THE DUAL-PURPOSE BREEDS OF CATTLE 315 
breeding purposes was made by G. F. Taber, of New 
York, in 1873. This importation consisted of a bull and 
three heifers. In 1875, he imported four more cows, and 
in 1882, three bulls and twenty-three heifers. From this 
time, the number brought over increased rapidly from 
year to year, until the prices on the other side became so 
high that the business was unprofitable. 
356. Description. — In general, the bull is strong, im- 
pressive, low-set and of good carriage, and weighs 1800 to 
2000 pounds,’ when 
mature and finished. ##¥; 
The cow isof medium 
wedge-form, low-set, 
with top and under 
lines straight, except 
at flank, and weighs 
1300 to 1500 pounds 
when mature and fin- 
ished (Figs. 57, 58). 
357. Types. — 
Breeders of these two 
types, striving to 
produce good dual-purpose animals, that should be 
polled and red-colored, gradually worked toward the 
same type. Mr. Euren says: ‘“‘ The year 1846 may be 
taken as the date from which the Norfolk and Suffolk 
varieties merged into each other, so as to be spoken of 
as one and the same breed.” There was a friendly 
rivalry between the two counties at the agricultural 
shows, and a constant interchange of the best blood, 
with a resulting improvement and similarity in the two 
strains. After an exhibit at Battersea in 1862, when 
it was noted that the best forms of the two types were 
