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most prepotent breed. American dairymen have 

 now become much interested in them and have im- 

 ported many select specimens. 



Early in this narrative I have related how I be- 

 came interested in this breed and now I had the 

 opportunity of inspecting not only their home but 

 also many hundreds of the finest animals in the 

 Netherlands. But good as the breed was, the 

 American breeder has greatly improved it. I ap- 

 pend the recent official performance of one of the 

 most noted producers, " Pontiac Pleione No. 

 61102", owned by Stevens Brothers, Liverpool, 

 New York: 



"100.1 pounds milk in a day; 645.1 pounds milk, 

 26.i l pounds butter in seven days; 2,752 pounds milk, 

 103.57 pounds butter in 30 days. She dropped her 

 calf in n| months after calving, and in the 365 days 

 produced over 26,000 pounds of milk an average of 

 71 1 pounds of milk and 2 pounds 10 ounces of butter 

 per day. She has never been dry since she first fresh- 

 ened as a two-year-old and is one of the finest types 

 of Holstein-Friesian cows living." 



Since the above was written the three-year-old 

 record has also been broken and it thus appears 

 that my instincts, even way back in 1875, were 

 right when I purchased the three Holsteins for 

 the University Farm. 



The dairy farmers of Holland are intelligent, 



