BREEDS OF DAIRY COWS 37 



a still different breed best for his purpose. There 

 are enough breeds to suit all purposes, but in the 

 following we give a brief review of the qualities of 

 the leading breeds of dairy cattle. 



Many pig breeders claim that there is " more in 

 the feed than in the breed," but this is not true of 

 cattle. The best breed for milk or butter is never 

 the best for beef. 



The Friesland. 



There are several varieties of this type, but they 

 have so many points in common that they are 

 regarded, outside of Holland their native home, as 

 one breed. In America they are known as 

 Holsteins, in England as Dutch cattle, while in 

 South Africa they are known all over as Frieslands. 

 They are a dairy breed, but when not giving milk 

 they can be readily fattened. They are large cattle 

 which have been reared and improved on land of a 

 moist and marshy character where there is abun- 

 dance of green succulent food. The breed is well 

 established in America and also in South Africa, 

 where probably as milk producers they have a 

 reputation superior to the shorthorn especially in 

 the southern portion of Cape Province. They have 

 a long and narrow head, with broad mouth and 

 horns always pointing forwards ; these are invari- 

 ably short. The neck is long and frequently shows 

 a depression in the ridge, otherwise known as 



