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BREEDS OF CATTLE 



POLLED HEREFORDS 



The Herefords have large horns, a serious objection. 

 Most of them are dehorned before they go into the feed lot. 

 To do away with the dehorning, men have developed within 

 the ranks of the Hereford breed a polled strain. Because 

 there were so few of them, inbreeding had to be resorted 

 to. Thus the type evolved is not so good as the best Here- 



Fig. 35. — Polled Hereford bull. 



fords, although as the numbers increase, the type will 

 doubtless improve. The strain established within the 

 ranks of the breed is known as " Double Standard Polled 

 Hereford " and is ehgible to register in the Hereford Herd 

 Book. The " Single Standard Polled Hereford " was es- 

 tablished by crossing horned Herefords with common 



