A DUAL-PURPOSE BREED. 837 



descend from the Gwynne cow Oak wood 

 Gwynne 4th, the Young Phyllis cow Mary Lou- 

 den and the White Rose bull Young Hamilton 

 114169. Oakwood Gwynne 4th had loose horns 

 or "scurs," and when bred to the 7th Duke of 

 Hillhurst 34221 dropped a pair of hornless roan 

 heifer calves, known as Nellie Gwynne and 

 Mollie Gwynne. (See Vol. XXXIII, page 728.) 

 Bred to Bright Eyes Duke 8th 31894 she 

 dropped the hornless red bull King of Kine 

 87412. The twin heifers were bred by C. McC. 

 Reeve and the hornless bull by W. W. McNair, 

 both of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. W. S. Miller 

 of Ohio, who had been endeavoring to develop 

 a type of polled cattle showing Short-horn 

 characteristics, bought these Gwynnes and 

 made use of them in his breeding operations. 

 The bull Young Hamilton above mentioned, 

 that won the championship over all bulls com- 

 peting in the "general-purpose" class at the 

 Columbian Exposition, possessed great scale 

 and his blood has been freely used. 



Some of the leading Polled Durham breeders 

 are now crossing their cows with well-bred 

 Scotch Short-horn bulls. As a rule stock of 

 this type possesses good size, and the cows 

 are often heavy milkers. They represent the 

 dual-purpose idea, and the absence of horns is 

 counted a distinct advantage. That the breed 

 owes its merit wholly to the Short-horn is 



