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CATTLE 



Aberdeen Angus organizations are represented by the Polled 

 Cattle Society of Scotland, organized in 1879, and the American 

 Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Association, organized in 1883. The 

 first Polled Cattle Herdbook was issued in Scotland in 1862, 

 and Galloways were registered in the first four volumes of the 

 Scotch society. The first volume of the American association 

 was published in 1886. Up to January i, 1905, the Scotch 

 society had published twenty-nine volumes and the American 

 fourteen. About 76,000 Aberdeen Angus cattle had been regis- 

 tered in the American herdbooks up to this time. 



The geographical distribution of the Aberdeen Angus is very 

 widespread. It is generally found in northern Scotland, in various 

 parts of England, Ireland, France, Denmark, Germany, South 

 America, New Zealand, Sandwich Islands, Canada, and the 

 United States. In America the breed has met with the most 

 favor in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, and on the 

 ranges westward of the Mississippi, both north and south. The 

 Aberdeen Angus, according to some, is hardly the equal of 

 the Hereford on the range, although it holds high rank and is in 

 favor there. 



