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dairy form, thin neck, small head, straight back, deep chest, high 

 and broad hips and rump, well-developed udder and milk veins, 

 mellow skin, soft hair, and a highly nervous temperament. In 

 size they are somewhat smaller than the Holstein-Friesian, being_ 

 more comparable with the Ayrshire. G. G. Gibbs, late secretary 

 of the Dutch Belted Cattle Association, states that the cows weigh 

 from 900 to 1250 pounds, while a number of bulls have exceeded 

 a ton in weight. The bull Duke of Ralph 255 when three years 







FIG. 1 88. Auten 435, one of the most prominent prize-winning Dutch Belted 

 bulls in the history of the breed. Owned by F. R. Sanders. From a photograph 



by the author 



old weighed 1200 pounds, Edward the Great I 2000 pounds, and 

 Duke of Goshen 27 also 2000 pounds. A weight of 1500 pounds 

 or more should prevail with the bulls. The cow Lady Aldine 124, 

 a well-known prize winner, weighed 1200 pounds. In color the 

 cattle are invariably black, with a white band of varying width 

 about the body, in front of the hips, rarely reaching the shoul- 

 ders. Sometimes this band narrows to even a foot in width or 

 less, and, again, other specimens have it as a wide blanket. The 

 fore part of the udder of the cow is also often white. In udder 

 conformation and development these cows are rather inferior, 



