Mr. Estill, of Estill, Mo., passed through Chicago, a few days ago, with forty head of Angus-Aberdeen and Hereford cattle. Estill & Elliott now own one of the best polled herds in the West. * * * * * The second regular annual meeting of the Kansas State Short-horn Breeders' Association will be held in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol, Topeka, Kan., during February 12 and 13, beginning at 7 P. M. of the 12th. * * * * * The seventh annual meeting of the Dutch-Fresian Association of America will be held at the Butterfield House, Utica, N. Y., February 6, 1884. Essays and addresses are expected from a number of distinguished stock breeders. * * * * * The Lafayette County Thoroughbred Live Stock Breeders' Association was recently organized at Higginsville, Mo. They will hold annual public sales and otherwise advance the improved stock interest. Their first sale will be held at Higginsville, October 15 and 16, 1884. * * * * * The following is a list of Jerseys exported from the island during the past year: Mr. Francis Le Brocq exported 848 cows, bulls, 28--total, 876. Mr. Eugene J. Arnold sent out 656 cows, 47 bulls--total, 703. Sundry shippers sold 158 cows and 7 bulls--total, 165. Grand total, 1,744 head. * * * * * Our readers will not fail to notice the public sale ad. of Mr. Wm. Yule, of Somers, Wis., who will, on the 19th day of March, disperse his entire herd of thoroughbred Short-horn cattle. The herd numbers forty head, and is the opening sale of the season, and will be one of the most attractive ones of the year. They are all of his own breeding. Send for catalogue, which will be ready about February 15. * * * * * Horse-stealing seems to be as prevalent in England as in this country. A late London live-stock journal says there is as much of it going on as there was half a century ago. A gang has recently been operating in Kent, Essex, and Surrey quite extensively. The thieves are no respecters of breeds, taking hunters, cart horses and carriage horses with equal boldness. Arrests are becoming frequent, and it seems likely the gang will soon be broken up. HERD BOOKS AND RECORDS. The following addresses may be of use to many readers of THE PRAIRIE FARMER who may wish to record stock or purchase books: American Short-horn Herd Book--W. T. Bailey, Secretary, 27 Montauk block, Chicago, Ill. National Register of Norman Horses--T. Butterworth, Secretary, Quincy, Ill. American Clydesdale Stud Book--Charles F. Mills, Secretary, Springfield, Ill. American Hereford Record--Breeders' Live Stock Association, Beecher, Ill. Holstein Herd Book--Thos. B. Wales, Secretary, Iowa City, Iowa. Herd Register--American Jersey Cattle Club, Geo. E. Waring, Secretary, Newport, R. I. American Poland-China Record--John Gilmore, Secretary, Vinton, Iowa.