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person fully understanding the subject, as it doubtless will, it can be 

 made available to better advantage. 



As I could not be anyways sure, however, to what extent and at 

 what time Mr. Amersfoord would serve me, I considered it necessary 

 to apply in still other quarters for the indispensable data and statis- 

 tics. 



With this object in view I went to Wageningen, there to confer with 

 Jongkindt Coning, esq., the director of the state agricultural school, 

 and, also, to Beverwyk, to meet G-. J. Hengevald, esq., who for a great 

 many years was a teacher in the Government veterinary school, at 

 Utrecht, and who is the author of one of the best and latest published 

 works in this country on " Cattle, its different sorts, breeds, and im- 

 provement." 



Mr. Coning being seriously ill at time of my visit kindly sent for one 

 of his assistants for me to confer with, and with him, as in the case of 

 Mr. Amersfoord, I left copies of the forms and memoranda, after re- 

 ceiving his assurance that he would fill out the forms for me should he 

 find it practicable to do so, and give me any other information that he 

 could. 



The result of my visit to Mr. Hengeveld was substantially the same. 



After waiting about six weeks I received from the parties mentioned 

 certain data and statistics. The forms, however, they did not fill out. 



The assistant director of the state agricultural school, in writing to 

 me, explains his reasons for returning the forms in blank, in substance, 

 about as follows : 



Matters relating to the live-stock interests of the Netherlands are of too vital im- 

 to portance permit of answering such radical and interesting questions as are indi- 

 cated or involved in or by most of the headings of the forms desired to be filled out 

 otherwise than in the most correct way. 



"With the data at present on hand for this purpose it would be impossible to do this. 

 In such manner as, with great difficulty, he could now answer those questions, he 

 would not want to be responsible for their correctness. 



Ho would not say, however, that it was impossible to fill up the lists so as to con- 

 vey perfectly authentic and trustworthy information, but to do so would require pre- 

 vious investigation and research for at least two years, and cause a large expendi- 

 ture. 



NAMES AND DISTRIBUTION OP CATTLE BREEDS IN HOLLAND. 



In now proceeding to answer the questions contained in the memo- 

 randum accompanying the cattle circular of July 18, 1883, 1 'begin by 

 giving a statement showing the several breeds of cattle in this country, 

 and where located, and in giving their names confine myself to the 

 designations given them by the assistant director of the state agricult- 

 ural school, from whom I obtained my information on this point, as 

 follows : 



Groninger breed. This breed is found principally in the province of 

 that name, and, also, in considerable quantities in Northern and South- 

 ern Holland. 



Frisian or Friesland breed. Outside of the province of Friesland this 

 breed of cat&e exists in large numbers in the province of Drenthe, where 

 the conditions for raising it are said to be particularly favorable. 



Holland or Rollandisli breed. This breed is found in a pure state in 

 the environs of "De Beemster" and "De Purmer," being appellations 

 for certain districts in the province of North Holland, formerly embrac- 

 ing the long-since drained lakes so named. It is supposed here that 

 the Shorthorns of England descend from this breed. 



