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have yet to learn of a single State where they have not 

 proved a success. This is certainly a remarkable result, and 

 speaks vohimes for the general utility of the breed. 



In the foregoing it is clearly shown that the Holstein has 

 been noted for its excellence in the dairy and as a beef 

 animal daring many centuries. 



It was no experhnent for Americans to bring these cattle 

 to this country and place them in their dairies ; success was 

 assured from the fact that the small country of Holland, 

 in the year 1864, possessed about 900,000 milch coavs, and 

 during that year exported 32,000,000 pounds of butter and 

 61,000,000 pounds of cheese. The population of New York 

 was about the same as that of Holland ; the whole number 

 of cattle of all sorts in that State in 1870 was about 700,000. 

 The whole amount of butter exported from the United States 

 from June, 1869, to June, 1870, was 2,039,488 pounds, and 

 of cheese 47,296,323 pounds. There were undoubtedly as 

 many milch cows in the United States as there were in Hol- 

 land, and it is certain the Hollanders eat two or three times 

 as much cheese, per capita, as the Americans do, and still 

 Holland exported 43,664,189 pounds of butter and cheese 

 more than we did. This result could not have been attained 

 except for the pre-eminent fitness of Holland cows for the 

 dairy. 



During the past thirty years there has been more attention 

 given to making careful experiments in feeding cattle for 

 milk, butter, cheese and beef, than ever before, and by re- 

 ferring to the records of these tests and trials we are able to 

 compare with considerable accuracy the merits, not only of 

 individual animals, but of families and breeds. The first 

 annual milk record made by a Holstein in this country was 

 that of " Dowager " (7, H. H. B.), viz., 12,681^ pounds; 

 this was sixteen years ago, and at that time was the largest 

 annual record published of any cow, of any breed. Two or 

 three years later "Crown Princess" (6, H. H. B.) gave 

 14,027 pounds in one year; then came " Maid of Twish " 

 (1, D. F. H. B.), with a record of 15,969f pounds, followed 

 by "Lady Clifden " (159, H. H. B.), with a record of 

 16,275 pounds. Soon after this "Aaggie" (901, H. H. 

 B.) surprised the world with a record of 18,004 pounds 



