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The prepotency of the Galloway is of the first rank. Within 

 the breed there exists much uniformity of transmission of character. 

 In crossing or grading, where Galloway sires are used, the off- 

 spring almost always inherits the color and features of the sire. 

 James Biggar, one of the most noted recent Scotch breeders, 

 states in regard to the power of transmission that " when a 



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FIG. 129. Fatima 38103, third-prize Galloway cow at the 1917 International Live- 



Stock Exposition. Owned by Isaac Lincoln, Aberdeen, South Dakota. From 



photograph, by courtesy of American Galloway Cattle Breeders' Association 



Galloway bull is crossed with any horned breed nearly 90 per 

 cent of the produce will be black and 95 to 100 per cent with- 

 out horns." Mr. A. M. Thompson of Missouri reports using a 

 Galloway bull on a herd of Shorthorn cows with very great suc- 

 cess, 98 per cent of the calves being black and all natural polls. 

 Galloways also cross very successfully with Herefords, producing 

 beef of the finest quality. However, Robert Wallace says "the 

 progeny of Galloway bulls on other breeds are on the average 

 distinctly inferior." 



