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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 shown, and have a long, curly, silky coat. This breed 

 is very prepotent, and transmits the black colour and polled 

 characteristics readily to offspring 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 with 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 weather with little 

 discomfort. For these reasons they have proved to be very 

 valuable on some cf 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 other breeds, and have therefore not 

 become popular in the corn-belt States. 



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

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

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

 is not so 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 hind- 

 quarter is usually good, being full, similar to that of the Angus. 



