CHAPTER X 

 THE DUAL-PURPOSE BREEDS OF CATTLE 



IF kept true to type, individuals representing this group 

 of breeds are larger than dairy cows, have an ample, 

 bloeky form, approaching that of the beef steer, yet with 

 an udder development superior to that found in any but 

 dairy cows. 



RED POLLED CATTLE. Figs. 57, 58. 

 By H. A. Martin 



353. Red Polled cattle are a dual-purpose breed, rank- 

 ing very highly in both milk- and butter-production. 



354. History in England. Hornless or polled cattle 

 have existed in the county of Suffolk, England, from time 

 immemorial. The probability seems to be that they 

 were introduced soon after the Roman occupation. Bede 

 says that the people who settled in eastern England after 

 the Romans had gone, brought with them slaves, their 

 cattle and all their live-stock. Certain it is the breed 

 has existed in Suffolk as far back as we can trace the history. 



Of the Norfolk strain of the breed, H. F. Euren, in the 

 account prepared for the herd-book, says : " The files of 

 the Norwich Mercury show that as early as the year 1778, 

 there were whole dairies of polled cows in Norfolk." In 

 the advertisements of that and succeeding years, sales of 



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