200 DAIRYIKG. 



Youatt, speaking of the old Suffolk strain as it existed 

 in his day (some half century ago), says: " In the height 

 of the season some of these cows will give as much as eight 

 gallons of milk (80 lbs.) in a day, and six gallons (60 lbs.) 

 is not an unusual quantity." 



The modern Red Polled cow is a result of the combina- 

 tion of these old strains, and it is the aim of the most pro- 

 gressive breeders to produce a cow of medium size, blood- 

 red in color, of fine bone, smooth and compact of form, 

 hardy, docile, fatting easily, and giving a good flow of 

 fairly rich milk all the year round. The breed, in other 

 words, is being developed as a general farm cow, suited 

 to the wants of the general farmer. While the cows can- 

 not, I think, compete in flow of milk with the best Hol- 

 steins, or in yield of butter with the best Jerseys, and the 

 steers have not, as yet, taken a place in the front rank at 

 the fat-stock shows, it is believed that the breed combines 

 the several desirable traits as well at least as any other, and 

 with them the equally essential qualities of hardiness, do- 

 cility, and a hornless head. As an illustration of the points 

 named, and a proof of their possible combination, the cow 

 No. 2213, Gleaner, V, g, is credited in 1894, according to 

 the accepted record of the owner, with a yield of 14,189 lbs. 

 of milk, an average of 38. 86 lbs. a day for the entire year. 

 The cow was then twelve years old, and was milking with 

 her tenth calf (or tenth calving, as one or more of them 

 produced twins). 



Among these is a pair of twins (Freemartins), shown 

 as fat stock, at Norwich and London, England. The steer 

 (ist and cup at Norfolk and ist at Smithfield") weighed at 

 I year 5| months old, 1238 lbs., and when shown again, 

 at 2 years 6 months old, had a live weight of 1735 lbs., a 

 gain in a few days over a year of 497 lbs., and a gain 

 from birth of about 2.12 lbs. a day. The heifer, twin to 

 above (ist and reserve for cup at Norfolk and ist and 

 reserve for cup at Smithfield), had a live weight when 

 shown (2 years 6 months' old) of 1452 lbs,, a gain from birth 

 of nearly 1.8 lbs. a day. 



