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white band of varying width about the body, in front of the hips, 

 rarely reaching the shoulders. Sometimes this band narrows to 

 even a foot in width or less, and again other specimens have it as 

 a wide blanket. The fore part of the udder of the cow is also often 

 white. In udder conformation and development these cows are 

 rather inferior, the size being comparatively small, the fore udder 

 abbreviated, and the teats placed too closely together. 



The dairy importance of Dutch Belted cattle is its principal 

 value, aside from the ornamental. There is but little on record 

 concerning the merits of the breed as a whole, although external 

 indications would not justify high praise. Alvord states that the 

 cow Lady Aldine 1 24 produced as high as 3 2 quarts of milk a day 

 on grass alone. Lady Baird 82 was credited with a similar pri- 

 vate record in 1 893 at the World's Columbian Exposition. J. A. 

 Holbert of New York reports a herd of from 25 to 30 cows and 

 heifers averaging per year from 8305 to 9018 pounds of milk for 

 the herd. The only test of this breed which has been reported to 

 the public was in the Pan-American Model Dairy test in 1901, 

 in which ten breeds participated. In this trial the five Dutch 

 Belted cows made the following record in 120 days : 



This record is not especially complimentary to the breed. 



The Dutch Belted as beef producers can hardly be regarded as 

 superior to the dairy breeds, and no doubt will not compare 

 favorably with the Holstein-Friesian. They lack the size of the 

 latter and do not show the tendency to produce flesh so charac- 

 teristic of some Holstein-Friesians. Owing to the comparative 

 scarcity of the Dutch Belted, one finds almost no steers of the 

 breed on the market. 



The general adaptability of the Dutch Belted is quite com- 

 parable with the Dutch type, bred to thrive on abundant food 

 under rather favorable conditions. One of the best-known herds 

 in America is kept in New Hampshire, in a rough, mountainous 

 section where the winters are severe and long. The fertile 



