126 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



(3) About 1834, the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society 

 drew up a scale of points as an aid to breeders and judges. 



IX. Distribution of Jerseys in North America. 



(1) Jerseys are kept in all parts of the United States and 

 in all the provinces of Canada. 



(2) They are most numerously kept in the Middle and 

 Eastern states and are also kept in considerable numbers in 

 the West and South. 



X. Registration of Jerseys in the United 

 States. 



(1) There have been issued fifty volumes of the American 

 Jersey Cattle Club Register, the first of which appeared in 1871. 



(2) The total registration is 199,500, of which 55,500 are 

 males and 144,000 females. 



XL Butter tests. 



(1) Provision has been made for conducting butter tests 

 with recorded animals and keeping a record of the same. 



(2) The first volume of the book of butter tests, records 

 3955 such trials, carrying the record of the same up to August 

 i, 1898. 



