154 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1919. 



The animals occurring in the first generation of any pedi- 

 gree do not have the same chance to repeat as do the animals 

 in the second generation, due to the fact that the actual num- 

 ber of animals in the first generation is only half that in the 

 second generation. Likewise the animals in the second gener- 

 ation do not have the same chance to repeat as do the animals 

 in generations further removed. It is consequently more to the 

 credit of any animal to be repeated once in the first generation 

 than to be repeated once in subsequent generations. This point 

 should be kept in mind in viewing the evidence presented in the 

 table. 



Some notable names appear repeated in the first genera- 

 tion on the sire's side of the pedigrees, Imp. Golden Fern's Lad 

 P. S. 2160, Hood Farm Pogis 40684, Spermfield Owl 57088, 

 Hood Farm Pogis 9th 55552 and Chief Engineer 47148. Many 

 of these animals are repeated in the succeeding generations. 

 Considering the number of females which appear more than 

 once, it is a good deal to the credit of Figgis 76106 and Sperm- 

 field Lassie 5099 to be each the dam of one of the sire's trans- 

 mitting high milk production and butter-fat percentage to their 

 daughters as well as having other appearances in the pedigrees 

 of these sires in generations further removed. 



The total number of times an animal appears in the pedi- 

 grees is of most interest. Golden Lad 1242 stands head and 

 shoulders above the other animals in this particular with 25 

 appearances, 15 on the sire's side of the pedigree and 10 on the 

 dam's side. The other animals come in the order named. The 

 numbers in parenthesis give (1) the number of appearances 

 on the sire's side of the pedigrees and (2) the number on the 

 dam's side of the pedigrees. 



Boyle 1559 (8-6), Tormentor 259 (6-7), Imp. Golden 

 Fern's Lad 2160 (8-4), Golden Fern 471 1 (7-4), Ida's Stoke 

 Pogis 15658 (7-4), Sultanne's Favorite 873 (9-0), Golden Lass 

 4th 2447 (8-0), Oonan 1485 (6-2), Sultana's Rosette 2881 

 (6-2), Bachelor of St. L. 4558 (6-1), Ida of St. L. 24990 

 (6-1), Baron's Sophie 17615 (2-5), Sophie's Tormentor 21883 

 (2-5), Hood Farm Pogis 40584 (5-0) and Oonan's Pogis 17165 

 (5-0) are the animals with more than four appearances on the 

 sire's side of the pedigree or more than three on the dam's side. 

 The number of appearances of these animals are chiefly of in- 



