. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 332 CATTLE CATTLE to be found, the name adopted was Polled Aber- deen-or-Angus cattle. This name became shortened by dropping out the word "or" and putting a hy- phen in its place. It has been further abbreviated, because of the passing of the horned breed, to Aberdeen-Angus, the word polled being now deemed unnecessary. This idea has been adopted also by the Polled Galloway breeders, so that their breed is now known as Galloway cattle. Both in Scotland and America, even the name of M Aberdeen-Angus has been shortened,
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 332 CATTLE CATTLE to be found, the name adopted was Polled Aber- deen-or-Angus cattle. This name became shortened by dropping out the word "or" and putting a hy- phen in its place. It has been further abbreviated, because of the passing of the horned breed, to Aberdeen-Angus, the word polled being now deemed unnecessary. This idea has been adopted also by the Polled Galloway breeders, so that their breed is now known as Galloway cattle. Both in Scotland and America, even the name of M Aberdeen-Angus has been shortened, and in ^j Scotland the cattle are generally referred to as the Polled cattle, while in America they are called the Angus cattle. These Aberdeen-Angus cattle have been great favorites in Scotland for more than a century, but unfortunately on two occasions diseases attacked the cattle in that country and decimated the herds. Later, when the government had stamped out these diseases, the cattle again began multiplying, and soon assumed an important place among the domestic animals of the kingdom. The World's Fair held at Paris, France, in 1878, gave the breed an opportunity to demonstrate its great merit, and, with only fifteen representatives, it won the cham- pion-herd prize against nearly two thousand other cattle of various breeds shown in competition, every animal of the Aberdeen-Angus breed receiv- ing either a prize or an honorable mention. About this time the breed was introduced into England, and a little later into Ireland. In America.—The Paris successes led some of the former breeders of these cattle, then in America, to bring over a few of their early favorites in 1878, and from that time this breed of cattle has grown rapidly in public favor until it is now recog- nized as one of the principal beef breeds of this country. In 1872, two bulls were sent to western Kansas, but no females accompanied that impor- tation. It was the marketing of the steers from these two
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