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and to some extent in South Africa and Asia. In the United 

 States the Shorthorn is the most popular breed of cattle, as 

 attendance at the great shows, especially in the states of the 

 Mississippi Valley north of the Ohio, will demonstrate. In a 

 statement from the office of the American Shorthorn Breeders' 

 Association, giving the distribution of breeders in the United 

 States registering pure-bred Shorthorns, it is shown that 20,871 

 breeders are distributed in forty-five states, the ten leading states 

 being as follows : Iowa, 4070; lUinois, 1885; Nebraska, 1740; 

 Missouri, 1625 ; Minnesota, 1520; Kansas, 1285 ; South Dakota, 

 1 1 5 5 ; Indiana, 1 100 ; Ohio, 945 ; Wisconsin, 760. This evidence 

 of wide distribution speaks well for the adaptability of the breed. 

 However, on the Western range, under severe weather conditions 

 and where "roughing it" is required, the Shorthorn will not 

 thrive as well as the Hereford or Galloway. 



Organizations for the promotion of Shorthorn cattle precede 

 all other breeding associations for meat-producing animals. The 

 first live-stock registry for cattle was the " Shorthorn Herdbook," 

 published by George Coates of Yorkshire, England, in 1822. This 

 forms the foundation of the English " Shorthorn Herdbook," 

 known as " Coates's Herdbook," which in 1918 attained its sixty- 

 third volume. Mr. Coates edited the first five volumes, when, 

 owing to his death in 1846, he was succeeded by Mr. H. Strafford, 

 who served as editor of" the next fifteen volumes. In 1876 the 

 Shorthorn Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland assumed control of the publication of the herdbook, and 

 through its editing committee has ever since maintained super- 

 vision of the records of the society. The first volume of the 

 "American Shorthorn Herdbook" appeared in 1846, being 

 published by Lewis F. Allen of New York. In 1869 the 

 "American Shorthorn Record" first appeared, being published 

 by A. J. Alexander of Kentucky, and ten volumes were issued. 

 In 1878 the Ohio Shorthorn Breeders' Association published a 

 record and followed it with two others. In 1882 the American 

 Shorthorn Breeders' Association absorbed these and continued 

 the publication of the old herdbook established by Allen. The 

 "Canadian Shorthorn Herdbook" first appeared in 1867, the 

 "British American Sfe^^|yy^^ ^erd^ok " appeared in 1881, 



