THE RED POLLED 461 



The following sires are among those best known : Falstaff 303 ; 

 Troston 423 ; Wild Roy 1 105 ; Pando 1254 ; Iowa Davyson 20th 

 2773; The Ensign 3096; Corporal 4313, sire of Proctor Knott 

 12092 and 24888 Pear, the most remarkable animals of the 

 breed; Popular 8561; and Proctor Knott 12092, sire of ten 

 daughters in the Advanced Registry with average records of 391.7 

 pounds butter fat in a year. 



The distribution of Red Polled cattle is widespread, yet the 

 breed cannot be regarded as common. In Britain it is mainly 

 bred in Norfolk and Suffolk counties, although large herds exist 

 elsewhere, and considerable milk is shipped to London from Red 



Fig. 203. Red Polled cows on pasture, Evergreen Farm, Newark, Ohio. From 

 photograph by the author 



Polled herds. Specimens of the breed have been exported from 

 England to Russia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, 

 and the United States. In the United States it is pretty well dis- 

 tributed, mainly in the Mississippi Valley and as far south as 

 Texas. The more prominent herds are found in Ohio, Wisconsin, 

 ■ Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa. The breed is fairly well adapted to 

 a wide range of climate, being, perhaps, best suited to temperate 

 latitudes. 



Organizations to promote Red Polled cattle interests exist in 

 England and the United States. Through the efforts of the late 

 Henry F. Euren a herdbook was published in England in 1874, 

 and this work he continued until 1888, when the Red Polled 

 Society of England was organized. The American Red Polled 

 Cattle Club was organized in 1883 at Chicago. In 1887 the 



first American herdbook appeared. This contained also the 

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