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by the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agricult- 

 ure, and from that cross some of the best dairy-stock of this 

 vicinity have descended. 



Dutch stock and crosses from it are destined to take hisfh 

 rank as dairy-cows. My own stock for the past fifteen years 

 have been largely crossed with the Dutch, and have }Droved 

 very satisfactory as dairy-stock. The breed is an acquisition, 

 and the gentlemen who imported it deserve for their public 

 spirit and liberality the thanks of the entire farming com- 

 munity. 



The following is a statement of J. G. Hengeveld, of Utrecht, 

 author of the great work on European cattle, and intimately 

 acquainted with the dairj^-stock of North Holland : — 



Utrecht, November 8, 1872. 



Sir : — After reading over the letter I had the honor of 

 addressing you on the 20th ult., and in which I communi- 

 cated to you my opinion concerning the "Holstein Herd- 

 book," it appears to me that I have not been explicit enough 

 in furnishing you with evidence sufiiciently obvious to subvert 

 the assumption or error of the "Association of Breeders of 

 Thoroughbred Holstein Cattle," which association has given 

 to the cattle imported into Massachusetts //'om North Holland, 

 the name of Holstein cattle. For this reason, I now take 

 the liberty of giving you a somewhat more detailed statement, 

 based upon historical grounds, in order that the injured name 

 of our excellent cattle may be retrieved in the United States, 

 and the real name, that of Dutch cattle, which belongs to our 

 breed, be given it. For this purpose, I beg to adduce the 

 following : — 



The testimony advan(;ed b}^ the "herd-book" to show the 

 priority of the appellation "Holstein," rests on a quotation 

 from the splendid work of the naturalist Low, of the foUow- 

 uig import, in speaking of the origin of the "Shorthorns" in 

 England : " Cattle were frequently brought from the opposite 

 continent and mingled with the native varieties. They were 

 chiefly imported from Holland, the cows of which country 

 were most celebrated of all others in the north of Europe for 

 the abundance of their milk and the uses of the dairy. * * The 



