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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



Fig. 146. Shorthorn bull, "Ringmaster," 307899. A great show bull and 

 sire. (Photo by courtesy The Farmer.) 



Shorthorn to produce 8,000 to 10,000 pounds of milk in a 

 year. There is no .official score card for this breed. Tem- 

 peramentally, Shorthorns are very quiet and domestic. 



The Polled Durham breed of cattle is a hornless Short- 

 horn. Originally coming from two sources of ancestry, yet 

 in each case essentially of Shorthorn blood, the lines of 

 Polled Durham breeding of to-day trace back to pure-bred, 

 hornless Shorthorns. Therefore, the distinctive character- 

 istics of the Polled Durham are those of a Shorthorn with 

 polled head. 



The Hereford breed of cattle originated in Herefordshire, 

 England. It is a very old breed, and is essentially the only 

 one kept in that English county. It is distinctively a beef 

 breed. The main body color is red, ranging from light to 

 dark shade, with white face. Solid white markings usu- 

 ally occur on the legs about the ankles, the lower part of 

 belly, brisket and neck, top of neck, withers, and brush of 



