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maturity and rapid fattening, and promise of dressing out 

 most profitably a high-class carcass of beef. A lack of 

 general conformity to the most approved beef type is 

 sometimes noticeable in this breed, some leggy individuals , 

 appearing in the ranks. Also rough hips, a drooping 

 rump and a tendency to accumulate fat unevenly in 

 patches about the tail head and the pin bones are un- 



FIG. 108. A Polled Durham bull. 



desirable features, which breeders have endeavored to 

 eliminate. 



236. Polled Durham (Fig. 108). This breed is an 

 American derivation from a straight Short-horn founda- 

 tion, chiefly, the majority of Polled Durhams being double- 

 standard, and therefore entitled to full registration in 

 the Short-horn herd book. The aim of the Polled Dur- 

 ham breeders is to duplicate the Short-horn in all respects 



