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340. History in America. Dutch Belted cattle were 

 first imported to America in 1838. D. H. Haight was the 

 largest importer. He made his first importation in 1838, 

 and a later one in 1848. His herd became scattered over 

 Orange county, New York, until one will find a great 

 many belted cows in every township in that county to-day. 

 Robert W. Coleman also imported a large herd to place 

 on his estate at Cornwall, Pennsylvania. The Dutch 

 Belted cattle in America to-day are entirely descended 

 from these herds. In 1840, P. T. Barnum imported a 

 number of Dutch Belted cattle for show purposes, but 

 shortly placed them on his farm in Orange county, New 

 York. One heifer was imported in 1906 by H. W. Lance, 

 of New York City, for his farm in New Jersey, but pre- 

 vious to that time none were brought over for more than 

 fifty years. This was due chiefly to the very great diffi- 

 culty in securing them and to the restriction against im- 

 porting them. A number have been exported from this 

 country to Canada and Mexico, and a few to Cuba. In 

 1893, H. B. Richards, secretary of the Dutch Belted Cattle 

 Association, sold his World's Fair herd, numbering six- 

 teen, and nine others to a son-in-law of President Diaz 

 and shipped them to Mexico. Later, Richards sold twenty 

 to William Van Home, of Canada. Other exportations 

 have been made. There are about fifteen hundred head 

 in America at the present time. 



341. Description. In size, these cattle rank about 

 with the Ayrshires, and are also much the same in general 

 conformation, being, if anything, a little larger, and hav- 

 ing a little more length of leg. Cows range from 900 to 

 1300 pounds in weight. Bulls often weigh 2000 pounds. 

 The best types of the breed represent a highly developed 

 dairy form, having thin necks, small heads, straight backs, 



