THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
384 
May 4, 
COLOR OF GALLOWAY CATTLE. 
On page 14, C. S. Plumb speaks of tbe 
breeds of cattle that George Culley mentions 
in his work, “Observations on Live Stock”; 
then says breeds unmentioned by him are to¬ 
day world famous, speaking of the natural 
and artificial methods by which these breeds 
have come into being. Then he goes on to 
quote the different breeders who have helped 
to develop the Short-horn; adding that per¬ 
haps the rolling Brothers first paved the way 
to uniformity of Short-horn character, they 
practising selection and in-and-in breeding. 
Where did tbe Colling Brothers get the red 
Galloway cow that he speaks of? Is it a 
mistake in print, or does he not know the 
points aud color of the Galloway cattle? 
If not I shall try to explain them as far 
as my knowledge carries me. They are the 
true native black hornless cattle of Gallo¬ 
way, Scotland. In the same Issue of your 
paper Myer & Son speaks of the Aber¬ 
deen Angus having Its origin in eastern 
Scotland from native black hornless cattle. 
Now, these two breeds of cattle spring from 
the same source, namely, the native black 
hornless cattle of Scotland. The Aberdeen 
Angus has gone through the artificial method 
until it is now a distinct breed, while the 
Galloway has been going through the natural 
course. The three distinct features by which 
anyone may know the Angus from the Gal¬ 
loway are, first, the head of the Angus is not 
so large, nor wide between the eyes. Sec¬ 
ond, bis coat is much smoother and finer, 
of an artificial turn, and thirdly, he stands 
higher. In my time and experiences in the 
show rings of Great Britain I have seen the 
Short-horn change color from red and white 
to roan and white, from the latter to white, 
likewise the Ayrshire ring colors. Twenty 
years ago the best Ayrshires bad double 
more red than they have to-day. But with 
all the changing of colors I 'have never yet 
seen a red Galloway cow. If you have let me 
know. SAML. SLOAN. 
Connecticut. 
Mr. Sloan evidently is not aware of the 
fact that both the Galloway and Aberdeen 
Angus breeds of cattle have passed 
through considerable variation of color. 
What the aboriginal color marking of 
these breeds was we do not know, but 
as polled wild white cattle existed m 
Britain until comparatively recently, it 
has been assumed by some that these 
various polled animals had a common 
ancestry. Early in the last century there 
was no better authority on the British 
breeds than Youatt, and early in the 
thirties he wrote of the Galloway, “A few 
are of a dark-brindled brown, and still 
and of a black color, with a brown tinge 
on the tips of the hair, particularly at 
that stage when it is long and inclined 
to be curly or woolly, yet within the last 
hundred years many animals of pure 
blood had horns of considerable length, 
and not a few were red-brown in color. 
These characters even now appear in 
specimens bred from the best strains.” 
C. S. PLUMB. 
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“heaves.” Set a pail of it in manger in 
front of horse so that the fumes will be 
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Scours in Calves. —A. N. B., Connecti¬ 
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the trouble and warmed the milk, using the 
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fewer are speckled with white spots; and 
some of them are of a dun or drab color 
perhaps acquired from a cross of the 
Suffolk breed of cattle. Dark colors are 
uniformly preferred.” Youatt, in writ- 
in" of the Aberdeen Angus, also says: 
“The greater part of them are black or 
with a few white spots. The next gen¬ 
eral color is yellow, comprehending the 
brindled, dark-red and silver-colored 
yellow.” 
With the course of time, fashion has 
gradually caused the breeders of Galloway 
and Aberdeen Angus to produce quite 
uniformly blacks. This is not invariably 
the case, however, even to-day. Some 
three or four years ago a purebred red 
Aberdeen Angus steer was exhibited at 
the International Live Stock Exposition, 
and red specimens of this breed are occa¬ 
sionally met with, but are not registered 
for breeding purposes. White also occurs 
with both these breeds, though registra¬ 
tion of breeding stock is prohibited, where 
white occurs, excepting in a minor way 
about the udder or abdomen. At the 
present time the Ohio State LTniversitv 
has in its possession a spayed Galloway 
heifer, registered as purebred, whose 
body is very much more white than black. 
We also have in our stables two purebred, 
registered Aberdeen Angus steers, with 
a notable amount of white on the legs 
and belly. These two latter were sired 
by a noted imported show bull of the 
breed. 
Mr. Sloan in concluding his letter says: 
“But with all the changing of colors, I 
have never yet seen a red Galloway cow. 
If you have, let me know.” Prof. Robert 
Wallace, of the University of Edinburg, 
Scotland, is the best Scotch authority on 
breeds living. To answer finally Mr, 
Sloan’s inquiry, let me quote from Wal¬ 
lace’s “Farm Live Stock of Great Brit¬ 
ain” : “Though Galloways are now polled 
Hens in Close Quarters. —I have aismall 
flock of R. I. Red pullets, numbering 33, 
which laid during January 034 eggs; Febru¬ 
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the time they were hatched until the latter 
part of November they occupied two small 
brooders in connection with a small yard 
less than 20 feet square. Since the latter 
date thev have been continuously in a house 
10 x 14’ feet. Will other breeds endure so 
close confinement and produce as many eggs? 
Cayuga, N. Y. E. b. i>. 
R. N.-Y.—The only breed we know of 
that can compare with the “Reds” in this re¬ 
spect is a strain of large White Wyandottes. 
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