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favour with butchers under the name of the " blue-grey " between 

 the Galloway cow and the Shorthorn bull yields a beautifully mixed 

 flesh, and the infusion of Shorthorn blood induces earlier maturity 

 than is characteristic of the pure Galloway. The cross between the 

 Galloway bull and the Ayrshire cow is also a good hardy beast ; many 

 farmers in Galloway who combine dairying (using Ayrshire cows) 

 with the rearing and feeding of cattle, adopt this cross, with results 

 which, climate and soil being considered, are usually regarded as 

 satisfactory. 



The following statement of the characteristics of a typical animal of 

 the Galloway breed was drawn up by the Council of the Galloway 

 Society of Great Britain in 1883: Colour, black with a brownish tinge. 

 Head, short and wide, with broad forehead and wide nostrils : without 



Photo by O. H. Partons. 



Fig. 15. Galloway Bull, "Chancellor of Ballyboley.' 



Champion at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Lincoln, 1907. 

 The property of Mr. John Cunningham, Ballyboley, Tarbreach, N.B. 



the slightest symptoms of horns or scurs. Eye, large and prominent. 

 Ear, moderate in length and broad, pointing forwards and upwards, 

 with fringe of long hairs. Neck, moderate in length, clean, and filling 

 well into the shoulders ; the top in a line with the back in a female, 

 and in a male naturally rising with age. Body deep, rounded, and 

 symmetrical. Shoulders fine and straight, moderately wide above ; 

 coarse shoulder points and sharp or high shoulders are objectionable. 

 Breast full and deep. Back and rump straight. Ribs deep and well 

 sprung. Loin and sirloin well filled. Hook bones not prominent. 

 Hind-quarters long, moderately wide, and well filled. Flank deep and 

 full. Thighs broad, straight, and well let down to hock; rounded 

 buttocks are very objectionable. Legs short and clean, with fine bone. 

 Tail well set on and moderately thick. Skin mellow and moderately 



