1040 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



can Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association, asking 

 if any hornless ' 'freaks" had ever appeared in their 

 respective herds. As a result of this correspond- 

 ence 14 head of registered Heref ords that had never 

 developed horns were brought to light. They were 

 the property of reputable breeders, so that there 

 could be no question as to their pure descent. Ten 

 of these were females, and four were bulls. Mr. 

 Gammon bought all of the latter and seven of the 

 cows, and began mating them, with the result that 

 practically all the calves dropped were polled; and 

 it is stated that these polled bulls when mated with 

 horned Hereford cows, gave 50 to 75 per cent of 

 hornless calves. This was the beginning of the 

 Polled Herefords of the present time. 



A national organization was formed about 1907, 

 with a membership of five. In 1913 this had grown 

 to 296, and the herd book now maintained by the 

 organization shows a total registry of over 4,000 

 head. Mr. J. E. Green, Muncie, Ind., has been the 

 President of this association from the beginning. 

 Up to 1911 the founder of the type, Mr. Warren 

 Gammon, served as Secretary, but he has now been 

 succeeded by his son Mr. B. 0. Gammon, who esti- 

 mates that there are at this writing between 5,000 

 and 6,000 head of these cattle in the country. The 

 movement corresponds identically with that which 

 resulted in the foundation and formation of the 

 Polled Durham association, whose members are 

 handling hornless cattle of the pure Shorthorn or 

 Durham blood, both cases representing an effort 



