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DUTCH BELTED 



obtained. These were kept largely in Xew York State, and 

 from these have descended a good portion of the animals now 

 in America of that breed. In 1S40 P. T. Bammn secured a 

 number of Dutch Belted cattle for show purposes but soon 

 retired them to his farm in Orange County, Xew York. Within 

 a comparatively few years several importers have introduced the 

 animals to Canada, Mexico, and Cuba, as well as having brought 

 a few more into the United States. At present, though more 



Fia. 48.— Champion Dutch Belted bull, Knox Em All, No. 646. (Owned by E. J. Kirby, 

 Covert, Mich.) 



numerous in the east, representative herds may be found in vari- 

 ous places in the south and a few on the Pacific Coast. There are 

 now about 500 breeders of Dutch Belted cattle in the 

 United States. 



Body Characteristics. — Although related to the Holstein the 

 Dutch Belted breed falls far short of attaining to the same size. 

 Mature cows weigh about 800 to 1000 pounds, and the bulls from 

 1500 to 1800 pounds. Their color is invariably jet black with a 

 white band about their middle. No white is tolerated in the field 



