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A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



These cattle stand on short legs, and are very compact. 

 They graze well, mature early, fatten smoothly, produce 

 meat of the choicest grade, and kill out with the least waste. 

 The Aberdeen-Angus is a great favorite with the butchers 

 on account of the smoothness of carcass and small per cent 

 of waste in dressing. In the fat stock shows in recent years, 

 in America and England, no other breed has won so many 

 grand championships. In slaughter tests the bullocks have 

 dressed out 72 per cent carcass to offal, which is a very high 

 record. Many of the cows are good milkers, and produce 



an excellent 

 grade of milk. 

 In disposition 

 the Aberdeen- 

 Angus are nota- 

 bly nervous, 

 more resembling 

 the Hereford 

 than the Short- 

 horn in this re- 

 spect. 



These cattle 

 are growing 

 much in popular- 

 ity. With Iowa 

 as the great breeding center, many fine herds are found in 

 the corn-belt states. There are some excellent herds in the 

 southern states, where the breed has comparatively recently 

 obtained a foothold. Among the more popular families of 

 Aberdeen-Angus cattle are the Erica, Queen Mother, Pride, 

 and Blackbird. During recent years very high prices have 

 been paid for these cattle, the highest being for the bull 

 Blackcap Bertram sold in 1919 for $45,000. Some of the 

 bulls have sold for over $10,000 each, while this sum repre- 

 sents the highest price paid for a cow, being paid in 1919 for 



Figure 86. Fyyie Knight 2d. Grand champion steer, 

 1918 International Live Stock Show. Shown by Purdue 

 University, Indiana. Photograph from American 

 Aberdeen-Angus Association. 



