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6aIIoways as q Cross Breed.
There is certainly nothing which will
recommend the Galloways quicker and
show the impressiveness of the breed
stronger than to make the cross with
other breeds. To the practical business
man who is looking for money.makers
and does not care to engage in raising
pure-bred cattle, the cross breed meets
his every demand. 1t is a business
proposition to use the registered Gallo
way sire in making the cross. Why7
Because his produce is more uniform in
shape and are sure as market toppcrs,
as the market reports will justify.
Even the cross with the Jersey has
shown such good results that it would
take the keenest practical eye to de-
tect any foreign blood other than the
Galloway. 1t is this strong character
istic of the breed that makes US Gallo
way breeders today.
Why we handle and why we favor the
Galloway instead Of the other beef
producing breeds: In the fall Of 1883 we
selected forty head of grade steer calves,
consisting of Galloways, Shorthorns and
Herefords. We decided to make a
practical test and, if possible, ascertain
which breed of cattle would give the
best and quickest result as a beef pro.
Queer. These calves were all fed in, the
same lot and kept continually together,
giving each and every n like oppor-
tunities. They we're finished and put on
the market at two years old at an aver
age weight of about 1875 pounds. The
Galloways were cut out by request of
our salesman and sold separately, bring.
ing an advance OF 50 cents per hundred
over the remainder of the bunch. There
was very little difference in the average
weight OF the three classes of cattle, but
the Galloways were considered the best
finished and the most uniform; there.
fore commanding the highest price.
We then and there decided that the
Galloway was good enough for US and
began to found our herd accordingly
We had at that time a herd of shorthorn
cows. all we'll bred and a good many Of
them eligible to be registered. W.
purchased from Mr.. A. B. Matthews Of
Kansas City, Mo-, a blocky, long.haired
coated Galloway bull, imported Mcleod
of Gull, and used on these cows. Ninety.
eight per cent of the calves were black
anil all were minus the horns. The ex.
pertinent was so satisfactory that we
decided that if one cross of the Gallo.
way would do all this we would wipe
out the foreign strain of blood and give
the SHAGGY Goats" the right-of-way
and we have had cause to regret
our action. While we have never been
extensive breeders, we have bred the
Galloways for twenty years, and if We
did not consider them the best cattle on
earth, we would have been out of the
business long ago.
We have had ample time to make a
test, however short Of a thorough one ) i,
may have been. 1t is often said of a
good many things, that a trial is to be
convinced, and this theory holds espe.
cially good in the Galloways. We have
not as yet our first record of a single
objection where a man has given a
shaggy-coated Galloway a fair trial.
He not only appreciates their many
advantages, but stands ready at any and
all times to defend and pronounce their
merited praise. 1t may sound a little
bit broad, but still it is true, the world
today knows no better and no more
uniform beef producers than these grand
cattle. We challenge all breeds in
friendly competition to this statement.
The great packers recognize their super.
iority in this line and eagerly take at a
premium all that reach the market,
Their meat is tender and juicy, and the
tallow, instead of being on the outside
of the carcass and stripped off with the
hide and sold at 4 cents per pound, is
evenly distributed through the meat,
making a rich, marble beef that will
always command a premium on the
block, and your tallow brings as much
per pound as a porterhouse steak. The
Galloways absolutely refuse to pone o,
patch. We have had them on full feed
for eighteen months at a time and not q
single animal would show any sign of q
patch of tallew on the outside of thu
carcass. They possess all the excellen,
cies of shape. size, constitution and
Qualities that can recommend them no,
only for ranch purposes, but for dones.
tic purposes as we'll. We do not claim
for them a rank as dairy cattle, but the
milk is rich in quality and we have never
found a dam that would not yield sufi.
cient milk to raise a good calf. OF theil
size we can make no complaint. They
can be made to weigh at yearlings pas,
from 1000 to 1900 pounds, and at twos
1900 to l,4oo; at threes, 1900 to 1000
We have had several herd animals to
reach 20 to "a hundredweight. Now
these are not estimated weights, but
weights taken from cattle fed and
raised on our own farm.
These cattle a be maturedjor fin.
ished at any age. We have taken them
from the dams and have put them on
full feed and they have fattened az
readily and shown as good gains an any