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has not developed horns when it has 

 reached the age of two years." 



Aberdeen Angus — This breed is va- 

 riously known as Polled Angus, Polled 

 Aberdeen or Aberdeen Angus. In the 

 early history of Scotland there seems to 

 have been a number of polled cattle re- 

 ferred to as Angus Doddies, Buchans, 

 or Aberdeen Humlies. In Scotland, 

 the approved color is black, but occa- 

 sionally some white or red markings ap- 

 pear; such animals, however, are not 

 used for breeding purposes. In Scot- 



between the Angus and Galloway is in 

 the thicker skin and longer and more 

 shaggy hair of the Galloway. 



Popularity — The Angus was first im- 

 ported into the United States in 1873, 

 and into Canada in 1876. The breed 

 met with some prejudice, on account of 

 the fact that the field was already oc- 

 cupied by Shorthorns and Herefords. 

 It was necessary, therefore, for the 

 champions of the Polled Angus to dem- 

 onstrate the good points claimed for the 

 Angus before this breed acquired any 



a good type of pulled angus cow 



land, the Angus is considered as hav- 

 ing a finer bone, softer and silkier hair 

 and shorter legs than the Galloway. It 

 has long occupied in that country a con- 

 spicuous place in the fat stock and beef 

 markets, on account of its excellent 

 meat. Within 100 years, crosses have 

 been made between the Angus and Ayr- 

 shire, Guernsey, a breed known as Fife, 

 now extinct, Shorthorns and Galloway 

 cattle. In fact, the intimate relation- 

 ship between the Angus and Galloways 

 must be sufficiently apparent from the 

 fact that both are black, polled and na- 

 tive to Scotland. The chief difference 



decided popularity. The American 

 Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association 

 was organized in 1883. The Angus is 

 now well distributed throughout the 

 United States, being found in nearly 

 every state and territory; they are bred 

 most extensively, however, in Iowa, Illi- 

 nois, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Kan- 

 sas, Iowa standing far in the lead in the 

 number of this breed. 



As already indicated, the Angus had 

 not become much known outside of 

 Scotland before the middle of the last 

 century; but since their introduction 

 into the United States, their numbers 



