The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-26
LIVE STOCK CENSUS.
Some Suggestions From the Bureau
Published by Request.

Some Suggestions From the Bureau
Published by Request.
An enumeration of the pure-bood or
pure-bred farm animals in the United
States will be part of the twelfth
census. The main schedule for agri-
culture provides for returning ''the num-
Der. June l, 1900, of all pure blooded ami
mails recorded or eligible to record on
the farm"
While the treasury department, in ad-
ministering the tariff laws relative to
pure-bred animals does not accept the
verbal statements of owners or agents.
but requires certified evidence in writing
of the pedigree claimed, the census emu
merator will be compelled to rely pretty
generally, If not wholly, upon verbal
replies as to whether stock is pure
bred.
The customs divisions of the federal
government recognizes the certificates Of
the publishers of about eighty American
and perhaps seVenty-eight English Ger
man, French, Belgian, Russian, Spanish,
Pomeranian, East and West Prussian,
Netherlands, Friesland, Swiss, New
Zealand and Algerian herd books. The
census Office will, of course, recognize
the validity of the same registers.
AS several months must elapse before
the census of live stock will be taken, Di-
IGClOL AISLIldI1 T6quGSlS lIIdI etll wiz
are not certain whether their unregis-
tered animals are grade. or pure-bred and
eligible to record" take steps definitely
to settle the mooted point, and thus be
prepared without hesitation to give the
enumerator accurate information relative
to this interesting inquiry.
The recognized herd books in which
their animals, if eligible, may be regis
tered, are as follows:
American Trotting Register, American
Morgan Register, National Saddle Horse
Register, American Hackney Stud Book,
American Cleveland Bay Stud Book.
American Clydesdale Stud Book, Amerl-
can Shire Horse Stud Book, American
Suffolk Horse Stud Book, American
Shetland Pony Club Stud Book, Percher-
on Stud Book of America, French Coach
Stud Book, German, Hanoverlan and
Oldenburg Coach Horse Stud Book,
American Register of Belgian Draft
Horses. National Register of French
Draft Horses.
For Sheep-Register of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders association, Reg
lister Of the Vermont Atwood Merino
Sheep Club, Register of the New York
State American Merino Sheep Breeders
Association, Register of the Standard
American Merino Sheep Breeders asso-
citation, Register of the Ohio Spanish
MerinO Sheep Breeders Association,
Register of the United States Merino
Sheep Breeders Association, Register of
the Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders AS
sociation, Register of the National Me-
rino Sheep Breeders Association, Regis
ter of the Missouri Merino Sheep Breed
ers' Associa ton, American Merino Sheep
Register, Wisconsin Merino Sheep Regis
ter and a few others.
For SWine-Amerlcan Berkshire Rec
ord, American Poland-China Record,
Central Poland-China Record, Ohio Po-
land-China Record, Standard Poland
China Record Northwestern Poland
China Swine Record, Chester White Rec
American Duroc-Jersey Record. National
Duroc-Jersey Record, American Essex
Record Cheshire Herd Book, Record of
the Victoria Swine Breeders Associa
ton, Record of the American Small
Yorkshire Club, Record of the American
Tamworth Swine Record Association.
Sheep may be recorded by flocks, but
other animals are recorded by indivi-
duals The herd books show that about
000 cattle have been registered in the
United States, and 1t is estimated that
about $50 900 are living. If breeders will
make accurate returns Of their pure-bred
animals to the census enumerators next
June, a correct basis will be secured for
showing future expansion in high-grade
live stock. Otherwise the efforts of the
census officers will be of small value.
ga word TO the wise Is sufficient" says