734 crcLoi'KDiA of i^ive stock and complete stock doctor. 



of them are of a dun or drab color, perhaps acquired from a cross with 

 the Suffolk breed of cattle. Dark colors are uniformly preferred, from 

 the belief that they indicate hardiness of constitution. 



VII. The Galloways in America. 



The Galloways are said to have been first introduced into Canada about 

 the year 1850. Since that time they have steadily increased by breeding 

 and subsequent importations, and of late years a good many have been 

 bred in the Northwestern States, where they are greatly liked for their 

 many good qualities, and now have a regular series of prizes offered for 

 them at all our principal fairs. They arc also attracting attention in the 

 Southwest as a means of improving the Texan cattle. To our mind, they 

 should prove valua])le in reducing the horn, refining the bone, and thick- 

 ening the body of the Southwestern cattle, and, especially, in breeding 

 out the wildness and viciousness of the Texans. 



VIII. Polled Angus Cattle. 



This is a breed yet rare in America, though much thought of in Scot- 

 land. Finer in their make up than the Galloways, of which they are 

 relatives, they have many admirable qualities to commend them in hilly 

 districts. There have always been some polled cattle in Angus ; the 

 country people call them humlies or dodded cattle. Youatt says that 

 their origin is so remote, that no account of their introduction into Ens^- 

 land can be obtained from the oldest farmers or breeders. The attention 

 of some enterprising agriculturists appears to have been first directed to 

 them about sixty years ago, and particularly on the eastern coast, and on 

 the borders of Kincardineshire. Some of the first qualities which seem 

 to have attracted the attention of these l)reeders were the peculiar quiet- 

 ness and docility of the doddies, the easiness with which they were 

 managed, the few losses that were incurred from their injuring each other 

 in their stalls, and the power of disposing of a greater number of them in 

 the same space. 



A few experiments upon them developed another valuable quality — 

 their natural fitness for stall-feeding, and the rapidity with which they 

 fattened. This brought them into repute. 



They have much of the Galloway form, and by those unaccustomed to 

 cattle would be often mistaken for the Galloways. A good judge, how- 

 ever, would perceive that they are larger, somewhat longer in the leg, 

 thinner in the shoulder, and flatter in the side. 



Climate and management have caused another difference between the 

 Angus doddies and the Galloways. The Galloways have a moist climate ; 

 they have a more robust appearance, a much thicker skin, and a rougher 



