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CHAPTER XVI. 



THE BREED IN FOKEIGN COUNTKIES. 



Probable distribution of the breed — Introduction to America — Polled 

 bulls on the Kansas prairies — High quality of their produce — Pro- 

 spects of the breed in America — Chief foreign herds and importation 

 —Herds in the United States— Herds of Messrs F. B. Kedfield, A.B. 

 Matthews, Anderson & Findlay, J. J. Rodgers, Gudgell & Simp- 

 son, G. AV. Henry, J. V. Farwell, etc.— In Canada — The Ontario 

 School of Agriculture, Mr Mossom Boyd, Hon. J. H. Pope, Hon. M. 

 H. Cochrane, Mr George Whitefield, Mr Geary — Importations to Kew 

 Zealand — Mr Eobertsou's herd at Waimea. 



The Northern polls seem destined to have a wide distribu- 

 tion. Ten years ago little was known of them except by 

 reputation beyond the limits of their native country. 

 Within the past few years, however, large numbers of them 

 have been scattered over many foreign countries, including 

 the United States of America, Canada, South America, 

 New Zealand, France, Denmark, Germany, and other parts 

 of the European Continent. The breed was first introduced 

 into the grassy regions of the Far West by the late Mr 

 George Grant, who in 1873 sent three polled bulls to his 

 ranche on the Colony of Victoria, founded by him in Ellis 

 County, Kansas. These bulls were taken from the herd 

 of the late Mr George Brown, Westertown, Morayshire, 

 and were for several years used at Victoria among mixed 

 lots of native cows. In 1877 the writer saw two of them 

 (one had died previously) browsing near Mr Grant's resid- 



