Excerpt from Year Book of the Ayrshire Breeders for 1899 The general interest in Ayrshire cattle seems to be on the increase judging from the increased entries in the Herd Book and letters of inquiry for information in regard to the breed. The entries to Volume XI were 322 more than to Volume X, and the entries to Volume XII were 656 more than to Volume XI, showing a steady increase during the last four years. A part of this increase however is in consequence of recording ancestors to stock brought out from Canada. There has been less complaint this past year from buyers of Canada stock in bringing out stock that was not eligible to record in the Ayrshire Record, for.the reason that buyers were more careful and as a rule did not move their purchases until they were recorded. Some that did not wait for their cattle to be recorded before starting, found they had bought stock that was not eligible and had to pay duty. In some instances they found they had bought stock that had been thrown out fro n the Canada Herd Books, and was not eligible to record in any Herd Book at the present time. 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.