SHORTHORN PEDIGREES 



There is no subject connected with Shorthorns 

 upon which I have been asked so many questions, 

 as the one of pedigrees. In this chapter I shall 

 attempt to answer some of the questions asked 

 me from time to time and to convey an idea of 

 what a pedigree really is. Primarily a pedigree 

 is a list of names of the ancestors of an animal. 

 This list may be long or short. What we mean by 

 a Shorthorn pedigree is a document giving such 

 information concerning an animal of the breed 

 as will cause its acceptance for record in the 

 American herd book. This is what you obligate 

 yourself to furnish when you sell a pure bred 

 Shorthorn and this is what you receive when you 

 buy one. 



It is a matter of custom from which no devia- 

 tion should be tolerated, that the seller place on 

 record the pedigree of every Shorthorn he sells 

 except when he sells a cow with a calf at foot in 

 which case he is to furnish the purchaser an ap- 

 plication for the registry of the calf and a guar- 

 antee that such application will be recorded on 

 payment of the registration fee. He is further 

 obligated to make out and have recorded a cer- 

 tificate of transfer for any animal sold which 

 was on record prior to the time of sale. 



