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Then came a breed separation, and later, in 1877, followed the 

 organization of the Galloway Cattle Society, with the first Galloway 

 herdbook appearing in 1878. Up to 1919 the Galloway Cattle 

 Society of Scotland has published thirty-nine herdbooks. The 

 American Galloway Cattle Breeders' Association was formed at 

 Chicago on November 23, 1882, although ten years previous to 

 this the Ontario Galloway Stock Register of Pure-Bred Galloways 

 had been established by the Agricultural and Arts Association of 

 Ontario. The first American herdbook, known as the " North 

 American Galloway Herdbook," was published in 1883, since 

 which date, up to 19 18, there have been published eighteen 

 volumes, showing 35,000 registrations. 



Criticisms of the Galloway have long been made by American 

 stockmen, more especially for lack of spring and fullness of rib, 

 slackness of back, prominence of tail head, and slow response to 

 generous feeding. Some of these criticisms are justified, but the 

 breed is nevertheless improved over its form of twenty-five years 

 ago and is less subject to unfavorable comment. 



The approved modern type of Galloway represents an animal 

 that is free from some of the deficiencies referred to. Through 

 the efforts of the more prominent breeders of Scotland and 

 America the recent years have seen some improvement in the 

 breed. A wider-backed, blockier, better-fleshed, easier-feeding sort 

 has resulted from a more careful selection and a more discrimi- 

 nating use of bulls on superior cows. Even yet, however, the 

 Galloway does not as a rule mature as early o^^^tten as rapidly 

 as the Shorthorn, Hereford, or Aberdeen-Angus^~ although Gal- 

 loway cattle produce a very high-class meat, fine in grain and 

 flavor, with the fat internal rather than external, and command 

 a superior price on the market. 



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