THE BEEF BREEDS OF CATTLE Sih 
prize against nearly two thousand other cattle of various 
breeds shown in competition, every animal of the Aber- 
deen-Angus breed receiving either a prize or an honorable 
mention. About this time the breed was introduced into 
England, and a little later into Ireland. 
269. History in America.— The Paris successes led 
some ofthe former breeders of these cattle, then in America, 
to bring over a few of their early favorites in 1878, and 
from that time this breed of cattle has grown rapidly in 
public favor until it is now recognized as one of the prin- 
cipal beef breeds of this country. In 1872, two bulls 
were sent to western Kansas, but no females accompanied 
that importation. It was the marketing of the steers 
from these two animals that first attracted attention to 
this breed in Kansas City. Other importations were 
made as follows: In 1876, two bulls and a cow, by the 
Ontario Agricultural College; in 1878, one bull and five 
cows, by Anderson & Findlay, Lake Forest, Illinois; 
in 1879, by F. B. Redfield, Batavia, New York; in 
1880, by George Whitfield, Rougemont, Province of 
Quebec. Since that time many importations have been 
made. 
The lack of horns was such an unusual condition that it 
excited much comment and not a little opposition. When 
breeders and feeders began to consider this feature, its 
decided advantage so appealed to them that a perfect 
furor of dehorning swept over the country. Horns were 
sawed off from aged animals, and horn-cores were gouged 
out or burnt off of calves, until dehorned market cattle 
became the rule instead of the exception. The Aber- 
deen-Angus bull has become a prime favorite as a dehorner. 
Crossed with the ordinary native cow, about 90 to 95 
per cent of the offspring are black in color and hornless, 
