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thin as the more pronounced dairy breeds. They are not so 

 angular as many Shorthorns nor as compact as the Hereford. 

 The temperament of Red Polls is somewhat nervous but not 

 disagreeably so. Calves weigh from eighty to ninety pounds at 

 birth, are strong, easy to raise and mature in medium time com- 

 pared with other breeds. 



Dairy Characteristics. — From the earliest records the Suffolk 

 cattle were known as good dairy cows. It is recorded that some 

 whole herds, while on good pasture, would average five or six 

 gallons of milk per day, while a few of the best cows yielded as 

 much as seven or eight gallons per day. The Norfolk cattle 

 with which the Suffolk were blended were more on the beef order, 

 consequently the modern Red Polls are probably not as free 

 milkers as were the old Suffolks. The milk, however, is richer. 



The herd of Mr. Garret Taylor, of England, consisting of 

 ninety-eight cows, is reported as averaging 5582 pounds of milk 

 in 189G, while in 1895 with eighty-seven cows in corresponding 

 condition as to age, averaged 5540 pounds. Lord Rothschild's 

 herd at Tring Park, England, has been selected with a special 

 view to milk production. Thirty-seven cows, in 1896, averaged 

 6937 pounds of milk. In smaller herds more rigidly selected 

 for dairy purposes there were even higher yields (Fig. 38). 



In America, until recent years, the breed has been handled 

 more largely by beef fanciers than by dairymen, yet some very 

 creditable records have been made. At the Pan-American Model 

 Dairy at Buffalo in 1901, this breed ranked fifth in a class of 

 ten of the best dairy breeds of the country. Many three-day 

 records of three to four pounds of fat per day have since been 

 made at various state fairs. 



The Advanced Registry was inaugurated in December, 

 1908. In this only yearly records are recognized. " Only such 

 cows as have made officially authenticated butter fat records not 

 less in amount than 6000 pounds of milk or 300 pounds of 

 butter fat in twelve months shall be eligible to advanced regis- 

 try." In addition : "A cow to be eligible to entry with descrip- 

 tion must scale at least eighty points of the official scale of 

 points and must weigh not less than 1100 pounds." 



