42 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



(2) They are most numerous in the Central Mississippi 

 basin, and in the range states west of the Mississippi and 

 south of the Missouri. 



(3) The most important breeding centers are Missouri, 

 Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana. 



XL Registration in the United States. 



(1) The first volume of the American Hereford Record 

 was published in 1880 and of the English Hereford Herd Book 

 in 1884. 



(2) Twenty volumes of the American Record have been 

 issued and 95,000 animals have been recorded therein, of 

 which about one-half are males. 



