DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE 65 



Ib. at 26% m. A 40*4 m. heifer, out of an E13 cow, 1,288 Ib. lago's 

 Breed Analysis: N. 368.75, S. 117.17, RP. 514.08. 



Falstaff 303, dam 891 Fanny Bradfield All, was a son of Rufus. 

 His influence was most widespread. A steer got by him weighed 

 1,952 Ib. at 41 ^ m. His son, Lancer 689, dam a Pond cow, sired a 

 steer at 34 m., weighed 1,842 Ib., the produce of a Davy cow. A 7 

 yr., 5 m. 1 Norf cow of his weighed 1,903 Ib. One of Falstaff' s sons, 

 Laureate 1563, did good service in Australia. Others 01 his sons 

 won a good reputation both for the milk and beef inheritance in Eng- 

 land and in the United States. Falstaff 's Breed Analysis: N. 731.25, 

 S. 42.18, RP. 226.56. 



A grandson of Falstaff, through Bardolph 977, which had O9 

 blood through his dam, was Starlight 2531. His dam, 1355 Buxom 

 K19, was got by Davyson 3d 48. Starlight was put to 2213 Gleaner 

 V9, which, in 1894, gave 14,184 Ib. milk in 365 days, giving birth 

 to her llth and last calf on November 14th, 1893, so that her total 

 yield after that birth greatly exceeded the record just named. On 

 January 3d, 1892, she gave birth to twins a bull and a heifer 

 Harvester 3131 and 7896 Golden Grain. In November, 1892, being 

 then 2l l /2 m. old Harvester competed at the Norwich Fat Cattle 

 Show; his live weight was 1,238 Ib. In 1894 both competed. Har- 

 vester then weighed 1,735 Ib., gain 476 Ib., being 40.14 per cent 

 for the year. He won first prize and the cup, and was also first at 

 the Smithfield Club Show. A year later his live weight was 2,153 

 Ib., gain 421 Ib.; 2 years' total gain 918 Ib., 74.14 per cent on his 

 first competition. Golden Grain had also been fatted, and at 33 Vz 

 months weighed 1,452 Ib. She was first and the reserve for the cup 

 both at Norwich and London. Gleaner's sire was Lord George 520, 

 a son of Norfolk Duke 127, with E2 blood through his dam and her 

 dam, the get of a bull which combined both Eaton and [Necton] 

 Minnie N2 blood. Another heifer of Starlight's get, 6215 Bride 

 Elect, which combined Al, 19, and W3 blood, when 34 months old 

 weighed 1,508 Ib. 



The Milk Records of W14 Family credited 2037 Bracelet, with- 

 3d c.-9,283 Ib (323). Her 4475 Brace, by Falstaff, gave-lst c.- 

 4,529% Ib. (282), and 2d c. 4,199 Ib. for thfe latter half of the year, 

 when she was transferred to Mr. Colman's herd, where to a gr.-son 

 of lago she bred 9169 Buckle. This heifer was shown at Norwich 

 when 30 m., 20 d. She won 1st; at the Smithfield Club Show 2d and 

 the reserve for the breed cup; her weight 1,629 Ib., and the firm 

 which slaughtered her reported as being "without exception .the very 

 best heifer we have seen or killed." Two years after, Brace's 10946 

 Armlet, which was sired by Red Prince 2902, when 30 m. old won 2d 

 honors, live weight 1,672 Ib. 



13762 Linda 3d P4 affords a most complete illustration of the 

 dual-purpose in Red Polled cattle. Her milk record has been set 

 out in a previous page. Her dam, 5650 Linda P4, was sired by 

 lago 1025. She, like her dam, 4187 Lydia P4, was a steady milker, 

 with results ranging from 4,600 Ib. to 7,297 Ib. during a long course 

 of years at Whitlingham. Lydia's sire was Lord George 520, son of 

 Norfolk Duke, so there was a good inheritance of the beef -making 

 quality. Linda 3d's sire, Planet 4579, was a son of Erebus 841, which 

 was sired by Falstaff 303 out of a choice L3 cow, and did good service 

 in the Necton herd. Planet's dam, 5052 Peach Pi, was sired by 

 Ferdinand, of the P3 line, at Marham, and her gr.-sire was Norfolk 

 Duke. Both PI and P3 stock were so bred as to win high renown 

 for the Marham herd as the home of grand dual-purpose cattle. 



