. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 232 CATTLE " when a Galloway bull is crossed with any horned breed nearly 90 per cent of the produce will be black and 95 to 100 per cent without ; Mr. A. M. Thompson of Missouri reports using a Galloway bull on a herd of Shorthorn cows with very great success, 98 per cent of the calves being black and all natural polls. Galloways also cross very successfully with Herefords, producing beef of the finest quality. The progeny of Galloway bulls on other breeds, says Robert Wallace, the Scotch authority, "are on the average disti
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 232 CATTLE " when a Galloway bull is crossed with any horned breed nearly 90 per cent of the produce will be black and 95 to 100 per cent without ; Mr. A. M. Thompson of Missouri reports using a Galloway bull on a herd of Shorthorn cows with very great success, 98 per cent of the calves being black and all natural polls. Galloways also cross very successfully with Herefords, producing beef of the finest quality. The progeny of Galloway bulls on other breeds, says Robert Wallace, the Scotch authority, "are on the average distinctly ; The Galloway as a milk producer has no special record and very little is said on this point by writers on the breed, excepting. Fig. 98. A pair of Galloway cows in the ring at the Royal Show, Man- chester, England, 1S97. No. 1429 is Dora of Durhamhill (13550) and 1430 is Maggie Lauder of Durhamhill (13994). The judges disagreed on these two for first place. Photograph by the author that the cows are amply able to raise their calves. In fact this is distinctly a beef breed, and no attempt has been made to show the dairy qualities of the cows. Here and there note is made of a milk producer, as, for example, the cow Rosy 4th of Mr. R. B. Carus, of Michigan, reported by him to have been an extra milker, making as high as 42j^ pounds of milk in a day, testing per cent fat by Babcock machine. The quality of the milk is regarded as superior. The size of the Galloway hardly equals that of the Shorthorn, Hereford, or Aberdeen Angus, and it may be rated as a bit smaller than these, at the same age. Mr. A. M. Thompson states that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston ; New York : Ginn
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