2/6 Maine; agriculturai, e;xpe;rime:nt station. 1912. 



for increased fecundity at Beinn Breagh, Nova Scotia. Other 

 examples of the same relationship might be cited. 



Table i. 

 Breeding History of Dam of Triplets. 





1 



Number 



Sex op Calves. . 



Remarks. 



Year 



Bull of 

 calves 



(? ■ 9 



1902 iGrade "Durham "28; 

 ^dark red 



1 



j 1 Calf like mother in color 

 j and color pattern. 



1903 



Grade^Jersey: dark 

 i red -body, black 

 ■. head and shoul- 

 Iders. 



1 



] 1 Calf black; white spot on 

 : forehead, white on end 

 of tail. Kept 3 years 

 and then killed. 



1904 



' ' Mongrel Jersey 

 and Durham." 



1 



1 1 Calf resembled sire. Light 

 ' color. 



1905 



Grade ' ' Durham ' ' : 

 red and white. 



2 



1 



1 



Calves red ; premature 

 birth in pasture, 1 dead 

 when found. Other 

 killed. 



1906 



Grade Holstein: 

 black. 



2 



2 



- 



Calves black with white 

 patches. Like father. 

 Born dead. 



1907 



f ' i 

 Grade Hereford:^ 3 1.2 



black, white face.] 



Present case. 



1909-" 



Registered "Dur- 

 ham": Bates 

 strain. 



1 



1 Calf had head and neck 

 red with white star in 

 face; body mixed with 

 i red but mostly white. 



19103" 



Grade Guernsey: 

 the bull used in 

 this case was the 

 cf member of the 

 set of triplets de- 

 scribed in this 

 paper. 



3 



1 



2 



Premature birth by two 

 months. Thought t o 

 have been caused by 

 cow falling on ice. All 

 3 calves alike in color 

 and color pattern. 



Totals.. . 





14 



5 ' 9 















28" Durham "in this part of the country means actually Short-horn. 

 2»Calf born March 21, 1909. 

 ^''Calves born in February, 1910. 



4. Breeding Record of Dam. The complete breeding his- 

 tory of the mother of these triplet calves is given in Table i. 



