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ciation. The Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada 
was founded in 1891. 
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America was in- 
corporated for the purpose of importing, breeding, improy- 
ing and otherwise handling pure-bred Holstein-Friesian 
cattle, and for gathering and_ publishing information in 
regard to them. It maintains a herd-book and advanced 
register of cattle. The entries to its herd-book have 
reached over 152,000 bulls, and 273,000 females. The 
policy of this association has been to maintain the purity 
of the breed in America, to improve the type by selection 
of the most superior animals for separate or advanced 
registration, and to demonstrate the merits of the breed 
through the making of great milk and butter records. It 
has maintained a consistent advocacy of tests at the 
homes of owners under the strictest supervision of agricul- 
tural experiment stations. In this respect it took the 
initiative, and has compelled other breeders’ associations 
to follow. 
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Friesian Herd-book, 4 volumes, 1880-1885;  Holstein-Friesian 
Herd-book, 33 volumes, 1885-1915;  Holstein-Friesian Ad- 
vanced Register, 26 volumes, 1SS7-1915; Breeds of Dairy Cattle, 
15th Report, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture; Friesian Cattle, Twentieth Report, Ohio 
State Board of Agriculture; Reports of New York State Dairy- 
men’s Association for 1878-1880; Holstein-Friesian Cattle, S. 
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Childs (1884), S. Hoxie, Editor; Records of Dairy Cows in the 
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