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A Mr. George also took part in this improvement. They bred 

 to produce a solid red color (perhaps using the Devon, which 

 existed in the county), bred off the horns (no doubt with the help 

 of Suffolk bulls), and so developed a dual-purpose type which 

 attained considerable fame. In 1818 the name "" Norfolk Polled" 

 began to come into use. 



The amalgamation of Suffolk and Norfolk Red Polled cattle 

 was the result of gradually developing the two breeds into a 

 common type. Each was improved with the view of securing 



an easy-keeping, horn- 

 less, red-colored, dual- 

 purpose animal. The 

 types of each county 

 were shown for a time 

 at the local fairs, but 

 they gradually came 

 to be of the same gen- 

 eral character. The 

 year 1846, accordingto 

 Mr. Euren, late secre- 

 tary of the Red Polled 

 Cattle Association in 

 England, 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. Finally, in 

 1862, an international exposition was held at Battersea, when a 

 large exhibit was made in one class from both Norfolk and Suf- 

 folk. It was then that the improved form in each county was 

 recognized as of the same kind and given the name " Norfolk 

 and Suffolk Red Polled." About 1882 this was shortened to 

 "' Red Polled," by which name the breed is now recognized. 



The introduction of Red Polled cattle to America no doubt 

 first occurred in colonial times in English settlements, as, for 

 example, in Virginia. Mulley, or polled cattle, of a red or red- 

 and-white color, similar to Red Polled, have been known in the 



Fig. 199. Jean Du Luth Bryson 26512, a Red Polled 



bull owned by Professor H. C. Price, Newark, Ohio. 



From photograph by the author 



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