STOCK BREEDING INDUSTRY. 



TABLE VIII. 

 Average Prices Realized at Auction Sales of Pedigreed Beef Cattle. 





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1912. 







1911. 1 





1910. 



Name of Bheed. 



No. of 

 sales. 



No. Average 

 sold. price. 



No. of 

 sales. 



No. 

 sold. 



i 



Average No. of 



price. 1 sales. 



No. Average 

 sold. price. 



Short-horn ...... 



Hereford 



Aberdeen-Angus. . 



45 

 15 



12 



1,882 8177 40 

 957 180 40 

 627; 138 95 





53 

 19 

 13 



■ 

 2,258 .S162 50 

 1,203, 160 .50 

 723 143 60 





49 



20 



19 



1 



3 



1 



1,999 S187 50 



1,214 146 20 



995 167 35 



67 83 30 



Polled Durham . . 

 Red Poll 



2 

 1 



83 132 85 

 30 107 25 





1 



« 



140 60 



74 115 00 

 41 185 00 





1 







1909. 



1908. 



1907. 



N.\ME OF Breed. 



No. ofi No. JAverage No. of No. Average No. oft No. 

 sales. I sold. price, sales, sold. price, sales. I sold. 



Average 

 price. 



Short-horn 



Hereford | 



Aberdeen-Angus. . 



Galloway 



Polled Durham . . 

 Red Poll 



I?' 



25 



18! 

 2! 

 2; 

 31 



3,308 SI 59 00 



59 



2,689 



.S146 50 



84 



3,60& 



1,398 127 05 



15 



936 



116 15 



29 



1,358 



935 189 00 



18 



9.55 



165 10 



18 



1,119 



69! 128 05 



3 



136 



84 50 



3 



123 



79 129 45 



6 



244 



124 .50 



3 



106 



35^ 97 80 



1 



1 



3 



50 00 



3 



97 



123 70 

 134 75 

 139 05 

 1.30 35 

 S3 00 



true." It obviously could not be expected to breed true if at 

 frequent intervals it were crossed with other types. The breed- 

 ing of individuals all of the same general type, and belonging 

 to a few family lines, could be safely left to the individual 

 breeder in the earlier days of the industry. With the wider 

 development of the industry this was no longer possible. It 

 became necessary to have an official registration of pedigrees, 

 which should be beyond any chance of manipulation by the 

 breeder. In this way one wishing to purchase an animal of a 

 particular breed Avould have definite and objective evidence 

 that the individual was, in fact, of the breed it was supposed to 

 be. 



Out of this need have grown the systems of pedigree regis- 

 tration in herd-books, stud-books and the like. In most coun- 

 tries at the present time these registry records have an enhanced 

 official status, because they are under governmental control and 

 supervision. In the United States the control of live-stock 

 registration is in some degree supervised by the Bureau of 



