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with animals with alien blood that were hornless, and with 

 this has been combined the blood of pure-bred Jerseys that 

 were naturally polled. Animals of this breed have the same 

 characteristics as their horned ancestors and have won at- 

 tention on their merits. Nearly 1000 animals have been 

 recorded. 



The American Polled Jersey Herd Book Association was 

 formed in 1895 with headquarters at Springfield, Ohio. The 

 first volume of the Herd Book has not yet been published. 

 Animals must be at least six months old and be born polled 

 to be eligible to registration. A number of animals are now 

 recorded in both the American Jersey Cattle Club and in the 

 American Polled Jersey Herd Book. 



Five animals of this breed were entered in the Dairy 

 Demonstration held in connection with the Pan-American 

 Exposition at Buffalo in 1901 . The average production of the 

 five cows for six months was 4065.6 pounds of milk and 190 

 pounds of butter fat, making an average test of 4.66 per 

 cent. 



KERRY CATTLE 



The Kerry, the smallest of all the dairy breeds, is the 

 native breed of cattle of Ireland where it originated and has 

 been bred for centuries. Very little is known of the history 

 of this breed prior to the middle of the eighteenth century. 

 Pringle writing in 1872 described this breed as "A light, 

 neat, active animal with fine and rather long limbs, narrow 

 rump, fine small head, lively projecting eye, full of fire and 

 animation, with a fine white cocked horn tipped with black, 

 and in color either black or red." Relative to their size he 

 described them as follows: "38 inches in height at the 



