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such long coats as the Kyloes have. They are not quite 

 so muscular as the Kyloes, as their pastures supply more 

 food, with less occasion for great exertion. Still the Gall- 

 oways are a full-muscled breed, having, consequently, much 

 vigor and constitution, and also from the same causes, 

 strong breeding power. In general form and character 

 they occupy about a middle position between the Devons 

 and Kyloes, but more nearly resembling the latter, as 

 their habitats and climates more nearly approach each 

 other. 



A convenient characteristic of the Galloways is their 

 being hornless,* which is a strong recommendation — par- 

 ticularly to non-combatants — as horns are a nuisance to 

 all who have to handle cattle in cars or other close quar- 

 ters, besides the hooking and bruising in yards, and pens. 

 Galloways are historically famous, from having been re- 

 sorted to for improving some of the Colling Short-horns, 

 the natural muscularity and vigor of the breed enabling 

 the Galloway to impart more muscle and vigor to the less 

 muscular Short-horns employed in the cross. 



The Suffolk Cattle, 

 nrany of them dun-colored, have not yet achieved a wide 

 celebrity. They are medium in size, pretty compact in 

 form, and being hornless, afford another source for selec- 

 tion in establishing non-fighting or polled breeds in the 

 West, where so many animals herd together, and the econ- 

 omical policy is that of peace. The early history of the 

 Suffolks is not sufficiently known to enable us to judge of 

 the influences originating their peculiarities, of which little 

 has been ascertained. 



The Short-horn Cattle 

 wei'e foimerly known as the Durhams, wliicli were pre- 



* We consider the alleged preference for liorned cattle just as well ground- 

 ed as a preference for horned sheep, beauty and utility being equal iu either 

 case. 



