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The elder Booth always maintained that three 

 or four crosses of the Killerby bulls on top of 

 good market cows of the Teeswater type gave 

 him animals which were, to all intents and pur- 

 poses, purely-bred Short-horns, that could be 

 relied upon to reproduce their own excellen- 

 cies. The breed has certainly held its own in 

 its native land with remarkable success and 

 persistency under a plan which admits of the 

 gradual infusion of the blood of new families. 

 It would seem, therefore, that the system under 

 which Coates' Herd Book is conducted has been 

 proved a success on the other side of the water. 

 The time may not yet be ripe for the intro- 

 duction of a similar method of registration in 

 this country, but food for reflection is certainly 

 found in the fact that a large percentage of 

 our best cattle are seen among the compara- 

 tively short-pedigreed tribes, and conversely 

 there is oftentimes a noticeable absence of 

 merit in animals representing families boast- 

 ing an unbroken line of herd book descent 

 extending back of the year 1800. All must 

 admit the desirability of a uniform standard 

 on both sides the Atlantic, and it is to be hoped 

 that some way of bringing the American and 

 English rules to a common basis may be found 

 in the near future. 



Color. Dame Fashion has much to ans.wer 

 for in connection with Short-horn breeding itt 



