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111 the index to Volume I, ^ve find the names of 

 129 owners ; in Volume II, this number has increased 

 to 20G ; in Volume III, to 322. 



The average num1>er of animals recoi'ded to each 

 name was 2.45 in Volume I, 4.65 in Volume II, and 

 5.06 in Volume III. 



The distribution by States in Volume III is as 

 follows : — 



Alabama 1 New Jersey 13 



Connecticut 22 New York 70 



Florida 1 Ohio 11 



Illinois i Pennsylvania 8 



Indiana 1 Rhode Island 13 



Iowa 1 Vermont 20 



Kansas 1 Virginia 1 



Maine 7 Wisconsin 1 



Massacluisetts 90 New Brnnswick 2 



Michigan 6 Canada 30 



Mississippi 1 



Missonri 1 Total 322 owners. 



New Hampshire 11 



It seems the less necessary to enter upon a full 

 explanation of the attempt to furnish a herd record 

 for the l)reed, from the circumstance that the work is 

 wholly unsatisfactory to breeders and purchasers, who 

 have examined it, and the volumes are only awaiting 

 the action of some responsible person, or association, 

 to start a register upon sounder principles, when the 

 present work will be ignored. 



After tills arraignment of the pi-esent Herd Book, 

 it seems right that we should point out a few of the 

 errors, in order to justify ourselves in the position 

 we have taken. 



