BREEDS OF CATTLE 



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Blackcap McHenry 151st. Aberdeen-Angus show steers 

 topped the market many times, the highest price ever 

 known, $2.50 per pound live weight, being paid for the grand 

 champion steer Fyvie Knight 2nd, exhibited by Purdue 

 University at the 1918 International Live Stock Exposition. 

 The Galloway is a beef breed that originated in south- 

 west Scotland in what is known as the Galloway country. 

 It is a hilly region, with plenty of grass, and has a somewhat 

 cool and rather moist climate. These cattle have been bred 

 here for centuries. They are black, though other colors 

 formerly occurred, are polled, have long, shaggy coats of 

 curly hair, and are hardy 

 and rather wild by 

 nature. They are not 

 quite as large nor so com- 

 pact of body as the 

 Aberdeen-Angus, and do 

 not fatten so easily. They 

 produce a very high 

 grade of beef, fine of 

 grain and inclined to be 

 free from extra fat, such 

 as is often found in high- 

 ly fed Shorthorns or 

 Herefords. The Gallo- 

 way is a breed that can endure severe winter conditions better 

 than most others, on account of the protection of a thick hide 

 and a long, thick, silky coat of hair. Very beautiful robes are 

 made from Galloway hides with the winter coat of hair. 

 This breed was first brought to America about 1850, or 

 perhaps some years before. It is not popular and the herds 

 are rather scattered, more being in the northwestern states 

 and in Canada than elsewhere. The exhibit of the breed at 

 the fat-stock shows and fairs is usually small compared with 

 the Shorthorn, Hereford, and Aberdeen-Angus. 



Figure 87. A Galloway steer. 

 by the author 



Photograph 



