256 JUDGING BEEF AND DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE 



ford Record, although it is owned and controlled by the 

 same breeders association. 



The single standard Polled Hereford is simply a high grade 

 naturally "muley" Hereford animal, owing its polled head 

 to a cross of a Polled breed several generations removed. 

 None of such animals can become double standard, nor can 

 they be recorded in the double standard Polled Hereford 

 Record or the American Hereford Record. The single 

 standard should be judged in the same way as the double 

 standard. However, this type of the breed is naturally not 



FIG. 108. Polled Hereford cow. 



as well developed as the double standard, springing from 

 pure horned Herefords on both sides. 



While not as highly developed as the horned Herefords, 

 the breed has had quite a remarkable growth, there being 

 in 1915 over 1500 herds distributed in most of the States 

 in the Union. The Association has no official score card 

 and scale of points. The breed should be judged by the 

 score card used by the American Hereford Breeders Associa- 

 tion, substituting for the points given to horns an equivalent 

 number of points for a smooth, well-shaped poll. 



