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The distribution and adaptability of Dutch Belted cattle is com- 

 parable with the other Dutch type, bred to thrive on abundant 

 food under rather favorable conditions. However, some of the 

 more prominent herds of America have been located in Canada 

 and New England, where the winters are severe and long. No 

 doubt the more fertile lowlands of the Mississippi Valley, and espe- 

 cially the Southern states with their milder climatic conditions, 

 would prove most favorable for the development of the breed. 



FIG. 190. Dutch Belted cattle on pasture, Valley Farm, Warwick, New York. 

 From photograph, by courtesy of the American Agriculturist 



The distribution of Dutch Belted cattle has grown materially in 

 recent years, although the breed has a very small representation 

 in Holland and is but little known in America. However, they 

 have representatives in nearly every one of our American states, 

 while in some instances as many as twenty herds may be found. 

 The largest herds are in the New England States and in New York, 

 Michigan, and Indiana. These cattle have also been exported to 

 Canada, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, France, Austria, Germany, Spain, 

 Portugal, South Africa. 



The promotion of the Dutch Belted breed is supervised by the 

 Dutch Belted Cattle Association of America, organized Febru- 

 ary 4, 1886, in New York City. Volume I of the herdbook was 



