The Dickinson press., 1905-04-22
The Modern GALLOWAY.

home OF more of the beef breeds than
any other country. Her men are of
that stick-to-it character which becomes
SO necessary in establishing a new type
of cattle by long years of constant hard
work, and her lands and climate seem
to itstill into the live stock constitution
and hardness that is seldom equaled
and never excelled. The little district
OF Galloway, situated in the southwest
ern part of the country, was the first to
establish a distinct beef breed of cattle
and this breed was named after its
native land.
The Galloway farmers first aim was
to produce an animal of great length
and depth, with sufficient hardness to
rustic for himself where forage was
comparatively scarce, and with a con-
stitution strong enough to withstand the
rigors of a northern climate. The thick,
messy coat of these animals especially
fitted them for the natural conditions of
their home. and to produce this the
early breeders many times sacrificed
that pliable quality of the hide which is
so extremely desired by modern beef
producers. Thus it will be seer why
upon their introduction into this country
the Galloway cattle were inclined to be
OF a rather long, lank type and were in
many cases too thick-hided to suit the
average breeder or feeder.
The first Galloways were imported in
1853 by Graham Bros, Ontario, Canada,
and they were so we'll adapted to Cana
dian conditions that many other impor.
tations quickly followed until now the
%hornless, shaggy blacks are found in all
the provinces of Canada and nearly
every state and territory in the Union.
Since their introduction into the corn
belt the Galloway type has been changed
and improved in many ways. With
plenty of feed their frames have been
%broadened and filled out and their hides
become so pliable that they readil,
commend themselves to anyone looking
after the ideal beef type. Rapidly and
surely the G~alloways are gaining recog
milton in every part of the country
especially in the west and southwest
which is the great field of cattle pro
d%uction. During the past year the
demands for Galloway bulls from the
range men and stock men in every state
has been much greater than the Gallo
way breeders could supply. Gallowa,
bulls at auction sales this fall have heer
selling from 50 to IS per cent better
than they ever did heretofore. In fac
the Galloway Of today has many claim.
to favorit'sm either upon the range o.
in the feed lot. In this day when prac
tically all feeding cattle are dehornec
the naturally polled animal has a de.
cided advantage over his horned rival
as the dehorning process is many times
dangerous and occasionally fatal. As
grazers in the past the Galloways have
had but few equals, and being protected
with heavy coats, they have been able
to rustic for themselves in the worst
kind of weather. On the range under
the hardest kind of conditions the Gallo
way bulls have always been found yer,
active and unusually prolific. another
point which is doing much to bring
them into general favor.
The Galloway OF today has not onl,
the ideal beef form, but still maintains
the hardy characteristics and coats O
hair that are necessary in a rough coun
try and where various kinds OF weather
have to be commended with.
Their coats not only protect them
from zero weather. but also from we,
and disagreeable weather, which is
often in evidence in their native country
and the Pacific Coast. During the pas,
few years many loads Of steers have
been sent out from Colorado and the
adjacent states that have done much to
prove the possibilities of the breed in
the mountainous and western country
The natural flesh this breed possesses
even under the most unfavorable con
ditions, is a prime factor in their claim
for superior recognition.
At the present time the leading
butchers of the country are constantly
striving to educate breeders to breed
animals with more natural flesh and less
wasteful fat. The Galloways have been
long bred for this essential feature,
natural flesh, and thus are far in the
lead of their rivals in this respect.
Another valuable feature is that nc
breed seems to have the power to per-
petuate itself with such a degree of uni.
formity in size and quality as the Gallo.
way.
Perhaps the most valuable character
istic of the breed, however, is their COM
parative freedom from most of the
common bovine diseases. 1t is a recog-
nized fact, among British veterinarians
that among Galloways examiped for
export case Of t%pberculosis y a rare
exception: Among many Of the other
breeds as many as 40 per cent of certain
herds have been known to react to the
tuberculosis test. The Texas fever tick
is also said to have a hard time burrows
ing through the coat of a good healthy
Galloway.
Any person who has watched the