THE DUAL-PURPOSE BREEDS OF CATTLE 315 



breeding purposes was made by G. F. Taber, of New 

 York, in 1873. This importation consisted of a bull and 

 three heifers. In 1875, he imported four more cows, and 

 in 1882, three bulls and twenty-three heifers. From this 

 time, the number brought over increased rapidly from 

 year to year, until the prices on the other side became so 

 high that the business Was unprofitable. 



356. Description. In general, the bull is strong, im- 

 pressive, low-set and of good carriage, and weighs 1800 to 

 2000 pounds, when 



mature and finished. 

 The cow is of medium 

 wedge-form, low-set, 

 with top and under 

 lines straight, except 

 at flank, and weighs 

 1300 to 1500 pounds 

 when mature and fin- 

 ished (Figs. 57, 58). 



357. Types. 

 Breeders of these two 

 types, striving to 



produce good dual-purpose animals, that should be 

 polled and red-colored, gradually worked toward the 

 same type. Mr. Euren says : " The year 1846 may be 

 taken as the date from which the Norfolk and Suffolk 

 varieties merged into each other, so as to be spoken of 

 as one and the same breed." There was a friendly 

 rivalry between the two counties at the agricultural 

 shows, and a constant interchange of the best blood, 

 with a resulting improvement and similarity in the two 

 strains. After an exhibit at Battersea in 1862, when 

 it was noted that the best forms of the two types were 



FIG. 57. Red Polled bull. 



