Pedigrees Of English Short Horn Bulls To Which American Short Horns Trace Selected From Coates Herd Book

Author : Lewis F. Allen
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ISBN 13 : 9781332176571
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book Pedigrees of English Short-Horn Bulls written by Lewis F. Allen and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pedigrees of English Short-Horn Bulls: To Which American Short-Horns Trace, Selected From Coates' Herd Book This reprint of bull pedigrees from Coates' English Short-horn Herd Book, supplies a great want to American Short-horn cattle breeders who have not the full volumes of that expensive work at command. There are not, probably, fifty full sets of that work in America, and in these pages will be found all the information which those volumes contain relating to the pedigrees of our American herds. The names and pedigrees of all the bulls recorded in its first four volumes, 6699 in number, are herein printed, together with some thousands of other bull pedigrees of the succeeding volumes, which relate to the genealogy of their American descendants recorded in all the volumes of the American Herd Book. The names and pedigrees have been carefully compared with the originals, and it is believed that few or no errors of consequence will be found in them. In the pedigrees of the first four volumes, a great majority will be found which have no relation whatever to American pedigrees, but, as they illustrate the material on which the original Short-horn pedigrees of England were founded, they will be peculiarly instructive to the American breeder. The science of Short-horn breeding is now so far advanced in our country, that it has become an object, not only of curiosity, but of necessary information to a large number of our breeders, to trace their cattle pedigrees to the fountain head of their production. This work will be a perpetual guide in their future efforts, and may govern, in frequent case, the selection of bulls for succeeding crosses. It will be readily understood why a large majority of the bull pedigrees recorded in the English Herd Book have no direct relation to the American Short-horns. Many of them died young, before use; others were castrated, leaving no produce; many were sent, when young, to countries other than America; and numerous others were used only in Great Britain, and did not become at all connected with our own Short-horns; of course a reprint of these would be entirely unnecessary for American use. In examining the pedigrees herein contained, it will be found that the very best blood, and the choicest selections from it, have been transferred from Great Britain to America, and not in that country or either of its colonies, can prouder or more aristocratic blood be found than now courses in the veins of many of our American Short-horns. A deeper study of the genealogy of our herds than many breeders have been able to obtain, can now be made by those who have this volume at command, and those herds have assumed such value and importance that a knowledge of their entire lineage is demanded by all who wish to attain the highest degree of excellence in their animals. This, therefore, will give them all the information needed in their investigations, and makes complete the American Short-horn Herd Book, to which it is really an addenda, so that our pedigrees can be traced as far as the English records of their ancestry extend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.