280 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



Land Company is reported as having sent a few animals 

 to Cazenovia, New York, in 1795. William Jarvis im- 

 ported a bull and two cows in 1810, for his farm at 

 Weathersfield, Vermont. Another importation into New 

 York State was made in 1825. The first importer, how- 

 ever, to establish and maintain a pure-bred herd, was 

 Winthrop W. Chenery, of Belmont, Massachusetts. He 

 made importations in the years 1852-7-9, and 1861. 

 Until 1871, these cattle were almost universally known in 

 this country as Dutch, although as early as 1864 the 

 United States Department of Agriculture had recognized 

 them as Holstein cattle. In that year (1871), the Asso- 

 ciation of Breeders of Thoroughbred Holstein Cattle was 

 organized with Mr. Chenery at its head. This gross error 

 in the renaming of a well-known breed was regarded by 

 the Dutch breeders as a great injustice to them. They 

 protested vigorously, and finally, unable to secure justice 

 directly, in 1873, assisted Thomas E. Whiting, of Massa- 

 chusetts, to select and purchase a herd of their cattle, 

 pledging him to establish in America a herd-book which 

 should maintain the correct name of the breed. This herd 

 finally came into the hands of the Unadilla Valley Breeders' 

 Association, who, with other owners, organized in 1879 

 the Dutch-Friesian Cattle Breeders' Association of 

 America. A sharp controversy ensued, which was finally 

 brought to a close in 1885, through the union of the con- 

 tending bodies in the present Holstein-Friesian Associa- 

 tion of America. 



The significant history of this breed in America centers 

 almost entirely about the establishment and maintenance 

 of a system of advanced registration. The advanced 

 registry system was originated by Solomon Hoxie, while 

 secretary of the Dutch-Friesian Association. The neces- 



