. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 346 CATTLE CATTLE The breed was of great importance during the Scoto-Saxon period. In the early ages the dairy was an object of considerable attention. Large quantities of cheese were made and the people con- sumed much animal flesh. There was also an exten- sive export trade in hides. At a later period, immediately after the union of England and Scot- land, the farmers of England became extensive purchasers of Galloway cattle. During this activ- ity the Galloways found much favor among the graziers of the south of England and th
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 346 CATTLE CATTLE The breed was of great importance during the Scoto-Saxon period. In the early ages the dairy was an object of considerable attention. Large quantities of cheese were made and the people con- sumed much animal flesh. There was also an exten- sive export trade in hides. At a later period, immediately after the union of England and Scot- land, the farmers of England became extensive purchasers of Galloway cattle. During this activ- ity the Galloways found much favor among the graziers of the south of England and the butchers of Smithfield market, and they invariably sold at an average price of £2 per head above that of any other breed of the same weight. The breed was much improved during this period and later when turnip husbandry was introduced into the province of Galloway. A circumstance worthy of attention is that the breed has never been affected by cross- ing with any other breed. The improvement has been brought about entirely by the diligent atten- tion and careful management of the breeders of Galloway and of the corn-belt of America. Although the Galloway is the oldest of the pure breeds of Britain, there has been very little written about the breed, and the records that were collected during the early part of the last century were destroyed by fire in the Highland and Agri- cultural Society's Museum and Records in Edin- burgh in 1851. Some time later, about the year 1862, a book of pedigrees was compiled, which contained pedigrees of both Aberdeen-Angus and Galloways. Still a little later, about the year 1878, the Galloway Cattle Society of Great Britain, with the able assistance of the secretary, Rev. John Gillispie, of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, published the first book of Galloway pedigrees which we have and which is recognized by Galloway associations at present. In America.—The breed was formally introduced into America by an importation made by Graham Brothers, Ontario
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