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cedents of the Galloways. The hornless cattle of north- 

 eastern Scotland, the best of which were black, first 

 attracted attention on account of the superior carcasses of 

 beef which they dressed out. Their pioneer breeder was a 

 cattle buyer, who early appreciated their butcher value 

 and bred for improvement along that line. Partisans of 

 the breed to-day assign to them first rank among butcher 



FIG. 110. An Aberdeen-Angus bull. 



beasts as attested by actual competition in slaughter tests 

 to which they refer. Aberdeen-Angus cattle do possess a 

 fineness of bone, a wealth of natural flesh, a capacity to 

 finish evenly and smoothly with a resultant splendid 

 marbling of the lean, which is distinctive of them. 



Angus cattle (Fig. 110) are heavy on account of their 

 compact build, but they are not, as a rule, as large as 

 either Short-horns or Herefords. Their form is most 



