; Bath and West ; Yorkshire ; and Royal Counties 

 Societies; and champion medals at the shows of various local 



