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Angus, or Galloway grades. The claim is made by excellent 

 Scotch authorities that West Highland cows cross well with 

 bulls of most of the British beef breeds. Where food is abun- 

 dant and the climate not too severe, such a cross may be advis- 

 able. On the more elevated Scotch hills, however, where winter 

 exposure is great, the cross-bred progeny will not do so well as 

 the pure-bred. Such cross-breds could not be expected to have 

 the hardiness of the pure stock. 



An organization of West Highland cattle breeders was formed 

 by Earl Dunmore in 1884, and a herdbook published that year, 

 some nine volumes having appeared up to 1905. 



The distribution of the West Highland breed is mainly in Scot- 

 land, in the regions previously indicated, although herds are 

 kept in England, where steers are also fed to a small extent. 

 Although many owners of large estates maintain this breed for 

 its picturesque character and easy keep, yet it is not common, 

 excepting in western Scotland. In view of the fact that this is 

 strictly a mountain breed, one might assume that it would do 

 well on the better pastures of the Alleghany Mountains. Graz- 

 ing of an excellent character is found on the mountains of Vir- 

 ginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The winters in that 

 region lack the severity of the North, thus permitting living on 

 the range the entire year. 



