Red Polled cow, DELPHINE, winner of first prize at the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society Show (England), in 1899 . 



DESCRIPTION OF RED POLLED CATTLE. 



*THIS 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 pur- 

 poses. 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 large, 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 circular 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 indicative 

 of the beefing propensities. In the show ring the tendencies towards beef 

 production find more favor than those considered conducive to dairy qualities. 

 See official scale of points, page 94, 



