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twenty-four to twenty-eight months. In the American markets 

 feeders showing marked Aberdeen- Angus blood rank well. 



The prolificacy of the Aberdeen-Angus has been testified to by 

 the adherents of the breed since the earliest days of its improve- 

 ment. Old Grannie has often been cited in this regard on account 

 of producing 25 calves during thirty-six years of life. Black Meg 

 (766), already referred to, was a breeder up to her twentieth year. 

 Zarilda 2d in the Heatherton herd of J. S. Goodwin had 19 calves, 

 none being twins, and died as she approached her twenty-fifth 

 year. Lintie of Balvenie (6933) was calved in 1883 and dropped 

 17 calves during twenty years. Pride of Aberdeen 7th (1777), 

 Erica (843), Elba (7045), Bride (i3343)> Waterside Alexandra 

 (7948), and Gay Lass 2d (4723) are on record as being consistent 

 breeders up to eighteen or twenty years of age. Seventy-six 

 Aberdeen- Angus cows are recorded as having had 12 or more 

 calves each, and 26 bulls are said to have sired over 100 calves 

 each, His Highness 6th having sired 189. Prolificacy may fairly 

 be regarded as one of the valuable and notable characteristics of 

 this breed. 



The Aberdeen-Angus as a milk producer without doubt inherits 

 distinct merit from the old Buchan polled cattle. In 1805 it is 

 said that the total dairy products of Aberdeenshire amounted to 

 $1,150,000, most of which came from the Buchan district. 

 G. J. Walker of Portlethen, Scotland, is credited with an average 

 yield of 7866 pounds of milk from a herd of twelve. The Earl 

 of Airlie, Cortachy Castle, has emphasized milk production in his 

 herd, and according to Macdonald and Sinclair he owned seven- 

 teen Aberdeen-Angus cows, the greater number of which gave 

 from 12 to 14 and sometimes 16 Scotch pints (i pint weighing 

 21 pounds) for a considerable time after calving. There are 

 many published examples of the milking capacity of this breed, 

 which places the Aberdeen-Angus in much the same class as the 

 Shorthorn in this respect. The quality of the milk is above the 

 average. This is shown in a herd of pure-breds and grades kept 

 at one time by J. H. Moore of Illinois, who sold the milk to a 

 condensed-milk factory, where the fat content of the herd aver- 

 aged from 4 to 4.50 per cent for the entire season, with Novem- 

 ber tests averaging as high as 5.32 per cent. 



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