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A STUDY OF FARM AXIMALS 



Aberdeen-Angus cattle. He improved on the work of Wat- 

 son, and his cattle became celebrated for the prizes they 

 won in the shows of Scotland and France. Sir George 

 McPherson Grant, who died in 1907, was the most noted 

 breeder of recent days, and from his herd came some of the 

 greatest cattle of the breed. 



The first Aberdeen-Angus cattle were imported to Amer- 

 ica in 1873, by George Grant, of Kansas. Later in the 

 seventies a few head were taken to Canada, New York, 



Figure 84. Aberdeen-Angus bull, Balatum, owned by J. S. Caldwell & Son 

 of Ohio. Photograph by the author. 



Illinois, and other states of the central West. It is only in 

 rather recent years that these cattle have become popular in 

 America and recognized as one of the really great breeds. 

 The characteristics of Aberdeen-Angus cattle are espe- 

 cially marked in color, head character, and quality of flesh. 

 The standard color is a hard, clear black, although at rare 

 intervals red will occur. This red is inherited from past 

 generations, for at one time there were many reds, browns, 

 and brindles among the cattle of Aberdeen. The head is 



