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mountain breed, one might assume that it would do well on the 

 better pastures of the Allegheny Mountains. Grazing of an excel- 

 lent character is found on the mountains of Virginia, North Carolina, 



Fig. 133. A West Highland cow and calf. From photograph by W. Reid, by 

 courtesy of the Breeders'' Gazette 



and Tennessee. The winters in that region lack the severity of 

 the North, thus permitting living on the range the entire year. 



An organization of West Highland cattle breeders was formed 

 by Earl Dunmore in 1884, and a herdbook was published that 

 year, nineteen volumes having appeared up to 1919. Some years 

 ago an attempt was made to organize a West Highland catde 

 association in the United States, but without much success. 



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