THE POLLED SUFFOLK. 



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SUFFOLK. 



The Suffolk Dun used to be celebrated in almost every part of the 

 kino-dora, on account of the extraordinary quantity of milk that she 

 yielded. The dun color is now, however, rarely seen in Suffolk, and 

 rejected as an almost certain indication of inferiority. The breed 

 is polled. 



The Suffolk, like the Norfolk beast, undoubtedly sprung from the 

 Galloway ; but it is shorter in the leg, broader and rounder than the 

 Norfolk, with a greater propensity to fatten, and reaching to greater 

 weights. 



SUFFOT.K COW. 



The prevailing and best colors are red, red and white, brindled, 

 and a yellowish cream color. The bull is valued if he is of a pure 

 unmingled red color. 



Exaggerated accounts have been given of the milking of the Suf- 

 folk cow, and she is not inferior to any other breed in the quantity 

 of milk that she yields. In the height of the season some of these 

 cows will give as much as 8 gallons of milk in the day ; and 6 gal- 

 lons is not an unusual quantity. The produce of butter, however, is 

 not in proportion to the quantity of milk. 



The bulls are rarely suffered to .!ve after they are three yeaia 



