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For crossing and grading, Red Polled bulls have been 

 used extensively and with good results. They transmit 

 the color and polled character uniformly, and may be 

 used profitably on either dairy or beef common stock. 

 They cross well with Shorthorns. 



359. Distribution. In England, we find the Red 

 Polled cattle in their native counties of Norfolk and 

 Suffolk. They are also found in South America, Australia, 

 Russia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and the 

 United States. In America we find the greatest number 

 of Red Polled cattle in the Mississippi valley, in the 

 states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, 

 Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska and 

 Missouri. We also find them on the Atlantic coast, the 

 Pacific coast and in Texas. In the last-named place they 

 are very numerous and do exceptionally well. 



360. Organizations and records. -- The Red Polled 

 Society of Great Britain and Ireland was organized in 

 1888, at which time it took up the publishing of the Red 

 Polled Herd-book, which had been published by H. F. 

 Euren since 1874. The Red Polled Cattle Club of America 

 was organized at Chicago in 1883. The first volume of 

 its herd-book appeared in 1887, since which time twenty- 

 seven volumes have been issued recording 69,000 cattle. 

 Until 1901, the American Red Polled Herd-book included 

 all of the cattle entered in the English series. At present 

 only cattle grown in this country are published in the 

 American series. There are several state associations in 

 America devoted to the breed. 



