OWING to circumstances beyond the control of the Committee of Publication, or of the Committees on the Pedigrees of the various classes of stock, it has been impossible to publish the first volume of the Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-bred Neat Stock at an earlier day. The desire to obtain as large a representation of stock as possible, and to extend the advantages of the Association as widely among breeders as they could, has induced the committees on the various classes of stock to hold open their books and the delays incident upon tracing doubtful pedigrees, through in many instances a long correspondence with owners and breeders, have prevented them from furnishing the copy to the Publication Committee, in season to have the work finished sooner. Every care has been taken to have the records perfect, and to admit no pedigrees of doubtful character. It is believed this has been successfully accomplished, and that the animals here recorded may be relied upon as of undoubted purity of blood. H. A. DYER, } _Committee_ S. I. BARTLETT, } _of Publication._ INDEX. ALLEN, JOHN, Coldwater, Mich., 14 Pedigrees. BULLS--Shakspeare 110. COWS--Beauty 16, Cleopatra 64, Dairymaid 71, Duchess 83, Fancy 106, Flora 119, Jenny Lind 167, Julia 175, Lily 2d 208, Lucy 218, Mayflower 230, Sophia 323, Young Fairy 349. ANDREWS, B. H., Waterbury, Conn., 13 Pedigrees. BULLS--Barton 8, Brandywine 17, George Turner 44, Reuben 106, Tiger 122. COWS--Beauty 2d 20, Capitola 55, Chloe 62, Gipsy 3d 138, Lady 188, Lady 2d 189, Rosa 307, Topsy 332. AUGUR, P. M., Middletown, Conn., 8 Pedigrees. BULLS--Prince Albert 88. COWS--Beauty 18, Beauty 2d 10, Fanny 109, Flora 117, Jessie Davy 2d 173, Mary Hurlbut 235 (1394), Mary Hurlbut 2d 236. BAKER, TRUMAN, Earlville, Madison County, N. Y. 13 Pedigrees. BULLS--Bishop 11. COWS--Blossom 46, Cherry 59, Curly 68, Daisy 72, Edith 84, Extra 93, Fairy 94, Flora 118, Nancy Dawson 257, Rosa 308, Rosa Belle 311, Tiptoe 331. BALLARD, M. M. & O. W., Niles, Mich., 10 Pedigrees. BULLS--Oneida 82, Oxford 85, Sultan 116, Victor 138, Wolverine 143, Wyoming 144. COWS--Fancy 102, Jessie 169, Red Lady 2d 303, Red Lady 3d 304. BASSENGER, J. B., Denville, N. J., 2 Pedigrees. BULLS--Bangor 7. COWS--Dolly Dutton 78. BENT, C. D., Iowa City, Iowa, 6 Pedigrees. BULLS--Monitor 69. COWS--Flora 2d 120, Flora 3d 121, Flora 4th 122, Flora 5th 123, Iowa Belle 160. BIDERMAN, ANTHONY, Wilmington, Del., 5 Pedigrees. BULLS--Carroll Eclipse 18, Hector 46. COWS--Cowslip 67, Hyacinth 152, Lilac 202.