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herds in Australia and South Africa. In the United States the 

 principal herds are in New York, Missouri, and Minnesota. 



Organizations for the promotion of Kerry cattle have been in 

 existence for some years. In 1887 a register was started in 

 Ireland by the owners of the Farmers' Gazette of Dublin, which 

 was taken over by the Royal Dublin Society after the publication 

 of three volumes of herdbooks. In 1890 this society issued the 

 first volume of the "Kerry and Dexter Herdbook," and has 



Fig. 193. Kerry cows on pasture on the estate of the Duke of Leinster, Maynooth, 

 Ireland. From photograph by the author 



continued doing so up to date. Seventeen volumes of the Irish 

 herdbook have been published, containing the total entry up to 

 1918 of 871 Ke'rry bulls and 2658 cows. An English Kerry and 

 Dexter Cattle Society, with headquarters in London, was estab- 

 Hshed in 1892 and has published eighteen herdbooks, containing 

 a total entry to 19 17 inclusive of 392 Kerry bulls and 2098 cows. 

 In 191 7 an Irish Kerry and Dexter Cattle Society was organized 

 in Ireland to promote the welfare of the breed. In 191 1 an 

 American Kerry and Dexter Cattle Club was organized, but thus 

 far has published no herdbook. Up to 1920 but 16 bulls and 

 61 cows have been recorded, and to this date no important herd 

 of Kerry cattle has been established in the United States. 

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