CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 



I Historical Holland, a Cow's Paradise, 9 



II Ancestry of the Breed System of Dairying Asa Race Stock 



Earliest American Importations. ...... 14 



III Prof. Roberts' Observations J. H. Klippart's Description, . 18 

 IV Holland Dutch Farm Houses and Stables Methods of Hand- 

 lingHay Making Stabling in Holland, .... 22 



V How Breed was Developed Spread of the Breed in Europe, . 31 

 VI Milk Quantity Yielded Prof. Hengerveld Prof. Stewart- 

 King of Wirtemberg's Records Klippart's Reports of Rec- 

 ords Average Yield in Holland, 37 



VII The Breed in America Records at Shadeland Some Remark- 

 able Instances Piertertje 2d, etc. Largest Yearly Records 



Actual Results, 41 



VIII Quality of Milk Microscopic Appearance Butter Exports 

 from Holland Comparison with Other Breeds Cheese Pro- 

 duction Analyses of Milk J. Van der Breggen's Statistics, . 51 



IX Acclimation Flexibility, 59 



X As a Butter Breed Friesland's Production American Experi- 

 ences : Wells, Dudley, Yeomans, Wales, Smiths & Powell 

 Co., Powell Bros., M. E. Moore, Butcher, W. S. Morse, Gillett 

 & Son Clothilde 2d Parthenea's Record Natsey Smiths 

 & Powell's Heifers Pauline Paul Iowa Station Smiths & 



Powell, 61 



XI Dairy Yields Grade Holsteins, 78 



XII Michigan Agricultural College, 84 



XIII In Public Competition, 89 



XIV Tests at Experiment Stations, 115 



XV Holstein-Friesian Advanced Registry, ...... 121 



XVI Scale of Points of the Holstein-Friesian Association, . . 130 



XVII Value of Holstein-Friesian Cattle for Beef and Veal, . .135 



XVIII As a General Purpose Cattle, 153 



XIX Feeding for Butter Fat and Milk, 159 



XX Feeding, 163 



XXI Balanced Rations, for Calf, for Milk and Growing Weanlings 

 and Yearlings For Heifers For Cows Due in the Spring 

 For Milk, Butter and Development For Large Cows, . . 169 

 XXII Families of the Breed : Aaggie, Netherland, Clothilde, Artis, 



Aegis, Johanna, Wayne, Mutual Friend, Pauline Paul, . . 178 



XXIII Care of the Cow at Calving, 197 



XXIV Rearing of Calves for the Dairy, . . . ... . .205 



XXV The Selection of a Sire, 223 



XXVI Preparing for the Show Ring 231 



XXVII Some American Breeders, illustrated with 27 Portraits, . . 241 

 XXVIII-Milk and Butter Records, 305 



