Correct. However, perusing my OED, it would appear that "polls" also applied by extension to naturally hornless breeds of cattle. Cattle and sheep were apparently polled to keep them from goring each other (and their herders) and so more valuable than horned beasts. Natural polls would probably be even more valuable since they didn't have to be de-horned (a bloody strenuous affair as I recall) in the first place. The tax list refers only to animals owned by Albert Albertsen Terhune and so offers no guidance on the age of his son, Jan. --pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Walling" <wfwalling@hotmail.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] New Question re: "age" and "polls" > Polls can mean de-horned cattle though whether they would be separately > inventoried I don't know. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message