BREEDS OF CATTLE 



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many Jerseys were recorded as in the preceding ten years. 

 Although the totals look large it should be taken into ac- 

 count that the number of registrations for each breed in- 

 cludes all since the herdbook was established. Probably 

 not over one-third of the total -registered are now living. 

 In proportion to the total number of dairy cattle in use in 

 the United States the number registered is very small, prob- 

 ably less than one in fifty. Table 5 gives the number of 

 eacii breed registered, also a comparison of the numbers 

 rec< >rded in the last ten years and in the previous ten years. 



TABLE 5. NUMBERS OF ANIMALS REGISTERED 



20. Holstein-Friesian. This well-known breed of cattle 

 originated in Holland and is especially well developed in 

 the province of Friesland. It is not native, as the name 

 Holstein would indicate, to the duchy of Holstein, which is 

 a province of North Germany. Some of the first cattle of 

 this breed imported to America were incorrectly called 

 Holstein, and a breed association was organized under this 

 name. Later another was started called the Dutch-Friesian. 

 These two were combined in 1885 under the name Holstein- 

 Friesian, which is the official name of the breed in this coun- 

 try. It is now generally called Holstein in America, 

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