herds are maintained in England and some in Ireland.
The steers and heifers fed for the butcher attain great weight, make
first-class show beasts, and yield beef of excellent quality. The cross
between the Shorthorn and the Aberdeen-Angus is a favourite in the meat
markets and at fat-stock competitions.

The _Galloways_ are named from the district, Kirkcudbright and
Wigtonshire, in the south-west of Scotland, to which they are native.
Like the Aberdeen-Angus cattle, they are hornless, and normally of a
black colour. But, with a thicker hide and shaggy hair, suited to a wet
climate, they have a coarser appearance than the Aberdeen-Angus, the
product of a less humid region, though it approaches the latter in
size. Galloways yield superior beef, but mature less rapidly than the
Aberdeen-Angus. They make admirable beasts for the grazier, and the
cross between the Galloway and the white Shorthorn bull, known as a
"Blue Grey," is much sought after by the grazier and the butcher.

PLATE I. BREEDS OF ENGLISH CATTLE.

[Illustration: SHORTHORN BULL.]

[Illustration: DEVON BULL.]

[Illustration: HEREFORD BULL.]

[Illustration: SOUTH DEVON BULL.]

PLATE II. BREEDS OF ENGLISH AND WELSH CATTLE.

[Illustration: LONGHORN BULL.]

[Illustration: RED POLLED BULL.]

[Illustration: WELSH BULL.]

[Illustration: SUSSEX BULL.]

(From photographs by F. Babbage.)

PLATE III. BREEDS OF SCOTCH CATTLE.

[Illustration: ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULL.]

[Illustration: GALLOWAY BULL.]

[Illustration: AYRSHIRE COW.]

[Illustration: HIGHLAND BULL.]

PLATE IV. BREEDS OF IRISH AND CHANNEL ISLANDS CATTLE.

[Illustration: DEXTER BULL.]

[Illustration: KERRY COW.]

[Illustration: GUERNSEY COW.]

[Illustration: JERSEY COW.]

The comparative sizes of the animals are indicated by the scale of
reproduction of the photographs.

(From photographs by F. Babbage.)

The _West Highland_ or Kyloe breed are perhaps the most hardy and
picturesque of British cattle. Their home is amidst the wild romantic
scenery of the Highlands and the Western Isles of Scotland, though
Highland bullocks with long, spreading curved horns may be seen in
English parks. They have not made much progress towards early maturity,
but their slowly ripened beef is of the choicest quality. The colour of
their thick shaggy hair varies from white and light dun to tawny yellow
of many shades, and black.

The _Ayrshires_ are th