. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE GALLOWAY 231 Mr. O. H. Swigart, in writing on the Galloway, reports on two loads of range calves exhibited by a Colorado man, the offspring of common grade cows, many of them Holsteins and Jerseys, but all sired by registered Galloway bulls. These calves won first and third prizes in their class, and one load won champion- ship in class over other breeds by ages, and grand championship over all breeds and all ages as feeders. They were purchased by an Indiana feeder and returned to market July 9, 1902. They had an average weight of 1177 pound
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE GALLOWAY 231 Mr. O. H. Swigart, in writing on the Galloway, reports on two loads of range calves exhibited by a Colorado man, the offspring of common grade cows, many of them Holsteins and Jerseys, but all sired by registered Galloway bulls. These calves won first and third prizes in their class, and one load won champion- ship in class over other breeds by ages, and grand championship over all breeds and all ages as feeders. They were purchased by an Indiana feeder and returned to market July 9, 1902. They had an average weight of 1177 pounds, and brought ^ per. Fig. 97. Adela of Flamboro 12783, a high-class Galloway cow owned by Brookside Farm, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. This picture shows the summer coat of hair, the author having taken the photograph on July 4. Fig. 96 shows the long, curly winter coat, with some fancy grooming hundred, within five cents of the highest price ever paid on this market for range-bred cattle of any breed, show-yard animals alone excepted. The prepotency of the Galloway is of the first rank. Within the breed there exists much uniformity of transmission of character. In crossing or grading, where Galloway sires are used, the offspring almost always inherits the color and features of the sire. James Biggar, one of the most noted recent Scotch breeders, states in regard to the power of transmission, 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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