THE GALLOWAY 231 



Mr. O. H. Swigart, in writing on the Galloway, reports on two 

 loads of range calves exhibited by a Colorado man, the offspring 

 of common grade cows, many of them Holsteins and Jerseys, 

 but all sired by registered Galloway bulls. These calves won 

 first and third prizes in their class, and one load won champion- 

 ship in class over other breeds by ages, and grand championship 

 over all breeds and all ages as feeders. They were purchased 

 by an Indiana feeder and returned to market July 9, 1902. They 

 had an average weight of 11 77 pounds, and brought ^8.45 per 



Fig. 97. Adela of Flamboro 12783, a high-class Galloway cow owned by 

 Brookside Farm, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. This picture shows the summer 

 coat of hair, the author having taken the photograph on July 4. Fig. 96 

 shows the long, curly winter coat, with some fancy grooming 



hundred, within five cents of the highest price ever paid on this 

 market for range-bred cattle of any breed, show-yard animals 

 alone excepted. 



The prepotency of the Galloway is of the first rank. Within 

 the breed there exists much uniformity of transmission of 

 character. In crossing or grading, where Galloway sires are 

 used, the offspring almost always inherits the color and features 

 of the sire. James Biggar, one of the most noted recent Scotch 

 breeders, states in regard to the power of transmission, that 



