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is not the equal of the Shorthorn in this respect. The higher 

 class beef type tends away from dairy production in any breed. 



The Aberdeen Angus steer in the show ring has made a remark- 

 able record, for almost since the day of Hugh Watson this breed 

 has been at the front as a meat producer. In 1829 Watson 

 showed a pair of oxen that attracted much notice, one of which 

 was slaughtered and its carcass said to be of rare quality. 

 McCombie showed a steer, Black Prince, which at four years 

 of age, in 1867, won the highest honors at Birmingham and 



Fig. 93. Clear Lake Jute 2d. A pure-bred Aberdeen Angus steer. Grand 

 champion at the International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, 1904. 

 Fed and shown by the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture. 

 Photograph from the National Stockman and Fai-mer 



Smithfield. This steer was sent to Windsor for inspection by 

 Queen Victoria, at her request, so great was his fame, and later he 

 sold for ^600 for slaughter. For years either pure-bred or grade 

 Aberdeen Angus steers have held the highest places of honor at 

 the leading English fat stock shows, at the Chicago and Kansas 

 City fat stock shows, and at the International Live Stock Exposi- 

 tion. The following are some of the more important prizes won 

 by Aberdeen Angus pure-bred or grade steers in American show 

 rings. The first pure steer of the breed shown was Black Prince, 

 imported by Geary Brothers of Canada in 1883, and exhibited 



