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meadows of the Mississippi Valley, however, will provide more 

 favorable conditions for the best development of the breed. 



Dutch Belted cross-breds or grades inherit the striking char- 

 acteristics of the pure-bred sire. Says one breeder : 



Crossed on cattle of any solid color they almost invariably produce the 

 belt, though if the dam be a Devon the calf may be red at the ends ; or if 

 the dam is a Shorthorn, the calf may be red or roan. But the belt of the 

 pure white is there, nevertheless. 



An interesting example of this intensity of Dutch Belted pre- 

 potency took place in the herd of the Ohio State University. 

 A cow of this breed, to the service of a pure-bred Jersey bull, 

 dropped a cross-bred calf, with a white blanket about the body, 

 quite similar to that of the dam, excepting for one small black 

 spot on the white covering. 



The distribution of Dutch Belted cattle is very restricted. They 

 occur in only a small way in Holland and in the United States, 

 Canada, and Mexico. The largest herds are found in New 

 York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and 

 Mississippi, but there are other herds even as far as California. 



The promotion of the Dutch Belted breed is supervised by the 

 Dutch Belted Cattle Association of America, organized Feb- 

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

 was published the same year, containing the registration of 46 

 males and 177 females, mainly owned in New York, with others 

 scattered throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, 

 Illinois, and South Carolina. The last volume of the herdbook, 

 numbered VII, was published in 1903. 



