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LIVE-STOCK JUDGING 



Having been selected especially for the characteristic 

 belt, there is not the same improvement shown in this as 

 in the other dairy breeds. 



Dual Purpose 



246. The Red Polled (Fig. 118). — This breed, foimded 

 in a combination of the dairy qualities of the old Suffolk 



Fig. 11.S. — a Red Polled cow. 



and the beef propensities of the Norfolk stock, is charac- 

 terized by a uniformly red color, polled head and the 

 capacity to produce milk in large quantity and yet retain 

 the beef form in fair degree. They weigh 1200 to 1500 

 pounds for cows, 1800 to 2000 pounds for bulls. The form 

 is that of the dual-purpose type. The head is of medium 

 width, dished between the eyes and well finished with a 



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