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However, some very superior Polled Shorthorns have been bred, 

 such as reflected great credit on this strain of cattle. The growing 

 popularity of polled cattle should benefit the Polled Shorthorn 

 in particular. 



The prices paid for Polled Shorthorns in general are very mod- 

 est in comparison with Shorthorns ; still a number of remarkably 

 good sales have been held in recent years. On April 9, 19 14, 

 Mr. J. H. Miller of Indiana, famous as a breeder and improver, 



disposed of thirty- 

 seven head at a pub- 

 lic sale for ^20,960, 

 an average of $566. 

 One of the best bulls 

 of the day, Sultan's 

 Creed 353964X8716, 

 brought $2200, and 

 a son of his — Intense 

 Sultan 385882X — 

 brought ^1500. The 

 cow Capacious Sultan 

 132803X sold for 

 ^1050. At a breed- 

 ers' sale at Oxford, 

 Iowa, in March, 19 18, 

 forty-four head aver- 

 aged ^340, and the 

 very successful show 

 bull Snowball X478714 brought ^3600. At the Polled Durham 

 Breeders' Association sale at the International Live-Stock Ex- 

 position in Chicago, in 1918, forty-three head sold for ^21,760, 

 an average of ^506, thirty-one females averaging ^468. The top 

 bull was the grand champion of the show, Royal Stamp X17841, 

 which sold for $1525. 



The distribution of Polled Shorthorns is most common in the 

 corn belt in the Mississippi Valley, but more especially in Ohio, 

 Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Mr. J. H. Miller has on several 

 occasions exported Polled Shorthorns to Argentina. 



Fig. 102. Bulhla, a Polled Shorthorn cow of great 



scale and very superior character. Owned by W. M. 



Miller & Son, Mulberry, Indiana. From photograph 



by J. C. Allen 



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