4S6 CATTLE 



milk and 323 pounds estimated butter, showing a net profit in 

 the fat test of $52.10. In recent years the breed has been making 

 some very high-class milking records. One of the most noted 

 Red Polled herds in England until recently was that of Lord 

 Rothschild at Tring Park, where records of yearly production 

 were kept. The average records between 1898 and 1910, with a 



Fig. 201. 2965 Mayflower (A12), a Red Polled cow of dairy type, noted as the 

 founder of the Mayflower family. This cow gave ii,oo8 pounds of milk from 

 July 18, 1892, to July 10, 1893, and 43,1 i8J pounds of milk in four years from 

 August I, 1890, to July 31, 1894. Owned by the late V. T. Hills, Delaware, Ohio. 

 From photograph, by courtesy of Captain Hills 



herd numbering approximately 40 head, ranged from 6174 to 

 71 16 pounds per cow. In 1903 fifteen herds contributed records 

 of their daily milk yield to the "English Red Polled Society 

 Herdbook." Of 267 cows which had produced in the year, having 

 had their second calf or more, 194 gave a total yield for the year 

 of 5000 pounds and over. Thirteen of these gave 9000 pounds 

 and over, the best record being 10,392 pounds. The cow 2965 

 Mayflower A 12, in the herd of V. T. Hills of Ohio, produced 



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