. Animal husbandry. Livestock. POLLED DURHAM CATTLE 109 these cases are rare and this great weight is not desirable. Good cows weigh from 1400 to 1600 pounds. THE POLLED DURHAM The Polled Durham breed of beef cattle have the charac- teristics of the Shorthorns, but are without horns. There are two distinct types: the Double Standard and the Single Standard Polled Durhams. The Double Standards were ob- tained by saving for breeding purposes hornless Shorthorn " freaks " which occasionally appeared. The Single Stand- ard resulted from the efforts of various men to produce hornless catt
. Animal husbandry. Livestock. POLLED DURHAM CATTLE 109 these cases are rare and this great weight is not desirable. Good cows weigh from 1400 to 1600 pounds. THE POLLED DURHAM The Polled Durham breed of beef cattle have the charac- teristics of the Shorthorns, but are without horns. There are two distinct types: the Double Standard and the Single Standard Polled Durhams. The Double Standards were ob- tained by saving for breeding purposes hornless Shorthorn " freaks " which occasionally appeared. The Single Stand- ard resulted from the efforts of various men to produce hornless cattle that possessed the type of the Shorthorn. Both the Single and Double Standard Polled Durhams can be recorded in the Polled Durham herd book, and the Double Standard Polled Durhams can be recorded in the Shorthorn herd book as well, because they are pure bred Shorthorns according to the generally accepted definition of the Polled Durham Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tormey, John Lawless, 1881-; Lawry, Rolla Cecil, 1884- joint author; Hatch, K. L. (Kirk Lester), 1871-. New York, American Book Co
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