Photo by Reid. 



Red Polled cow, DBLPHINE, winner of first prize at the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society Show (England), in 1899. 



DESCRIPTION OF RED POLLED CATTLE 



^HIS BREED which originated in Norfolk and Suffolk, England, have been polled 

 and red in color and otherwise possessed the type characteristics which now 

 identify them for a century past. The type of the breed should represent a high 

 combination of beefing qualities with utility for dairy purposes. This means a 

 form that carries a covering of flesh and is especially developed in those parts 

 which produce the best quality of meat. The head should be clearly defined in its 

 features, the face being clean cut, the eye full and largo, the ear medium size and 

 the poll sharp without any fullness at the sides where the horns are 

 usually located. The throat should be free from looseness and while fine 

 should run easily into a somewhat thick neck which swells smoothly over the 

 shoulder. The chest should be both broad and deep and the body should consist 

 of a back moderately broad and well covered and a rib that is deep and somewhat 

 round; the loin should have width with smoothness due to flesh and the same should 

 be characteristic of the hind quarter. Moderate meatiness is allowable in this 

 region and In the cow the udder should be specially well developed, large and cir- 

 cular and the teats of good size and well placed. The udder should be the sponsor 

 for the dairy qualities while the general form and the condition should be indica- 

 tive of the beefing propensities. In the show ring the tendencies towards beef pro- 

 duction find more favor than those considered conducive to dairy qualities. See 

 official scale of points page 94. 



