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In 1903 fifteen herds contributed records of their daily milk yield 

 to the English Red Polled Society Herdbook. Of 267 cows which 

 had produced in the year, having had their second calf or more, 

 194 gave a total yield for the year of 5000 pounds and over. 

 Thirteen of these gave 9000 pounds and over, the best record 

 being 10,392 pounds. The cow 2965 Mayflower, A 12, in the 

 herd of V. T. Hills of Ohio, produced from July 18, 1892, to 

 July 10, 1893, a total of 11,008 pounds of milk; while for four 

 years, from August 1, 1890, to July 31, 1894, she produced 

 43, n8i pounds of milk, or a daily average of about 25 pounds. 

 The London Live Stock Journal in 1898 published the milk 

 record of a Red Polled cow of 13,126 pounds in 347 days, an 

 average of 37.82 pounds daily. This same journal also reports on 

 the Red Polled cow Hester that from October, 1890, to October, 

 1904, produced the remarkable yield of 84,177 pounds of milk, 

 an average yield for fourteen years of 6012 pounds per year. 

 This was also a very successful show cow in England. 



Red Polled cattle as butter producers stand very well. Their 

 milk tests about 3.8 per cent fat, although many cases show even 

 better. The average of Mayflower for four years by Babcock 

 test is 4.35 per cent butter fat. At the Pan-American Exposition 

 the five Red Polled cows produced in six months 1319.45 pounds 

 churned butter valued at $329.86, with Mayflower 2d second in 

 the butter-fat test. In this test the average butter-fat content was 

 3.98 per cent. Professor Curtiss of the Iowa Agricultural College 

 has stated that a number of Red Polled cows in the college herd 

 were producing from 300 to 400 pounds of butter per year. In 

 1904 a cow in the herd of the Ohio State University was milked 

 348 days and produced 8777 pounds of milk, which by Babcock 

 test showed 379 pounds butter fat, equal to about 440 pounds 

 commercial butter. 



The use of the Red Polled cattle in crossing or grading may be 

 beneficial from either the beef or dairy point of view. Red Polled 

 bulls used on the beef type should increase the milk-producing 

 character of the descendants, but may lower the meat standard 

 somewhat. Used on the dairy breeds, the beef character should 

 be improved in the offspring, but whether the dairy qualities will 

 be benefited will depend on the kind of dam used, better results 



