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polled. In 1794 Arthur Young, in a general survey of the agri- 

 culture of Suffolk, describes the breed at some length. He stated 

 that for two or three months a whole herd would average five gal- 

 lons of milk a day per head, and single animals have produced 

 eight gallons in a day. From 1778 on, numerous advertisements 



FIG. 198. Teddy's Best 17603, a noted Red Polled bull, thirty-two times a cham- 

 pion up to 1919. Noted also as a sire. Owned by Jean Du Luth Farms, Nickerson, 

 Minnesota. From photograph by Hildebrand, by courtesy of Jean Du Luth Farms 



of auction sales of this dairy stock were published in the Norwich 

 (Norfolk) Mercury. In 1802 a herd of "twenty-one beautiful 

 polled cows and a bull " was advertised. 



2. Norfolk Red Polled. In Norfolk County early writers 

 referred to a type of cattle blood red in color, with a white or 

 mottled face, having horns, and small of bone, " fattening as freely 

 and finishing as highly at three years old as cattle do generally 

 at four or five," says Marshall, who regarded the Norfolk Red 

 Polled as a miniature Hereford in appearance. These possessed 

 poor dairy qualities, so Jonas Reeve of Wigtown and Richard 

 England of Binham began to improve and secure a type com- 

 bining the good qualities of the Suffolk as well as the Norfolk. 



