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111 case lu.' sells a <'ow or Jieifer earryiiig a calf 

 at the time of sale lie imist, if he owned su(/li fe- 

 male at the time slie \v;is l)re(l. furnish the man 

 to whom he sells her. a registry application for 

 such calf after its birth. If he bought her after 

 she was l^red, it is his duty to get such application 

 and furnish it t<.) the man to whom he S(.)ld the cow 

 after she has a calf. This application must also 

 be signed l^y the ]»erson owning the (^ow at the 

 time the (-alf was bo]-n. It is then sent along with 

 the customar\- !'(■(■ to the Anuvrican Shorthorn 

 Breedei's Association for record and in due time 

 the pedigree in regular Association form is sent 

 the owner of the calf. 



Early Pedigrees. — Volume 1 of the American 

 herd book was published in 1845 and it records 

 the jjedigi-ees of 100 bulls and 'M6 females. Un- 

 like the latei' volumes, these earlier v<ilumes give 

 all the known crosses (d' bulls either under the 

 animal's name or l)y reference to some (.)ther 

 animal recorded, usually in the same volume. 

 Some of th<.' pedigrees are very short on an- 

 cesti'x'. For instance Fanny, page H5 is given 

 as follows: "Roan; In'cd in England l)y M)'. 

 Trim of Lancashire; huported in 1904 and the 

 property of Dr. John A. J^ool, Ihauiswick, 

 New Jersey; calved in October 18;'>ti; got by 



Charley (1817) out of ." This 



is one of the briefer ones and was recorded on 

 a certificate furnished by J. (J. Etches, a well 



