Shorthorns in America, vol.5 & 6, 1921

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I had always heard that there were some good sized Angus and Shorthorns in the 1920's.......and these photos pretty much confirm that premis
 

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Thanks for this link Librarian! Sure a lot more articles containing (still) pertinent information than what arrives in the monthly mail these days!
 

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I would have been a much bigger proponent of the type of cattle depicted as milking shorthorns of that time than I would have of the 'standard bred' scotch cattle. 
 

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So the dual purpose were imported to th USA first? And then then the scotch's came in later.....maybe the 40's?
 

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Two bulls pictured below from the late 1930's early 40's.One is a registered Polled Shorthorn and the other a registered Polled Milking Shorthorn.
 

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Those are really interesting pictures.
There is some good history here and I would like to learn more about where and when someone would have been crossing these lines of cattle. The 1920's Shorthorn World's are full of ads for Scotch cattle, and there is a Milking Shorthorn section in each one with animals of the general character of the deep, feminine milking cows.
Their heads and the delicate forward pointing horns remind me of pictures of an old breed, Albion Blue. They were a blend of South Wales cattle and Shorthorns that were around in Great Britain in the 20's. The War probably finished them. Some are still around, but they are not quite the same.
http://ancientcattleofwales.org/about/the-cattle/colours/blue/
 

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Thank you,Okotoks.
You might enjoy this article about dual purpose cattle in Alberta, including an account of James Bolton bringing a herd from Alberta to Okotoks in 1869.
http://books.google.com/books?id=cR45AQAAMAAJ&dq=dual%20purpose%20Shorthorn&pg=RA1-PA5#v=onepage&q=dual%20purpose%20Shorthorn&f=false

And r.n., the red bull in this header for Milking Shorthorns in the West looks very like a horned version of the ones you posted
http://books.google.com/books?id=cR45AQAAMAAJ&dq=dual%20purpose%20Shorthorn&pg=RA2-PA23#v=onepage&q=dual%20purpose%20Shorthorn&f=false
 
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