122 CATTLE POLLED HEREFORDS 



of his home farm near Cirencester. When out of work they 

 form a feature of interest in the Park. 



Polled Herefords were originated and bred by the late 

 W. W. Guthrie of Atchison, Kansas : 



"In March 1889 he had a bull calf dropped without 

 horns, which he named 'Discovery.' It was sired by the 

 pure-bred Hereford bull 'Grateful 3rd' (8001), bred by 

 Messrs Raub & Earl, La Fayette, Ind., and out of a cow 

 that was one-half Hereford and one-half Shorthorn. General 

 Guthrie later on bred the polled bull 'Discovery* to a 

 number of Hereford cows, and selected from this lot of 

 calves a bull calf he named ' Dick,' which was out of one 

 the best cows, and was in blood lines three-fourth Hereford 

 and one-fourth Shorthorn. The grown bull was perfectly 

 polled, and well formed, and possessed the colour, markings, 

 and general conformation of the original pure bred Hereford 

 bull 'Grateful 3rd' (8001). At the same time the General 

 selected six heifers all hornless, and fairly well Here- 

 ford marked and four pure Hereford heifers, and bred them 

 to one of the polled bulls, with satisfactory results. All the 

 calves were hornless, except one that had a scarcely notice- 

 able scurf! or button on one side of his head. The polled 

 characteristic is so firmly established, that S. W. Anderson, 

 Blaker Mills, Greenbriar Co., W.V. (from whose catalogue 

 for 1905 the present notice is condensed), reports that 75 

 per cent, of the calves from polled bulls used mostly on 

 horned cows are without horns. They grow large, mature 

 early, and seem to lay on flesh at an early age, and possess 

 the keeping quality that has made the standard-bred Here- 

 ford so popular all over the country. In December 1902. 

 the registry known as the National Polled Hereford Breeders' 

 Association, Chicago, 111., was formed. The original herd is 

 being maintained and improved ; and a number of other 

 herds are being started in different Western States." 



