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Show Origin of Aberdeen-Angus THE Aberdeen-Angus breed of cattle illustrates illus-trates tbe fact that nearly every breed ol cattle Is the result of crossing several breeds The races which may be considered as factors fac-tors In tho origin' of this breed are the L'rus the black Celtic brought to Britain befoM the Frus became extinct In the bronx? ago the brown race of the Belgae, the white rac of the Romans und the hornless breed of t h Norsemen. In the eighteenth century man) largo Dutch-flecked cuttle were taken to the northeast of Scotland and crossed with the native stock, thereby increasing the When In the middle of the eighteenth centurj a demand for hornless e-attle arose In England Eng-land the large horned cattle were crossed ! with the Norse hornless, finally resulting I" the modern Aberdeen-Angus slock. j ! 1 I |