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near New York City. A later importation was made to Delaware. 

 Honorable W. W. Chenery of Belmont, Massachusetts, imported 

 one cow in 185 i, and in 1857 and 1859 tw0 more, which were 

 destroyed by the government, owing to pleuro-pneumonia ; but 



Fig. 115. Sarcastic Lad 23971, grand-champion Holstein-Friesian bull at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, and sire of a number of daughters 

 in the Holstein-Friesian advanced registry. Owned by Illinois University. 

 Photograph by the author 



in 1 86 1 he made another importation which became a perma- 

 nent herd. In 1867 Gerrit S. Miller of Peterboro, New York, 

 secured cattle from Holland. Beginning with the early seven- 

 ties, cattle were imported in considerable numbers from Holland 

 until near the close of the nineteenth century, when the trade 

 materially declined. 



The characteristics of the Holstein-Friesian are distinct and 

 peculiar to the breed. In general appearance animals of the breed 

 are large, often have great udders and milk veins, are black and 

 white in color, and show remarkable milk-producing capacity. 

 The head is usually lean, tends to be somewhat long with straight 

 nose and dark mottled or flesh-colored muzzle, is wide between 

 the eyes, and carries a white horn usually black tipped. The 



