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ity to back it up. The real test of breeding is its ability 

 to produce good individuals. 



Pedigree. 



A pedigree is a record or statement of an animal's 

 ancestry. In addition to the name and herd-book number 

 of each animal, usually it includes also a statement of the 

 date of birth with name and address of the breeder. It 

 may extend back to the beginning of the breed's recorded 

 history, although usually it includes only the first three 

 or four generations immediately back of the individual. 



The most practical way of writing a pedigree is accord- 

 ing to the bracket form illustrated in the following 

 diagram : 



GIANT BUSTER 90455 

 BredbyW.C. Disher, 



New Eston, Ohio 

 Owned by Williams 



& Spruling, Bryant, 



Ind., and Taylor- 



ville, 111. 



DISHER'S GIANT 



89271 



Bred by J. W. 



Pfander & Sons, 



Clarinda, la. 



BIG LIL 



195342 (N.) 

 186174 (S.) 



BIG BEN 61935 (S.) 

 Bred by Chas. Her- 

 ring, Columbus, 

 Neb. 



MAMMOTH GIANTESS 

 EQUAL 152839 (S.) 



Bred by J. W. Pfan- 

 der & Sons, Cla- 

 rinda, la. 



BIG WONDER 72131 

 Bred by Wm. S. Pow- 

 ell, Moline, Kans. 



LADY LUNKER 



182572 

 Wm. Lentz, Ankeny, 



la. 



SMOOTH PRICE 

 55487 (S.) 



MOLLIE JONES 

 5th (133595) 



LONG KING'S 

 EQUAL 

 53730 (S.) 



MAMMOTH 

 GIANTESS 3d 

 120027 



WONDER 41551 

 (S.) 



LADY MONARCH 

 158410 



BIG CROW 

 162503 (A.) 



BLACK NIGHT 

 394520 (A.) 



