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coming where a small milker is mated rather than a large pro- 

 ducer. Red Polled cattle are very prepotent, and will transmit 

 their red color and polled heads with much uniformity when used 

 on other breeds or grades. 



The deficiencies of the Red Polled cattle are not serious, but 

 they exist. The udder, with all its capacity, is too irregular in 

 type, often being deficient in front, and with abnormally large 



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Fig. 141. 2965 Mayflower (A 12), a Red Polled cow of dairy type, noted as the 

 founder of the Mayflower family. This cow gave 11,008 pounds of milk from 

 July 18, 1892, to July 10, 1893, an( l 43> II 8j pounds of milk in four years 

 from July 1, 1890, to July 31, 1894. Owned by Captain V. T. Hills, Dela- 

 ware, Ohio. Photograph from Captain Hills 



teats, too large to be comfortably grasped in the hands. Com- 

 parison of the form of udder on cows of this breed with that of 

 the Ayrshire shows it to be distinctly inferior. The Red Polled 

 breed also lacks uniformity of type, some persons selecting along 

 beef lines and others along dairy lines. This is a general difficulty 

 existing, however, among dual-purpose breeds, and is rather due 

 to the variations in the standards of the breeders. There is a 

 constant tendency to produce either for beef or for dairy purposes. 



