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(2) Previous to that time they had been registered in 

 the same record as the Aberdeen-Angus breed. 



(3) The Rev. John Gillespie, Mousewald Manse, Dum- 

 fries, has been the editor of the Galloway Herd Book since 

 the adoption of separate registration. 



IX. Registration in North America. 



(1) Registration was commenced in Ontario in 1872, and 

 up to 1874 was entirely confined to Canada. 



(2) The first volume of the American Galloway Herd 

 Book was published by the Agriculture and Arts Association 

 of Ontario in 1883. 



(3) In 1883, the interest of the last named association 

 was purchased by the American Galloway Breeders' Associa- 

 tion, and since that time the American registration of Gallo- 

 ways has been conducted in the United States. 



X. Distribution in the United States and 

 Canada. 



(1) The more important centers of distribution in the 

 United States are Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and 

 Minnesota and in the order named. 



(2) A considerable number are found in the various 

 provinces of Canada, and they are probably most numerous in 

 Ontario and Nova Scotia. 



XI. Registration in the United States. 



(i)> Nine volumes of the American Galloway Herd Book 

 have been issued. 



(2) A total of 14,491 animals have been recorded, of 

 which 6,262 are males and 8,229 females, and 1,000 pedigrees 

 await record. 



