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great reputation as grazing and fattening animals that for crossing 

 with Galloway cows white Shorthorn bulls are used almost 

 exclusively. Blue-greys are bred by crossing either way. The 

 champion at Norwich, Birmingham, and Smithfield fat-stock shows 

 in 1897 was a blue-grey out of a white Shorthorn cow by a 

 Galloway bull. 



Suitabilityfor Foreign Countries. The establishment of a separate 

 Galloway Herd Book in 1877 gave an impetus to improvement, and 

 Galloway cattle have secured, in Canada and the Western States of 

 North America, a reputation as range cattle which will doubtless 

 result in their spreading to the colder regions of other countries 

 when their ability to resist exposure and to produce a first-class 

 carcase under adverse conditions is more widely known. Within 

 the last few years Galloways have been tested at the Live Stock 

 Experiment Station in Alaska and have been found to be eminently 

 suited to the hilly country surrounding the Station. 



GALLOWAY CLASSES AT THE SMITHFIELD SHOW, 1902-1911 

 (a) Average Ages, Lice Weights and Daily Increases. 



(b) Highest and Lowest Daily Increases. 



THE WEST HIGHLAND. 



Origin. The West Highland or Kyloe, native to the Islands 

 and Highlands of Scotland, is the shaggiest and hardiest of all 

 British breeds. Some authorities take it to be an almost pure 

 descendant of the Old Celtic breed, others regard the great 



