IQ2 GALLOWAYS. 



B., both black which was a pure dun in color, but a typical Galloway 

 in all other respects. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE GALLOWAY. 



No horns are admissible, not even scurs ; they are emphatically 

 a polled or hornless breed. The color should be black in winter 

 showing a brownish tinge, from the fact that the long hairs turn brown 

 at the extremities. The skin should be of medium thickness, but soft 

 and pliable, and the hair long, soft and wavy, giving a silken, shaggy 

 appearance with a soft thick coat of wool underneath. Coarse, 

 straight, or closely curled hair is objectionable, especially when the 

 mossy undercoat is wanting. The head should be short and wide be- 

 tween eyes, with full forehead and open nostrils ; eyes large and prom- 

 inent ; ears medium sized rather broad in proportion to length 

 pointing upward, fringed with long hair, and well provided, both inside 

 and out, with a soft woolly covering ; neck short, tapering finely in the 

 cow, and becoming wonderfully enlarged with age in the bull ; quarters 

 long, deep and fleshed well onto the leg ; breast wide, brisket heavy, 

 loin well filled and flank low. The body is round and long, back 

 straight, tail thick, with a heavy brush, and legs short and very mus- 

 cular. The Galloway, in brief, is a heavy bodied, short legged, hornless, 

 black, beefy looking animal. No scale of points has yet been adopted 

 for the breed. 



CHARACTERISTICS. 



The Galloways are mainly a beef-producing cattle their flesh 

 finely marbled, sweet and juicy ; in proportion of live weight, they 

 dress remarkably well, averaging nearly 60 per cent., and frequently 

 reaching as high as 65 or 66 per cent, of live weight. As range stock 

 they have proved exceedingly valuable, being hardy, easily handled, 

 close shippers, and amply able to find their own food on any reasonable 

 range. 



The practice of dehorning, which we have mentioned, although ad- 

 vocated by breeders of horned cattle, must surely work to the advantage 

 of all of the polled breeds, inasmuch as the average man will consider 

 it much safer, more economical and much less cruel to remove the 

 horns by using a naturally hornless bull. One of the prominent traits of 

 Galloway cattle is their prepotency when crossed with other breeds 

 fully 80 per cent, of resulting offspring being without horns. As to 

 maturity, there is considerable difference of opinion, due, we believe, to 

 the fact that Galloways vary greatly in ages at which individual animals 

 reach maturity ; as a rule we cannot say that they are early maturers 

 although perhaps comparing favorably with most of their rivals in this 



