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ferenee in the hindquarter of the Angus and the Shorthorn. The 

 latter is broad and straight from pin bones to the hock, while 

 the Aberdeen-Angus has less breadth and a very rounded bulging 

 quarter with a deep twist. The Angus is not so low in the flank 

 as the Shorthorn, and some individuals are light in the hind- 

 quarter. 



"The quality of the animal is unsurpassed, as shown by the 

 soft, pliable, mellow skin, and fine hair. The meat is fine-grained 

 and of the highest quality. The constitution and vigour of this 

 breed as indicated by well-developed chest and good heart girth 

 are worthy of mention. For grading up native stock and for 

 crossing, they hold an enviable record." 



The Galloway. 



The Galloway is one of the oldest breeds of cattle. They 

 are polled, solid black in colour, though occasionally some brown 

 is shoA\Ti, and have a long, curly, silky coat. This breed is very 

 prepotent, and transmits the black colour and polled character- 

 istics readily to off^spring from cows of any colour. As high as 

 90 per cent, of the calves from various-coloured cows are black, 

 and from 95 to 99 per cent, of the offspring from horned cows 

 are polled. This breed is slow maturing when compared to the 

 Aberdeen- Angus or the Hereford. In size they are smaller 

 than any of the other beef breeds. Mature bulls usually weigh 

 from 1700 to 1900 lbs., while the mature cows weigh from 1000 

 to 1300 lbs. each. 



These cattle are exceedingly good rustlers, not being excelled 

 by any other beef breed in this respect, and their long silky coat 

 of hair enables them to stand " severe w^eather with little dis- 

 comfort. For these reasons they have proved to be very 

 valuable on some of the ranges of the north-west and of Canada. 

 They do not respond so readily to good treatment and to plenty 

 of feed as do the othei* breeds, and have therefore not become 

 popular in the corn-belt States. 



In form they are low^ set and deep, but arc proportionately 

 longer than the Aberdeen-Angiis and flatter of rib. The head 

 is somewhat similar to that of the Angus, except that the poll is 

 not as sharp. The head is covered with long wavy hair and the 

 ear is set farther back from the forehead. The body is long and 

 of medium depth. The rump is long and well filled, although 

 the tail head is usually set rather high. The hindquarter is 



