We say"Poled" cattle never Polls,we castrate,brand,give shots and Pole the cattle then cap it with a Poled cap red hot to stop the bleeding and let the critters out of the "Squeeze" and that is their introduction to Man.Bulls are had raised as pets and left with horns so they have good memories of man. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Walling" <wfwalling@hotmail.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:07 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