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on June 30, 1916, with 1,11-i members and 23,468 cows. Several 

 pure^bred Jersey cows have been on official test in the associations 

 during the year. To show the high grade of the work that is 

 being done, we give below an extract from a letter written by the 

 secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Club to a member of one 

 of our cow-testing associations: 



New York, October 27, 1915. 



Dear Sir — In regard to your joining the testing association in your county, I 

 would state that we will verify and vouch for the work of the supervisors of cow- 

 testing associations. We consider work done under the supervision of cow-testing 

 associations on a par with that done by the state experiment stations, and make no 

 distinction between the two records. 



Very truly yours, 



American Jersey Cattle Club 



(Signed) R. M. Gow. 



The following list shows the associations in operation, June 30, 

 1916. During nearly the whole of the past year, however, an 

 additional association — Chaff ee^Sardinia, Erie County — has 

 been operating. On completing the year, June 1, 1916, the asso- 

 ciation was disorganized and several of the membersi joined the 

 Java-Chaffee association in Wyoming County. 



