THE ABERDEEN-ANGUS 289 



The Aberdeen-Angus as a producer of beef occupies a position 

 of the highest rank, for almost since the day of Hugh Watson the 

 breed has been distinguished for this quality. In 1829 Watson 

 showed a pair of oxen that attracted much notice, one of which 

 was slaughtered, and its carcass said to be of rare quality. 

 McCombie showed a steer, Black Prince, in 1867 which at four 

 years of age won the highest honors at Birmingham and Smith- 

 field. This steer was sent to Windsor for inspection by Queen 



Fig. I2ii Clear Lake Jute 2d, a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus steer, grand cham- 

 pion at the International Live-Stock Exposition, Chicago, 1904. Fed and shown 

 by the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture. From photograph by 

 courtesy of the Xaiional Stockman ojid Fmiiier 



Victoria, at her request, so great was his fame, and later he sold 

 for ^600 for slaughter. For years either pure-bred or grade 

 Aberdeen-Angus steers have held the highest places of honor at 

 the leading English fat-stock shows, at the Chicago and Kansas 

 City fat-stock shows, and at the International Live-Stock Exposi- 

 tion. The following are some of the more important prizes won 

 by Aberdeen-Angus pure-bred or grade steers in American show 

 rings. The first pure steer of the breed shown was Black Prince, 

 weighing 2300 pounds as a three-year-old, imported by Geary 

 Brothers of Canada in 1883 and exhibited that year at the Kansas 



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