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tive home has tended to this; with good warm hides they can withstand the blizzard of the northwest better than any other breed of improved cat tie. The great muscular development is very useful on the western ranches where they have to travel miles to gather their food, to or from water, or on the way to market. In the northwestern parts of this continent. the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho or the Canadian districts Of Alberta and As siniboia, they are found spe cialy hardy and suitable for ranching pur- poses. In the east where strong vii tality and an active hardy constitu- tion is always valuable they are found doing well. In cold wintry weather they will be first out, scraping off the snow to get at the grasses below. While other breeds may te found standing with their backs bumped up the Galloway is out rustling for a living. Their good coat of hair gives them special advantages Tn cold CT wet climate, and also servfs to protect them in warm weather from the at Jacks of insects.
 | They acclimatize rea.lily in the south and west, feed on a larger wa rlety Of plants than other breeds and their courage and hardihcod hel5 them greatly among large herds. They can hold their own With almost any breed and are seldom losers in a pltched battle. Then as 1c traspor- they can stand long journeys by road or rail better than most breeds and can be packed like sheep without loss or injury This gets them to market MIcn M iess shortage and in better con- uillon than otter breeds. X few Gal io"ays III 9 field with she ep mike q goCd protection against dogs. They VIII atIack the dogs and usually drive tHeh qulchly from the field. When alarmed ln thls Way by t.ogs .r wild animals th2v are tary nurn:- uS cct in concert, form un il, I crcso.nt an,, Jointly attack in that formation heads to the center and Hanks gradually cir cling around. If enclosed in this cir
 Gle It is usually bad for the dog.
 Though the Galloways are tha old- est Of the pure breeds of British ca;- tie their records are quite modern. un- fortunately all the papers and doc,;- ments which had been collected relat- Ing to the breed as well as the pedi- grees were lost by the fire which de stroyed the Highland Agricultural so- I cletys museum and records il EdIn- Durgh In 1851. Since that -ime new DOCK was begun and the first volume of the Polled Herd Book was nuh- llshed in 1862. This was complied and arranged by Edward Ravenscroft and contained pedigrees of the boiled Aberdeen Angus and Gallo way breeds. Few Of the Galloway breeders joined In 1t. In 1857 the collection of pedi- grees had been begun, but only I53 GalloWays were recorded in the five years, and these were owned by fcur breeders who had, however, to ger the names Of animals entered for over thir- ty breeders to complete their pedigrses In 1877 the present Galloway cattle SO
 clety was formed with Rev. John Gil- lespie of Mouswald Mense. Dumfries as secretary. Since then there have been sixteen volumes published. In 1853 the first importations were made to Canada, but not till 1872 was regis tratlon begun by the agricultural and arts association of Ontario, and in 1883 the first volume was published. Shortly afterwards an association was made Of the breeders and since then there have been six volumes published by the American Galloway herd book; this volume making the eighth and bringing the pedigree up to this date