The morning news., 1899-12-04
Red PnIIed Cattle.

s. w. Chambers in American Cultivat-
or, gives a description of this very excel
lent breed of cattle. He says:
The first importation to the United
States of Red Polled cattle was made in
1873. Not until 1882 however, did any con-
siderable number of them appear on this
side of the Atlantic.
The breed in this country is but little
known, and there are to-day many farm
ers who have never seen them. They are
English cattle, and very old breed: In
fact, one of the Oldest.
We speak In relation to there being little
known in this country from actual ex-
peTience. Farmers in this section have VS.
tied our stables, and upon seeing our Red
Polled bull Peter A II, have said they
never heard of such cattle. Again, others
confound them with the Polled Angus.
The claim is made by breeders of Red
Polled Cattle that they are a generaI-pur-
pose animal. Specialists will deride the
general purpose idea. But we must all
allow that there are or may be two sides
to every question.
The meaning implied by the words gen
eral purpose as applied to Red Polls, is
that they will produce as many superior
mixers as any breed in existence. and
that those which are not superior milk and
butter producers can be very profitably
fed into beef.
a general description of these cattle is
as follows: They are of uniform red color;
the tip of the tail and the udder may be
white; then crossed on other breeds the
color is generally transmitted. They are
hornless. When crossed with horned cat
tie they impart this quality so thoroughly
that 80 per cent. of their progeny are
hornless.
Out of over 100 cows bred to Peter A 12
n.
on any of his get, and he has been used
for service on Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayr
shires and grades.
In size they are good, but, because of
very short legs, are deceiving in weight
Mature bulls weigh 1,sOO to 1900 pounds
some up to 2400 and $500. Mature cows
weigh LOO to 1600 pounds, and will aver
age 1,200 pounds or over. Our Atoka Is, ,146
Vat twelve months of age weighed 800
pounds.
They are easy keepers, being smooth and
fine in bone and muscle, hardy and thrifty
mature early, fatten kindly, and make
beef of the very best quality. Their dress
ed carcass is about 6S per cent. of their
live weight. They are gentle, docile and
intelligent. A bull of this breed that ever
becomes cross is exceedingly rare.
They are superior mixers. They give a
good quantity of very rich milk, and many
of them never go dry. The cows have good
OdderS with teatS OF gOOd size. Average
milk yield is 5000 pounds, with individuals
running as high as 1900 pounds in one
year.
Red Polls are very easily kept As some
breeder has put it: Red Polls will thrive
on what some other breeds of cattle would
starve on" We only state a very few of
the good qualities of this useful breed.
A farmer who is dissatisfied with small
scrawny and scrubby cattle, can by the
use of a Red Polled bull soon develop his
herd into thing of beauty and joy for
ever" In other words he can have in a
few years time a herd of red cattle all
alike. all without horns, all of good size
A large percentage of them will be good
mixers and butter producers.
Here, then. are the points of the Red
Polls: Beautiful appearance, good size
healthy, hardy, gentle and docile, intelli-
gent easily kept, good milk and butter
producers, fatten quickly, and dress two
thirds of their live weight.