, 1884-03-01

As in other pOllcd breeds, Red
Polls are very impressive. Stock
sired by II Red Polled bull, no matter
OF What horned breed is the dam, Is
alriiost always red in cOlOrand pOlleh
in character, and splendid ahitiats
for the butcher.
As a writer in Bfeeders' Gazette
remarked short time ago, the COW
of the future must be Il good mixer
and ut the same. time good beef
producer. This ls preeminently thu
case with the Red Polls, which fire.
quently give milk from one calving
to another, containing percentage
of cream from 20 to 35, and willie
other breeds may give better record
for short period, the Red Polls will
be found to give good yearly aV-
erage quantity Of milk of rich
quality. ,, 49,.
Mr.. g. Gooderham, Suffolk, Eng, ,
has bern for. number of years II
careful breeder Of Red Polls. He is
the owner Of Wild Rose, l27l, and
in letter written in July, Mr.
GOoderham says: "Wild Rose, now
nine years old, calved March 7, 1888,
and has been giving for the last
| fourteen weeks 81 pints of milk per
day, and as 20 pints of her milk
makes pound of butter week for
fourteen weeks"
"Wild Rose of KilbOurn, her
daughter, five years old, dropped her
last calf Nov. q, 1882, has given, Hnd
is now giving, 10 pints daily, and M
20 pints of her milk makes a pound
Of butter, she has made II pounds of
butter for sereH months, and prom
ises to go on So"
General Ross, of Iowa City, Iowa;
who is the largest importer and
most successful breeder Of this stock
in America, has a half sister to this
Wild Rose, of Kilbourn 1899 and she
promises to give a large record in
the near future.
Pet No. l, Red POlled COW, own
ed by II. IL. Mason, Norfolk, Eng,
aged six years, dropped her calf Jan.
22nd, and on the 18th of February
yielded % pints of milk, 35 per rent
of which was cream. Another Of the
same herd, Tulip, No. 4, with similats
conditions yield % pints Of milk and
"a per cent cream.
Mr.. GOOderman says in another
letter that Wild Rose of KiIbOurh;
the year she was 4 years old averaged
| 8 pounds of butter per week ftjf the
whole year, as she never goes dry;
The following are some OF the
weights of fat Red Polls in England:
Mr. a. TaylOr's Red POlled steer,
first prize at the Smithfield club Of
1881, aged B years, and months;
1913 pounds live weight, l,2SO dead
weight.
Mr.. j. J. Colman's prize COW Fam
ny, which has produced five calves,
had live weight of ,92G pounds.
Mr.. A. TaylOr's years and 10
months old steer gave u dead weight
of 1856 pounds.
The live weight of Il 3 year old
steer of the Biddell strain, shown at
the Suffolk club show 1876 was
1856 pounds.
a steer of the Davy tribe, shown,
at Norwich, 1882, weighed 1860 at ..
years and II months old. A heifer
of the same family weighed 1853
pounds at 3 years and months old.
a steer of the Ethan strain, ut the
fsame show, age years and 10
months, weighed 1878 pOundsr
A four year old COW, sired by
DavysOn Sd, weighed 1922 pounds.
Slasher, bred by Mr.. Loffit, Eng
land, live weight Of 3,O24 pounds
at years and Z months. His son
Rollick weighed, at the age of 2
years and months, 1926 pounds:
The bull COrtez, weighed at 1 wear
and 10 months, 1,437 pounds.
The chief hindrance to the extern
sion of this breed exists in the scar
city of the stock. At this time, says,
General Ross, thereare not to exceed
300 head of pure blood Red Polled
cattle in the United States, and the
demand for them is so great gnd
the supply so limited that it will he
impossible to supply all who are
wanting them ; although Red Polled
bulls have been crossed with Short
Horns, Devons, and native cattle
with entire success.
Respectfully
c. COMPTON BURSETT!