278 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



known as Guernsey Breeders' Journal has been published, 

 and a department of the herd register is maintained as an 

 Advanced Register. At the present time there are 497 

 active members of the American Guernsey Cattle Club 

 and some 3400 breeders of Guernseys. The headquarters 

 of the club are at Peterboro, New Hampshire. 



Literature. Hazard, The Jersey, Alderney and Guernsey Cow, 

 Philadelphia (1872) ; herd register of the American Guernsey Cattle 

 Club; Guernsey Breeders' Journal, Published by the American 

 Guernsey Cattle Club. 



HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. Plate XI. Figs. 47, 48. 

 By Solomon Hoxie 



312. The Holstein-Friesian breed of cattle is the Ameri- 

 can representative of the great lowland race of cattle 

 found on the rich alluvial land in Europe, bordering the 

 eastern shores of the North sea. It is a dairy breed, 

 exclusively, in this country. 



313. History in Europe. The Holstein-Friesian cattle 

 originated with the ancient Friesland people, a tribe 

 which, at the time of our earliest historical knowledge of 

 it, occupied the shores of the North sea, between the river 

 Ems and the Rhine. The Friesians were the oldest in- 

 habitants of Holland, and were known as herdsmen, 

 hunters and fishermen. Their history dates as far back 

 as three hundred years before Christ. The Batavians 

 came two hundred years later. They were likewise herds- 

 men, but occupied themselves more particularly with 

 hunting and fishing. Tacitus says of the Friesians and 

 Batavians : " They owned cattle, not excelling in beauty, 

 but in number." The present farmers of North Holland 



