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For crossing and grading, Red Polled bulls have been 
used extensively and with good results. They transmit 
the color and polled character uniformly, and may be 
used profitably on either dairy or beef common stock. 
They cross well with Shorthorns. 
359. Distribution. —In England, we find the Red 
Polled cattle in their native counties of Norfolk and 
Suffolk. They are also found in South America, Australia, 
Russia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and the 
United States. In America we find the greatest number 
of Red Polled cattle in the Mississippi valley, in the 
states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska and 
Missouri. We also find them on the Atlantic coast, the 
Pacific coast and in Texas. In the last-named place they 
are very numerous and do exceptionally well. 
360. Organizations and records. — The Red Polled 
Society of Great Britain and Ireland was organized in 
1888, at which time it took up the publishing of the Red 
Polled Herd-book, which had been published by H. F. 
Euren since 1874. The Red Polled Cattle Club of America 
was organized at Chicago in 1883. The first volume of 
its herd-book appeared in 1887, since which time twenty- 
seven volumes have been issued recording 69,000 cattle. 
Until 1901, the American Red Polled Herd-book included 
all of the cattle entered in the English series. At present 
only cattle grown in this country are published in the 
American series. There are several state associations in 
America devoted to the breed. 
