. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. OVEMBER 11, 1905J ®to gvez&ev ant* &p&vt&ntcm 11 VTTLE FOR MILK AND BEEF. ;terest in cattle for milk and beef ifeias to be increasing. The breeds H) are classed as dual purpose or 8; and beef cattle are Red Polls, Iffn Swiss, Polled Durham, Devon I, some families of the Shorthorn. fj choice of a breed depends so much She personal preference of the pur- |Ler that it is not only unwise but â ossible for one to dictate to or de- B for another in that regard. Hu- I. nature is a factor in this calcula- § and the breed a man likes best he â take the
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. OVEMBER 11, 1905J ®to gvez&ev ant* &p&vt&ntcm 11 VTTLE FOR MILK AND BEEF. ;terest in cattle for milk and beef ifeias to be increasing. The breeds H) are classed as dual purpose or 8; and beef cattle are Red Polls, Iffn Swiss, Polled Durham, Devon I, some families of the Shorthorn. fj choice of a breed depends so much She personal preference of the pur- |Ler that it is not only unwise but â ossible for one to dictate to or de- B for another in that regard. Hu- I. nature is a factor in this calcula- § and the breed a man likes best he â take the best care of. For the ben- Jof our subscribers, and many others ' H may desire the information, we rtj brief descriptions of the dual- jjiiose breeds which may aid in a fction. sd Polls.âThe Red Poll is a very Udsome animal. They are rich red i,*olor and have intelligent heads liout horns. The poll is nicely point- dthe neck is thick (in the cows) but F ds smoothly into the shoulders, l^h are not so thick and beefy as are â beef breeds, nor sharp and peaked â he dairy breeds, but medium. There â food spring to the ribs, the barrel is the rumps square, the thighs plump and the udder large and d quality. A good Red Polled here are of course good and poor n all breeds) is a wonderful ani- She is a milker of exceptional and turns her surplus flesh into When dry a cow of this breed i rapidly and we have known men inounce as unfit for dairy pur- .ed Polled cows that when dry blocks of beef but that would between four and five hun- ounds of butter fat in a year, oiled cattle originated in Eng- the counties of Norfolk and and have been recognized as a t breed since 1846. Uniformity e has been an object so univer- ought that animals in the best 'as alike as ; Red Polls rst imported into the United in 1873. There are more cattle breed in Iowa than in any other The president of the American oiled Cattle Club is P. G. Hen- Central City, la., and the sec- H. A. Martin,
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