Agriculture productive . ns. Leur dépoposition est très calme et douce, et ils fatten facilement, éitheron de bons pâturages d'herbe bleue, ou dans les quartiers d'alimentation proches de la ceinture de maïs. Le boeuf est de la meilleure qualité, et les animaux engraissés apportent les prix les plus élevés du marché (Fig. 165).le bétail Galloway est aussi originaire d'Écosse, mais des districts therough du sud-ouest du pays. Likethe Angus bétail, le Galloway est noir et charme et a des jambes très courtes. Mais une différence marquée dans l'appearanceest due à la shaggie ou à la courbure des cheveux (Fig. 164). Les cheveux sont solongs et curaillés que le sk guéri

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Productive farming . ns. Their disposi-tion is very quiet and gentle, and they fatten easily, eitheron good blue grass pastures, or in close feeding quarters ofthe corn-belt. The beef is of the very best quality, and thefattened animals bring the highest market prices (Fig. 165).Galloway cattle are also from Scotland, but from therough districts of the southwestern part of the country. Likethe Angus cattle, the Galloway is black and hornless andhas very short legs. But a marked difference in appearanceis due to the shaggy or curly hair (Fig. 164). The hair is solong and curly that the cured skins are used for making rugs, robes, and overcoats. These cattle can subsist on the poorest 260 PRODUCTIVE far:ming roughage or pasture, but respond rather too slowly to goodfeeding. The cuts of beef of the Galloway carcass are of goodquality and the animals sell in the Chicago markets at pricesnext to those paid for Angus cattle. Galloway cows arevery light milkers, but usually supply enough to raise theirown calves.. Fig. 16.5.—-A- product of good breeding. Aberdeen Angus calf, two years old, black, weight lb24 pounds. Champion of the baby-beef type. (Minn.) These cattle are hardy because of the climate from whichthey came. Because of this hardy character they are usedin the Northwestern States where the winters are severe.Galloway cows have been crossed with the American buffalo, the name Catalo being given to the hybrid offspring. Nospecial benefit has yet been derived from this cross. Dual=Purpose Breeds.—Cattle of these breeds serve twopurposes, giving milk and producing meat, but do eachonly fairly well. They may properly be called general-pur-pose animals. The type of body is not so lean and angular CATTLE 261 as in the true dairy breeds, nor so blocky and heavy as inthe beef type. A few of them are heavy and incline a littletoward the production of beef rather than milk, and othersare heavier milkers and have more of the dairy conformation;for example, the Devons and

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