78 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
smoothness and uniformity appeal to cattlemen and 
butchers. The early maturity of the Angus is a great 
advantage in this day of “baby beef” production. 
Galloways are also a black, polled cattle from Scot¬ 
land. Because of long hair, they are not suited to a 
warm country. 
Red Polled cattle are a “dual-purpose” breed, giving 
milk and furnishing beef. They are not as large as the 
Fig. 51.—A Hereford, Brae Repeater, owned by the Oklahoma A. & M. College. 
beef breeds. They are hardy, gentle and a fairly good 
grazing animal. 
Feeding.—The great problem in beef production is 
not so much the breed of cattle as the manner in which 
they are fed. Any animal, representing a predominant 
beef type, will feed out into a marketable beef, if given 
the proper care. Our object is to produce the largest 
amount of desirable beef at the lowest cost per pound. 
For the farmer, with only a few high-grade cows, the 
production of “baby beef’’ is perhaps the most profitable. 
