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The Shetland Cattle Herd Book Society was established at a meeting held in the Spiggie Hotel, Dunrossness, Shetland, on the 28th October 1910 and the first General Meeting was held in the Queen’s Hotel, Lerwick, on the 12th January 1912. Members were enlisted, Inspectors appointed for England and Scotland as well as Shetland and the County Organiser undertook the recording of milk yields and butterfat content. |
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The first volume of the Herd Book was published in 1912, with pedigrees of 380 cows and 39 bulls, and continued to be produced even during the First World War until 1922. Following the publication of the 1913 volume with 535 cows, 60 bulls and 115 calves, Mr W LaidlawMcDougal J.P., a Member of Council, prepared an important article on the characteristics of the breed. |
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