Red  Poll  Cattle. 
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descended  from  Primrose , A2  descended  from  Cherry , A3 
from  Brettenham  Handsome , A19  from  Lady  Constable , &c. 
Each  calf  follows  the  tribe  of  its  dam. 
Volume  I.  of  the  Herd  Book  is  known  as  the  Foundation 
Volume  ; but  six  additional  Foundation  tribes  of  old  Norfolk 
and  Suffolk  cattle  were  added  to  Volume  II.,  and,  under 
exceptional  circumstances,  another  has  just  been  admitted  to 
the  list  in  Volume  XXVII. 
Though  it  is  intended  in  this  article  to  deal  with  the  breed 
rather  as  it  is  at  present,  than  as  it  was  in  the  past,  there  are 
two  herds  only  recently  dispersed  that  can  hardly  be  passed 
over  without  some  mention. 
The  first  is  that  of  the  late  Mr.  Garrett  Taylor,  whose 
presence  on  the  Council  of  the  R.A.S.E.  will  be  remembered 
by  older  members,  and  who  with  Mr.  Euren  was  one  of  the 
earliest  advocates  of  the  Red  Poll. 
His  herd  was  the  largest  and  averaged  over  one  hundred 
animals,  for  many  years  supplying  Norwich  with  milk  from 
the  Whitingham  homestead. 
It  was  here  that  was  set  the  example  of  keeping  regular 
milk  records.  These  were  first  published  in  the  Herd  Book, 
1892,  and  were  followed  next  year  by  the  publication  of  the 
percentage  of  butter  fat  found  in  the  milk  of  each  individual 
cow. 
This  was  no  light  undertaking  in  such  a large  herd,  but  it 
was  diligently  carried  out  for  several  years,  at  a time  when 
the  importance  and  value  of  such  experiments  was  not  realised 
so  fully  as  it  is  now. 
The  second  herd  alluded  to  is  that  of  Lord  Rothschild, 
which  deserves  mention  for  the  wonderful  collection  of  deep 
milking  cows  which  were  gathered  at  Tring. 
The  value  of  the  attention  paid  to  milk  records  there  is 
shown  by  the  many  prizes  won  at  Shows  held  by  the  R.A.S.E., 
B.D.F.A.,  and  other  exhibitions  where  the  performances  of 
dairy  cattle  at  the  pail  are  the  first  consideration  when  making 
the  awards. 
There  is  additional  interest  in  the  Tring  records  because 
herds  of  Jersey  and  Shorthorns  were'  there  under  the  same 
management,  and  comparative  statistics  of  all  three  breeds 
were  published  in  the  Live  Stock  Journal  of  November  20, 
1903.  Taking  the  cows  that  were  in  the  herd  the  whole  year 
round,  we  find  that — 
26  Jerseys  gave  173,153  lb.  of  milk.  Average  6,659. 
26  Shorthorns  „ 188,290  „ „ ,,  ,,  7,242. 
37  Red  Polls  „ 259,264  „ „ „ „ 7,007. 
Assuming,  as  stated  in  Primrose  McConnell’s  Agricultural 
Nate  Book , that  the  average  weights  of  Jersey,  Shorthorn,  and 
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