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and the "Dominion Shorthorn Herdbook " in 1887, the latter 

 absorbing the other two. The "American Shorthorn Herdbook" 

 up to 19 19 numbers ninety-three volumes, and new volumes are 

 appearing yearly. Already over 700,000 Shorthorns have been 

 registered in the United States, and 250,000 in Canada. Milk- 

 ing Shorthorns in England are generally registered in " Coates's 

 Herdbook," of which there is a dairy association branch that 

 supervises the official testing of the cows. In the United States 

 the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association provides for test- 

 ing for advanced registry milking cows of the breed and pub- 

 lishes yearly reports of official records. In 191 5 there was also 



Fig. 100. Shorthorns of the royal house on the pasture at Windsor, England. 

 From photograph by the author 



organized in the United States, at the Minnesota State Fair, an 

 American Milking Shorthorn Breeders' Association. Shorthorn 

 associations exist in Argentina, in Australia, and in France, and 

 herdbooks are published in these countries. A number of local 

 Shorthorn breeders' associations have been organized in different 

 states, these being as a rule in the nature of community breeders' 

 associations. These are for promoting the breed in various ways, 

 but more especially for fostering combination sales. Important 

 service in behalf of the Shorthorn, in the way of publicity, is being 

 rendered through a quarterly periodical published by the American 

 association, under the title of The Shorthorn in America, the first 

 number appearing in April, 1916. The Shortkorti World, pjHo- 

 lished in Chicago, the first number appearing in March, 19 16, is 

 a commendable journal devoted to this breed. 



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