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cattle in the fifteen years between 1900 and 1916 was ^9.34 as 

 compared with ^8.38 paid on 357 loads of Herefords and ^8.73 

 on 198 loads of Shorthorns. 



The distribution of Aberdeen- Angus cattle is very widespread. 

 They are generally found in northern Scotland, in various parts 

 of England, Ireland, France, Denmark, Germany, South Africa, 

 South America, New Zealand, Sandwich Islands, Canada, and the 

 United States. In 19 17 the Polled Cattle Society of Scotland 

 issued 395 certificates of export to foreign countries as follows : 

 South Africa 195, Falkland Islands 140, Brazil 22, other parts 

 of South America 36, United States 2. In the United States the 

 breed is most popular in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, 

 but herds are widely distributed throughout the country. Recently 

 the breed has been receiving substantial recognition in the South, 

 especially in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. On the range 

 the Aberdeen-Angus has never secured such footing as have the 

 Hereford and Shorthorn, although it has many stout champions 

 in the Far West. 



Organizations for promoting Aberdeen-Angus cattle are repre- 

 sented by the Polled Cattle Society of Scotland, organized in 1879, 

 and the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association, organ- 

 ized in 1883. The first "Polled Cattle Herdbook " was issued 

 in Scotland in 1862, and Galloways were registered in the first 

 four volumes of the Scotch society. The first volume of the 

 American association was published in 1886. Up to January i, 

 19 19, the Scotch society had published forty-three volumes and 

 the American twenty-seven. About 238,500 Aberdeen-Angus 

 cattle had been registered in the American herdbooks up to this 

 time, and the association has about three thousand members. 

 There are also associations for promoting the breed in England, 

 Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina. In the 

 United States nineteen state associations for promoting the breed 

 have been established up to November, 1919, and thirteen county 

 associations have also been organized, mostly in Indiana, Illinois, 

 and Iowa. A semimonthly periodical, the Aberdeen-Angus Jozirnal, 

 was established in August, 19 19, with headquarters at Webster 

 City, Iowa. 



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