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white. They could not stand starvation like the small polls, and wltB 

 a better treatment they gave a heavier yield of milk. 



There is no record of any systematic combination of the two races, 

 but as the stock raisers of those days saw no special advantage in keep- 

 ing any herd absolutely pure from generation to generation, the natural 

 conclusion is that their blood was more or less intermingled. 



Formerly, in Aberdeen and Angus the breed embraced a variety of 

 colors as well as the difference in size. Some were brindled (dark red 

 and black stripes alternately) ; others were red; some brown; and a few 

 ' ' silver-colored yellow. ' ' But systematic breeding has relegated to the 

 back ground all shades of color, excepting the black. 



These cattle, as now found, are large, scarcely inferior in weight to 

 any in the country. At a casual glance they seem smaller than the 

 average shorthorn, but when the lever of the scale is examined the dif- 

 ference is less than what at first sight it was thought to be, and often- 

 times the lever causes all differences to disappear. 



The Abeideen- Angus cattle are lengthy, deep, wide, even porportion- 

 ate, and very cylindrical. The head of the polled male is not large and 

 is handsome, and it is neatly set on the neck; the muzzle is fine; the 

 nostrils wide; the eyes mild, large, and expressive; the poll high; the 

 ears of fair size, lively, and well covered with hair; the throat clean, 

 with no development of skin and flesh beneath the jaws, which are not 

 heavy; the neck quite long, clean and rising from the head to the 

 shoulder-top and surmounted by a crest. 



In the Paris Exhibition it carried off every single honor for which it 

 was entitled to compete, and in the British show yards, both fat stock 

 and breeding, it has attained a leading position. In a strictly butcher's 

 point of view, it has very seldom to yield to any other race of cattle. 



Its superiority over other herds, for the butcher's purpose, lies maiuly 

 in the excellent quality of beef, and in the high percentage of dead 

 meat to live meat. The carcass is usually lined with fat of the finest 

 quality, while in the density and quality of the carcass itself this breed 

 can easily claim first place. Some place the small Devon breed alongside 

 if not even with the Aberdeen-Angus, but that is the only breed that 

 will yield so large a percentage of dead meat to live weight. 



This breed is specially adapted for crossing with short-horns. Indeed 

 the very best beef-producing animal in the world is a cross between a 

 short-horn bull and a polled Aberdeen- Angus cow. 



