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appearing in 1878. The English Jersey Cattle Society was organ- 

 ized in the seventies and up to 191 7 had published twenty-nine 

 volumes. The Maine State Pure Blood Jersey Cattle Association, 

 chartered in 1875, published its first herdbook in 1876 and 

 Volume VIII in 1898. The American Jersey Cattle Club was 

 organized in 1868 and in 1871 published its first volume; since 



Fig. 149. Lady Viola 238437 (imp.). First prize over Jersey and winner of 

 the Theatre Cup in 1905. Dam of Noble of Oaklands (sold for $15,000) and 

 Viola's Golden Jolly (sold for $13,000). She was imported by T. S. Cooper and 

 bought in his sale for $7500 by Elmendorf Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. From 

 photograph by the author 



that time, up to January, 19 19, ninety-five volumes had been 

 issued, showing the registration by the club of 409,000 females 

 and 162,000 males. There have been also published a number of 

 volumes of the register of merit. On the fiftieth anniversary of 

 the founding of the American Jersey Cattle Club there was a 

 membership of 726. In 1903 the New Zeals^nd Jersey Cattle 

 Breeders' Association published its first herdbook, and fifteen 

 volumes have appeared since that date. Local Jersey cattle clubs 

 for the promotion of the breed have been organized in many 



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