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(2) The Dutch Belted Cattle Association was organized 

 in New York city in 1886. 



VI. Distribution in North America. 



(1) Dutch Belted cattle are now kept in twenty-six states 

 cf the Union, in Mexico and in Canada. 



(2) They are most numerously kept in New York, Mas- 

 sachusetts, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and in the order given. 



VII. Registration in the United States. 



(1) Five volumes of the Dutch Belted Herd Book have 

 been issued. 



(2) There have been recorded 1250 animals, of which 367 

 are males and 883 females. 



LEADING CHARACTERISTICS. 



I. Popularity. 



(1) Dutch Belted cattle have not as yet come greatly into 

 favor with the many in Europe or America. 



(2) This is probably more the result of circumstances 

 connected with their origin and distribution than of any want 

 of inherent excellence. 



II. Adaptability. 



(1) Dutch Belted cattle have much the same adaptation 

 as Holsteins. 



(2) They do best in tillable areas where grazing is plenti- 

 ful and where fodders can be grown in ample supply, as, for 

 instance, in the Mississinpi basin. 



(3) While not delicate, they are not perhaps so well 

 adapted to withstand rigors of climate as some dairy breeds, 

 hence their movement in this country has been southward 

 rather than northward. 



III. Relative size. 



(1) They are somewhat less in size than tht average Hoi- 

 stein and are a little ahead of the Ayrshire and Guernsey. 



(2) The average weight of the cows has been put at 1000 

 to 1200 pounds and of the bulls at about 1800 pounds, or a 

 little more than that. 



IV. Milking qualities. 



(1) These are excellent, but their utmost capacity in milk 

 production does not appear to have been heretofore tested, as 

 in the case of the Holsteins. 



(2) The average in milk production, however, would 

 probably be very similar, as also the character of the milk and 

 the uses to which it is adapted (see Page 89). 



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