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APPENDIX. 



In support of the statement on p. 4 as to the increase 

 in the percentage of entries of certain families, an analysis 

 of the entries of bulls in Vol. VIII (1884) and Vol. XXVII 

 (1903) shows that the percentage of those of the Erica and 

 Pride of Aberdeen families together increased from 4*242 in 

 1884 to 15*815 in 1903. 



The chart given overleaf shows the variation in the 

 numbers of entries of ten of the leading families from which 

 it will be seen that the Erica and Pride of Aberdeen families 

 made a big advance, that the Queen Mother tribe (other 

 than Pride of Aberdeen) and that descended from Old Lady 

 Ann showed a considerable increase, but that the others 

 showed a decrease. 



From an analysis of the entries of twenty-nine leading 

 families the following are the approximate percentage of 



entries in the respective years : 



1884. 1903 



Erica, Pride of Aberdeen, and Queen Mother 8-484 22-844 



Twenty-six other leading families .. 26-000 25-000 



All other families .. .. .. 65*516 52-156 



from which it would appear to be probable that the dis- 

 placement caused by the relative advance of the Erica, Pride 

 of Aberdeen, and Queen Mother families is to be chiefly 

 found in the ranks of " all other families." 



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