162 CATTLE ENGLISH RED POLLS 



during the last six months an average increase of nearly 

 2 Ibs. per head per day, and also that prime carcases command 

 the highest prices in the London market. 



The high general-purpose standard of the breed, and the 

 polled condition, together with the fashionable red colour, 

 make Red Polled cattle peculiarly suitable for the River Plate 

 countries, where a brisk opening up of an export trade has 

 been in progress for a few years, and an independent 

 Argentine Red Polled Breed Book and Association are 

 assured. 



Improvement. The rate at which the Red Polled breed 

 has come to the front and has taken its place among the 

 most important breeds in this country is quite remarkable. 

 Low, writing in 1845, after giving the breed under the name 

 of Polled Suffolks a poor character in respect of almost every 

 quality except that of milk-production, suggested the great 

 probability of its immediate extinction. Recent years have 

 seen not only improvement in quality, but a large extension 

 of the numbers of good herds and of first-rate animals. 



The leading present-day breeders of Red Polls are : 

 Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, 

 Norfolk ; Thomas Brown & Son, Marham Hall, Norfolk ; 

 Kenneth M. Clark, Sudbourn Hall, Suffolk ; Sir Walter O. 

 Corbet, Bart., Acton Reynold, Shrewsbury ; Sir R. P. Cooper, 

 Bart, Ashleyns Hall, Berkhamstead, Herts ; Rt. Hon. Ailwyn 

 E. Fellowes, Honingham Hall, Norfolk ; John Hammond, 

 Bale, Norfolk ; R. Harvey Mason, Necton Hall, Norfolk ; T. 

 S. Matthews, Sporle, Norfolk ; Rt. Hon. the Earl of Radnor, 

 Longford Castle, Salisbury ; Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring 

 Park, Hertfordshire; Alfred J. Smith, Rendlesham, Suffolk. 



