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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 13, 
THE PUREBRED LIVE STOCK ASSO¬ 
CIATIONS AND THEIR METHODS . 
The Herd, Flock and Stud Book. 
Part II. 
The custom of published registry with 
sheep associations varies widely. In Great 
Britain either only the rams are regis¬ 
tered, or the flock as a whole. The 
Cheviot flock book of the United King¬ 
dom contains the registration of rams 
only. The Hampshire Flock Book of 
England enters the entire flock. For ex¬ 
ample, the name of the owner and his 
address is given, with a statement of 
when his flo.ck was entered, with a rec¬ 
ord of the number in his flock of each 
sex with the number of service rams and 
source. The American Merino sheep reg¬ 
isters also give the flock registration in 
most cases, with perhaps a slight history 
of the same, each flock being given a 
number by the Secretary. Then follows 
a list of the individuals in the flock, with 
their registry numbers and private ear 
tag numbers, and more or less informa¬ 
tion concerning the sires and dams and 
their breeders. 
While it is not a general custom, still 
a very common form of the herd book 
is to have the males grouped in the first 
part with the females following. Then 
comes an index, which may or may not 
be grouped by sex. The well-arranged 
index is of great value. In some associa¬ 
tions the names of animals registered are 
arranged in the volumes in index form. 
For convenience of reference, on the backs 
of volumes of sufficient size, is given the 
range of registry numbers contained 
therein. If one has a set of 25 volumes 
on his shelf, and he wishes to seek for 
information concerning a bull numbered 
23,750. fiy reference he at once notes that 
the number he is looking for comes in the 
volume having this on the back: 
Entries 
20,000 
to 
25,000 
Then, as the numbers are usually ar¬ 
ranged numerically, it is is easily found 
within the volume. 
The well-arranged herd book gives an 
index to the name of breeders, and some 
publish, from time to time, a list of the 
transfers of stock. An important feature 
of the American Aberdeen Angus Cattle 
Breeders’ Association Herd Book, which 
should be adopted more by other associ¬ 
ations, is a list, as an appendix, of the 
prize-winning animals of the breed at the 
prominent shows. 1 his is very helpful to 
the breeder and student. 
The herd, flock and stud books are pub¬ 
lished only in limited number, and usually 
sell for one price to members and for 
another to non-members. Two dollars a 
volume is a very common price, but there 
is a considerable variation. The size of, 
the volume naturally has a bearing on the 
cost, but, even then, some very unpreten¬ 
tious cheap ones are sold at a price equal 
to first-class examples of book work. Those 
associations representing the more com¬ 
mon breeds are now yearly publishing reg¬ 
isters of considerable size and merit. 
The value of the herd book increases 
with the development of the breed, with 
the disposition of the breeder to study ped¬ 
igrees and with the extent of one’s deal¬ 
ing in purebred stock. It is the natural 
medium for tracing out the relationship 
of an individual back through the genera¬ 
tions. The sixty odd volumes that have 
been published by the American Short¬ 
horn Breeders’ Association are indispens¬ 
able in studying Short-horn lineage and the 
history of the breed. Important studies 
in heredity are now being made in the 
herd books, while in the agricultural col¬ 
lege class-room the different sets of herd, 
flock and stud books furnish an invalua¬ 
ble medium for teaching the student how 
to trace out pedigrees, study family rela¬ 
tionship and determine the value of indi¬ 
viduals to the breed. Ik has always been 
a subject of wonder to the writer that the 
registry associations have sold so few 
record books to their members. As a 
mle they are purchased in a discreditably 
small way. The members seem to regard 
the herd books as so much useless timber; 
and thousands of men advertise themselves 
as breeders of registered stock who do not 
possess a record book of the breed they 
champion. No man should consider him¬ 
self seriously in the purebred stock busi¬ 
ness and a student who does not keep a 
file of the record books on his bookshelves 
ready for reference at all times. Other¬ 
wise he must derive his information at 
the expense of his neighbor, or procure it 
second hand from old catalogues, or by 
some other method. And yet these are a 
real key to the study of the history of the 
breed. Recently, while attending a sale 
of Short-horn cattle, with a friend well 
posted on blood lines, comment was made 
on the errors in the sale catalogue. These 
errors were made simply because some 
other catalogues with mistakes in pedi¬ 
gree construction had been used in the 
making up of the catalogue of the sale 
we attended. Had the herd book been 
used, the probability of error would have 
been much reduced. c. s. plumb. 
KEEPING SMOKED MEAT. 
IIow can I keep smoked meat from mold 
ing during hot weather? I have usually been 
successful by burying It in dry ashes: but 
last year the ashes became damp and the 
rneot absorbed so much lye, that some of 
It was hardly fit to eat. S. w. C. 
We do not like the plan of burying 
meat in dry ashes, though we know it is 
often done with entire satisfaction. We 
would prefer enclosing the meat in stout 
paper bags, drawn up closely around a 
loop of stout twine, and then hang in a 
cool, dry room, kept as dark as possible, 
with a free circulation of air. Be sure 
that any windows are tightly screened, so 
that flies and bacon beetles are kept out. 
If the room is dry and airy there will be 
but little mold. 
A FEW HEN NOTES. 
I would like the experience of some who 
have fed laying hens with a ration composed 
in part of col ton-seed meal. Do hens appear 
to like the meal, and how does it affect their 
condition and the production of eggs? 
B. P. H. 
To those who are seeking a remedy for 
cliicken-lice, mites and the like, I would 
recommend painting the interior of their 
apartments with Avenarius Carbolineum. I 
have not found any other remedy so effec¬ 
tive. Keep the hens out of the building un¬ 
til the oil is well absorbed into the wood¬ 
work, or it may stain the plumage. I keep 
White Wyandottes, and have had some 
feathers stained to a yellowish brown color. 
Long Island. R P- h. 
If Brother Mapes would put in the drink¬ 
ing water of those roupy hens enough per¬ 
manganate of potash to make the water pink. 
I have confidence to believe that he would 
soon be over his trouble. That’s the remedy 
I use just as soon as I hear a hen sneeze, 
and I have only beard two in a lot of 350 
the past Winter. c. v. n. 
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DON’T SHE AR YOUR SHEEP 
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r your harness^ 
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r strength—make 1 
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r sweat-proof and 
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| Tone* np the leather fibres. Pre¬ 
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The 
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Standard I Poultry PAN-A-CE-A 
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