250 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
record. Of this book, which is published by the Society, 
35 volumes have been issued, containing the registry of 
36,954 pedigrees. American Galloway Breeders’ Asso- 
ciation; secretary, R. W. Brown, Carrollton, Missouri. 
The Association publishes the American Galloway Herd- 
book, of which 20 volumes have been issued, containing 
41,000 registrations. North American Galloway Associa- 
tion; secretary, Lieut.-Col. David McCrae, Guelph, On- 
tario, Canada. The registry work of this organization is 
conducted by the Canadian National Live-stock Records, 
Ottawa. About 2200 pedigrees have been recorded. 
Sussex CatTTie. Figs. 42, 43 
By Overton Lea 
285. Sussex cattle are so called from the county of 
that name in England, where they most abound. They 
are distinctly a beef breed. 
286. History in England. — The origin of the Sussex, 
like that of all the oldest breeds of English cattle, is in- 
volved in obscurity. According to Youatt and Martin, 
some of the ancient Britons fled before the advance of their 
enemies to the Weald of East Sussex and carried with them 
their cattle, or found there some of the native cattle of 
the country, and zealously guarded them against all ad- 
mixture. Alfred Heasman, editor of the first three 
volumes of the Sussex Herd-book, and author of a chapter 
on Sussex cattle in ‘The Cattle of the British Isles,” 
doubts whether the breed was imported or found native to 
the country on the advent of William the Conqueror and 
