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tended scale. The importation made by Mr. Leigh 

 in the summer of 1913 included the good show bull 

 Farmer, purchased and now owned by Mr. McCray. 

 Mr. Leigh undertook an additional importation dur- 

 ing 1914, but the embargo laid on exports by Great 

 Britain on account of the European war interfered 

 with purchases and shipments. A special license 

 for the exportation of pedigree animals has to be 

 obtained from the Privy Council pending the ter- 

 mination of hostilities. 



Distribution of the Herefords.— Believing that an 

 approximate general idea of the distribution of 

 pedigree Herefords in different parts of the United 

 States would be of interest, the author requested 

 Secretary Kinzer of the Hereford association to 

 prepare some figures covering this point. These 

 are submitted herewith. The figures are based on 



APPROXIMATE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGES OF REGISTERED 

 HEREFORDS IN THE VARIOUS STATES. 



state Per cent Number 



Iowa 16.5 19,800 



Texas 14. 16,800 



Missouri 11.5 14,&00 



Kansas 10. 12,000 



Illinois 9. 10,800 



Nebraska 6. 7,200 



South Dakota .... 5. 6,000 



Indiana 3. 3,600 



Wyoming 2.5 3,000 



Minnesota 2.2 2,640 



Colorado .' 2.2 2,640 



West Virginia... 2. 2,400 



Montana 1.5 1,800 



Kentucky 1.2 1,400 



Nortli Dakota.... 1. 1,200 



Oklahoma 1. 1,200 



Ohio 1. 1,200 



State Per cent Number 



Arizona 1. 1,200 



New Mexico 0.75 900 



Oregon 0.75 900 



California 0.75 900 



Wisconsin 0.75 900 



Tennessee 0.5 600 



Utah 0.5 600 



Maine 0.5 600 



Virginia 0.5 600 



Michigan 0.5 600 



Idaho 0.6 600 



Washington 0.25 250 



Arkansas 0.26 250 



Mississippi ...... 0.25 260 



Nevada 0.25 250 



North Carolina... 0.25 250 



an estimate of a total of 120,000 head of registered 

 cattle now living, and include all states in which 

 there are 250 head or more. 



