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VIII. The future of Polled Durhams. 



(1) There would seem to be a bright future before this 

 breed in the United States and also in certain other countries 

 possessed of the requisite adaptation, since 



(2) They meet the growing demand for cattle with all the 

 essential characteristics of Shorthorns, and yet without horns. 



(3) They are rich in the blood of several of the best 

 strains of English and Scotch Shorthorns, and many of them 

 have in addition the renovating influence of muley foundation 

 blood. 



IX. Distribution in the United States. 



(1) Polled Durhams have been recorded from about 

 twenty different states. 



(2) The leading centers of distribution are Indiana, Illi- 

 nois, Ohio, Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennes- 

 see, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, and probably in the order 

 named. 



(3) The first exportation of Polled Durhams was made 

 to Argentina from the herd of J. H. Miller, Peru, Ind. ; in 1894. 



X. Registration of Polled Durhams. 



(1) But one volume of the American Polled Durham 

 Herd Book has yet been issued, and it was published in 1894. 



(2) There have been recorded 2100 animals, of which 850 

 are bulls and 1250 cows. 



LEADING CHARACTERISTICS, 



I. The characteristics of the Polled Durhams 

 are essentially the same as those of the Shorthorns 

 given in Lecture No. 9. 



(1) They have the same large parallelogrammic frames, 

 and 



(2) Like the Shorthorns they are adapted to arable locali- 

 ties rich in food production. 



II. They differ in the following essentials : 



(1) More attention has been given to the development of 

 their milking qualities, and 



(2) They are more free from the weaknesses of some 

 highly inbred Shorthorn families, as, for instance, shyness in 

 breeding. 



