Red  Poll  Cattle. 
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Clarissa  at  Lord  Rothschild’s  sale  in  1909,  at  ten  years 
of  age,  fetched  seventy  guineas. 
The  cow  Linda  3rd  13769  P4,  that  defeated  Clarissa  at 
the  R.A.S.E.  Show,  Derby,  1906,  was  likewise  bred  by  Mr. 
Garrett  Taylor,  and  her  progeny  are  a good  illustration  of  the 
dual-purpose  qualities  of  the  breed. 
Her  daughter,  Acton  Dairymaid , won  the  Breed  Cup  at 
Smithfield,  and  was  Champion  of  the  whole  Show,  Ipswich, 
1903.  Next  year  a son  as  a steer  won  the  Breed  Cup  at 
Smithfield.  Another  daughter,  Acton  Fillpail  20180,  was 
second  in  the  Milk-yield  Class  at  the  Royal  Show,  Liverpool, 
1910  ; and  another  son,  Acton  Dairyman  9880,  was  second 
at  the  Suffolk  Show,  1910. 
Linda  3rd  is  now  the  property  of  Sir  W.  Corbet,  whose 
herd  at  Acton  Reynold  will  be  mentioned  later. 
Another  pioneer  of  the  Red  Poll  breed,  Mr.  Harvey  Mason, 
of  Necton  Hall,  recognised  early  the  advantage  that  the  use 
of  the  Gerber  Butyrometer  conferred  in  enabling  one  to 
select  for  breeding  purposes  those  cows  that  gave  the  richest 
milk  ; and  he  has  himself  calculated  and  published  the 
butter  fat  percentages  of  the  milk  given  by  his  cows. 
It  is  largely  due  to  his  influence  that  the  Red  Poll  Society 
have  now  instituted  an  arrangement  by  which  members  can 
send  samples  of  the  milk  of  individual  cows  to  the  Eastern 
Counties  Dairy  Institute  for  analysis. 
This  plan  only  came  into  practice  in  September,  1910,  and 
during  that  month  the  milks  of  166  cows  have  been  tested, 
and  of  them  11  have  given  over  5 per  cent,  of  butter  fat  ; 
74*  over  4 per  cent.  ; 76  over  3 per  cent.  ; and  13  under 
3 per  cent. 
The  following  cows  are  selected  as  giving  5 per  cent,  of 
butter  fat,  and  their  records  shown  on  a facsimile  of  the 
sheet  used  for  the  purpose  : — 
Herd  Book 
number 
Name  of  cow 
Tribe 
letter 
Age  of 
cow 
Date  of  last 
calving 
1 
18754 
Moth  .... 
l9 
8 
July  20,  1910 
2 
20816 
Nips  .... 
1 Norf. 
4 
Oct.  16,  1909 
3 
20842 
Pebble  .... 
P, 
3 
Sept.  2,  1910 
4 
18191 
Nettie  37 
A„ 
9 
July  22,  1910 
5 
10619 
Perfidy  .... 
1 Norf. 
14 
Apr.  27,  1910 
6 
19618 
Banking 
v6 
6 
July  24,  1910 
7 
1 9548 
Sunny  Cheriton 
V, 
7 
Mar.  1,  1910 
8 
20597 
Surlbourne  Bell  Dame  2nd 
Bn 
5 
Sept.  2,  1910 
9 
20703 
Davy  324 
H, 
4 
Apr.  16.  1910 
10 
12619 
Meadow  Blush  2nd 
Ai 
13} 
Feb.  15,  1910 
11 
20769 
Kitchener 
u2 
5 
Nov.  28,  1909 
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