Randall Lineback
American breed of cattle
The Randall Lineback or Randall is an American breed of cattle. It originated in Bennington County, Vermont, and is critically endangered.
History
The Randall derives from traditional linebacked or color-sided cattle once widespread in New England, in the north-eastern United States. These were triple-purpose cattle, reared for milk, for beef and for draft work, and are thought to have derived from cattle of British, Dutch and French origin.
From 1912, a herd of cattle of this type was kept largely isolated from outside breeding on the farm of the Randall family in either Arlington or Sunderland in Bennington County, Vermont. The family also kept some Guernsey stock, and there may have been some cross-breeding with these. After the family ceased dairy farming, the whole herd was kept at pasture for approximately fifteen years. In 1985, it was dispersed, and many animals were slaughtered; with the involvement of some members of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (now The Livestock Conservancy), six bulls and nine cows were bought for conservation reasons and taken to Tennessee. A breed society was formed in 2005. The Randall became a State Heritage Breed of the state of Vermont.
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