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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
i35 
PUREBRED LIVE STOCK ASSOCIA¬ 
TIONS AND THEIR METHODS. 
The Transfer of Purebred Stock. 
One of the important duties of a breed¬ 
ing association engaged in registering 
pure-bred animals is to keep a record of 
their distribution. When an entry for 
registry is received the secretary makes 
a record of the name of the animal, us¬ 
ually gives it a number, and records the 
other facts of sire and dam, owner, breed¬ 
er, color, etc., essential. The original 
application for registry is of course filed 
for permanent record, but the facts are 
also on record in the office elsewhere, 
cither by means of a card system, or in a 
record book. 1 bus the secretary and his 
office knows where each animal is sup¬ 
posed to be located at time of registra¬ 
tion. But men are constantly selling ani¬ 
mals, and they are not only changing own¬ 
ership but location. At this point arises 
the importance of the transfer. Suppose 
Henry Smith sells a cow, Mary, to John 
Doe. Perhaps three years later William 
Brown tries to register a calf that had 
been dropped by Mary while in his own¬ 
ership. 1 he name and the number show 
it to be the same Mary sold by Henry 
Smith. How docs the secretary know 
that Brown owns Mary? How does he 
know that Brown is not trying to regis¬ 
ter a calf by a straight case of fraud? If 
with each change of ownership the secre¬ 
tary has issued transfers, in order, down 
to the person last owning Mary, there will 
he a well-connected chain of office records, 
hv which it is demonstrated that Brown 
really owns the dam of the calf h^ wishes 
to register. If these transfers were not 
issued it would cause endless confusion, 
with greatly increased opportunity for 
fraud. For this reason registry associa¬ 
tions have rules covering the subject of 
transfers. 1 hese rules differ only in minor 
particulars, so far as the policy involved 
is concerned. Most associations furnish 
special transfer blanks on application to 
the _ secretary’s office. In some instances 
registry certificates have provision on the 
reverse side for the seller to fill out a 
blank form, showing sale. Transfers have 
been made by the seller on the reverse 
blank side of entry certificate, where 
no form was arranged, which were official¬ 
ly acceptable. The general custom, how¬ 
ever, is to provide special transfer slips. 
d he following extracts from the rules 
of several associations, as fair examples, 
will show what is required with some 
breeds. Rule 10 of the American Berk¬ 
shire Association says: “In the case of 
change of ownership of an animal the 
buyer must obtain from the seller a cer¬ 
tificate of transfer, for which a blank form 
will be furnished by the secretary, which 
will be recorded when returned. In case 
of the neglect or refusal of the seller to 
give a certificate of transfer, the record of 
the transfer can be made by the secre¬ 
tary upon written approval of a majority 
of the executive committee on evidence of 
sale and delivery. Parties purchasing re¬ 
corded boars and sows should obtain 
from the seller an abstract of ownership, 
issued by the secretary, showing that the 
sale has been noted on the books of the 
American Berkshire Association.” 
Rule 9 of the American Aberdeen An¬ 
gus Breeders’ Association on the subject 
of transfer, says: “In case of a change 
of ownership of an animal, the buyer must 
obtain from the seller a certificate of 
transfer written in ink upon a blank form 
procured from the secretary, and which 
will, when returned to the secretary, be 
entered upon the records. Transfers upon 
the back of certification of entry will not 
suffice.” 
A rule of the American Rambouillet 
Sheep Breeders’ Association says: “Where 
the sire or dam (or both) of the sheep 
presented for registry is not shown by 
the records of the Association to be duly 
transferred to the party making applica¬ 
tion the sheep presented shall be declared 
ineligible until both such sire and dam are 
properly transferred.” 
In 1891 the American Guernsey Cattle 
Cliib passed a rule “that the secretary be 
instructed to demand outline drawings of 
transferred animals when he deems them 
necessary for identification.” This* is, 
however, a rather unusual rule. The above 
quotations from the rules are simply in 
harmony with the rules of registry asso¬ 
ciations in general. There is more of de¬ 
tail in one case than another perhaps, but 
the object sought is the same with each. 
Having properly filled out the transfer 
blank, it may be sent to the secretary by 
the seller or by the buyer, the former 
properly filling out the transfer applica- 
t,on -. As many associations charge for 
making transfers if the seller is a member 
of the organization and the bnver not, as 
a matter of saving, the seller by agree¬ 
ment may attend to the transfer. The 
acknowledgement from the office of the 
secretary is in the form of a simple offi- 
°' al ‘‘certificate of transfer,” which is sent 
the buyer. This may only specify the 
name and number of the animal, date of 
sale, from whom and to whom, with a 
statement signed by the secretary, that 
the transfer is recorded on the books of 
the association. 
The cost of the transfer fee varies with 
the association. If transferred within 90 
days the American Jersey Cattle Club and 
the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ 
Association have no fee, after which peri¬ 
od the cost is $1, and in the latter asso¬ 
ciation “to be paid by the seller.” The 
National Poland-China Record furnishes 
transfers free for 90 days, after which they 
are 25 cents each. The American Shrop¬ 
shire Sheep Registry Association charges 25 
cents for each transfer, and if the trans¬ 
fer is withheld beyond three months the 
case may be acted upon by the pedigree 
or executive committee of the associa¬ 
tion, who may direct the secretary to 
make the transfer. The Holstein-Friesian 
Association of America charges members 
25 cents and non-members 50 cents for 
transfers executed within six months from 
sale, after which the fees are doubled for 
each class. 
An important feature of transfer appli¬ 
cations is a specification of certificate of 
service, such as is provided by some as¬ 
sociations. Suppose a person buys a sow 
heavy in pig, what security has he for 
the registration of the progeny? Rule 12 
of the American Berkshire Association 
says: “If the animal is a female, it 
must be stated whether or not she has 
been served. If served, the date of service 
must be given, with the name and record 
number of the boar, certified to by the 
then recorded owner of the boar or his 
authorized representative.” Various other 
associations furnish similar provisions, so 
that there may be no obstacles in regis¬ 
tering animals whch may have been 
bought prior to birth. - 
In the purchase of purebred stock, the 
buyer should insist on receiving a prop¬ 
erly signed certificate of transfer from 
the seller. At auction sales it is custom¬ 
ary to deliver certificates of registry and 
transfers to the buyer immediately after 
the sale, when settlement is made. This 
is not an absolute rule, but it is a com¬ 
mon one where business is conducted on a 
high plane. If a purebred, unregistered 
animal is sold, then a properly filled out 
application for entry, and for transfer, 
will be delivered to the buyer. As to 
whether the cost of registry and transfer 
will fall upon the buyer, depends on the 
character of the sale. A great many men 
who sell pigs and sheep at low figures, 
such as $15 a head or so, make the buyer 
pay the cost of registration or transfer. 
When a price of some importance is in¬ 
volved, the seller should meet all nec¬ 
essary expenses. 
As a rule it is far easier to secure 
transfer papers and certificates of entry 
at the time of sale. The longer the delay 
in securing such papers the greater the 
difficulty. If trouble should arise after 
sale between buyer and seller regarding 
any point of breeding, service, etc., in¬ 
creased difficulty would be quite likely 
to occur in securing transfer papers if 
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