IO4 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



(2) In the United States they are most numerous in New 

 York, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire in the 

 order named. 



(3) They are kept in considerable numbers in the eastern 

 states and to some extent in the states of the south which 

 border on the Atlantic. 



(4) But few Ayrshires are found west of the Mississippi 

 river. 



VIII. Registration in the United States and 

 Canada. 



(1) Twelve volumes of the American Ayrshire Record 

 have been issued of the new series, or sixteen volumes in all. 



(2) In the Canadian Records 22,152 animals have been 

 recorded. 



(3) In the American Ayrshire Records 22,061 animals 

 have been recorded, of which 6798 are males and 15,263 

 females. 



