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Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes, and com- 

 paring it with the genealogy table, 

 it shows very clearly that this animal 

 was not developed on the hit and miss 

 plan, but that his ability to transmit 

 high production is caused by the 

 bringing together of blood lines that 

 are noted for their production and their 

 ability to transmit this production. 

 Practically every sire found in this 

 pedigree can be located in the genealogy 

 table, and it is the bringing together 

 of such blood lines that makes a really 

 desirable sire. 



One of the most encouraging features 

 of the study of the pedigrees of Sir 

 Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes, King Segis 

 Pontiac Count, and King of the 

 Pontiacs — and in fact, almost any sire 

 found in these lists, — is the fact that 

 they are the result of a wise selection 

 of sires in the improvement of the 

 individual or the herd. By going 

 back 4, 5, or 6 generations, the females 

 have nothing particular to make 

 them great individuals, but by the 

 continual use of really high class sires, 

 wonderful individuals have been 

 developed, and it brings out the im- 

 portance of a good sire used upon or- 

 dinary individuals and the possibility 

 of increasing the production of the herd 

 by the wise and proper selection of 

 sires. 



METHOD OF READING NUMBERS IN 

 TABLE VI 



The first figure in the parenthesis in- 

 dicates the number of the sire's Ad- 

 vanced Registry daughters; the second 

 figure, the number of sons that he has 

 that are sires of tested daughters; the 

 third figure; the number of daughters 

 that are dams of tested daughters; 

 the fourth figure, the number of his 

 daughters that have produced the 

 equivalent to or more than 1000 pounds 

 of butterfat; the fifth figure, the number 

 of his daughters that have produced 

 the equivalent to or more than 800 

 pounds of butterfat; the sixth figure, 

 the number of his daughters that have 

 produced the equivalent to or more 

 than 600 pounds butterfat. All daugh- 

 ters with a production equivalent to 



or greater than 1000 pounds butterfat 

 are included in the number of equiva- 

 lent to or greater than 800 pounds 

 butterfat, because it is a production 

 greater than 800 pounds butterfat. 

 In the equivalent to or greater than 

 600 pounds butterfat class, the number 

 includes all daughters with a pro- 

 duction equivalent to or greater than 

 600 pounds. 



METHOD OF READING TABLE VI 



Table VI should read as follows: 

 Sir Henry of Maplewood is the sire of 

 two sons that are sufficiently im- 

 portant to be considered in this table, 

 namely, Mechthilde Sir Henry of 

 Maplewood and Sir Mechthilde of 

 Maplewood, as indicated by the line 

 dropping straight down and the names 

 of the sons slightly indented. In the 

 same way, Mechthilde Sir Henry of 

 Maplewood is the sire to two sons, 

 Tirania's Sir Mechthilde and Empress 

 Josephine 3d Sir Mechthilde, who is the 

 sire of Manor Josephine DeKol, who, 

 in turn, is the sire of Pontiac Korndyke. 

 Pontiac Korndyke has three sons in 

 the preceding lists, namely. King of 

 the Pontiacs, Pontiac Aaggie Korn- 

 dyke, and Pontiac Hesseltje Korn- 

 dyke. King of the Pontiacs has three 

 sons listed. King Pontiac Champion, 

 Spring Farm King Pontiac, and Cor- 

 nucopia Pontiac Johanna Lad. In the 

 second column it will be noted that 

 King Segis has nine sons in the pre- 

 ceding lists, King Segis Pontiac, King 

 Segis Hengerveld Vale, Sir Ormsby 

 Burke Segis, Sir Walker Segis, Walker 

 Korndyke Segis, and DeKol Beets 

 Segis. King Segis is sired by Merce- 

 des Julip's Pietertje Paul, who in 

 turn is sired by Johanna Rue 2d's Paul 

 DeKol, he by Paul Mutual DeKol, the 

 son of Paul DeKol. Where a sire has 

 only one son, that animal is placed 

 immediately below his sire and 

 slightly to the right. Where a line 

 is dropped down it indicates that a sire 

 has more than one son in the preceding 

 lists. The number of sons listed are all 

 numbered and are attached to the same 

 perpendicular line. 



Table VI gives the genealogy of ALL 



