280 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
Land Company is reported as having sent a few animals 
to Cazenovia, New York, in 1795. William Jarvis im- 
ported a bull and two cows in 1810, for his farm at 
Weathersfield, Vermont. Another importation into New 
York State was made in 1825. The first importer, how- 
ever, to establish and maintain a pure-bred herd, was 
Winthrop W. Chenery, of Belmont, Massachusetts. He 
made importations in the years 1852-7-9, and 1861. 
Until 1871, these cattle were almost universally known in 
this country as Dutch, although as early as 1864 the 
United States Department of Agriculture had recognized 
them as Holstein cattle. In that year (1871), the Asso- 
ciation of Breeders of Thoroughbred Holstein Cattle was 
organized with Mr. Chenery at its head. This gross error 
in the renaming of a well-known breed was regarded by 
the Dutch breeders as a great injustice to them. They 
protested vigorously, and finally, unable to secure justice 
directly, in 1873, assisted Thomas E. Whiting, of Massa- 
chusetts, to select and purchase a herd of their cattle, 
pledging him to establish in America a herd-book which 
should maintain the correct name of the breed. This herd 
finally came into the hands of the Unadilla Valley Breeders’ 
Association, who, with other owners, organized in 1879 
the Dutch-Friesian Cattle Breeders’ Association of 
America. A sharp controversy ensued, which was finally 
brought to a close in 1885, through the union of the con- 
tending bodies in the present Holstein-Friesian Associa- 
tion of America. 
The significant history of this breed in America centers 
almost entirely about the establishment and maintenance 
of a system of advanced registration. The advanced 
registry system was originated by Solomon Hoxie, while 
secretary of the Dutch-Friesian Association. The neces- 
