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definition of this classification. It is native to the counties of 

 Su'folk and Norfolk in the eastern part of England. It is 

 believed by some who have studied the question that Red 

 Polls are descended from cattle brought to England by the 

 Dnnes and mixed with the native cattle. Until 1846 the 

 cai tie of these two counties were known as independent 

 breeds, but on account of their similarity, at this date they 



FIG. 6 Jean Duluth Beauty, a Red Polled cow, with a record of 20,280 

 pounds of milk, and 892 pounds of fat in one year. A dual-purpose cow 

 with a remarkable dairy record. 



were combined and have since been known as Red Polls. 

 They are used in England as dual-purpose cattle. At the 

 present time the breed is found mostly in the two counties 

 where it originated, to some extent in Australia and New 

 Zealand, and in considerable numbers in America. 



They were probably introduced into America during the 

 colonial times, but it was not until after 1870 that animals 

 were brought over the descendants of which have been kept 



