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Importations of Holstein-Friesians to this country did not become 

 frequent until about forty years ago, but they have spread rapidly, and 

 at the present time are found in every state in the Union. 



Successful dairying depends largely upon efficient cows, keeping 

 them comfortable at all times by properly supplying their wants, and 

 treating them kindly. In this particular the Dutch cannot be excelled. 



In establishing so fine a breed of dairy cattle, they owe their success, 

 in no small degree, to the careful selection of their breeding stock. 

 Only a few of the choicest bulls are kept for sires and the greatest care 



Milking time in Holland. 



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is also exercised in selecting females. The cows, as a rule, are excellent 

 individuals — a threefold method of selection being employed: first, in 

 the sire; second, in the young calf, judged largely by the milking quali- 

 ties of the dam ; and lastly, the greatest of all tests is applied — perform- 

 ance at the pail. Not till the cow answers this satisfactorily is she 

 accorded a permanent place in the daiiy. 



In America nothing but black and white Holsteins are eligible to 

 registry, and red and white are met with only occasionally, while in 

 Holland the red and white are seen in all parts of the country. In the 

 province of Friesland are three men who are breeding nothing but red 

 and white IIolstein-Friesians. 



