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cattle were not essentially good dairy producers, the people 

 neglected them and turned to dairy stock, especially Ayrshires. 

 In general Galloways suffered severely from neglect, and the 

 number sensibly diminished all over the district. A few men, 

 however, clung to the breed in its purity and worked for its 

 improvement, notably the Duke of Buccleuch, James Graham of 

 Meikle Culloch, and the Messrs. Shennan of Balig. In 1851 a 

 step forward was taken by establishing an annual Galloway bull 

 sale at Lockerbie, and soon after another was established at 

 Castle Douglas. In 1862 the Herdbook Society was organized, 

 but it is said that active interest in the breed was not renewed 

 until about 1877. 



The introduction of the Galloway to America occurred long ago, 

 though just when is uncertain. Polled cattle came to this country 

 in some of the early importations. L. F. Allen states that in 

 1837 he saw a very fine black polled Galloway cow at the General 

 Hospital in Philadelphia, but he did not ascertain how she came 

 there. In 1853 Graham Brothers of Vaughan, Ontario, made the 

 first importation to Canada, though L. F. Allen thinks they were 

 brought to the vicinity of Toronto about 1850. In 1857 Allen 

 saw upwards of forty of 

 the breed at a show at 

 Brantford, and later saw 

 them elsewhere in Canada. 

 In 1 86 1 Thomas McCrae 

 of Guelph, Ontario, made 

 his first importation, and 

 did much to promote the 

 breed, being a leader in 

 the work. Galloways were 

 slow of introduction into 

 the United States, coming 

 to Michigan in 1870 and 

 spreading from there into 

 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Even 

 then the breed was very slightly known. In 1885 Mr. M. R. Platt 

 of Kansas City exhibited some Galloways at the Cotton States 

 Exposition at New Orleans. 



FIG. 95. Scottish Standard (imp.) 15221, a 

 Galloway bull owned by Brookside Farm, 

 Ft. Wayne, Indiana ; famous as a sire. Pho- 

 tograph by the author 



