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340. History in America. — Dutch Belted cattle were 
first imported to America in 1838. D. H. Haight was the 
largest importer. He made his first importation in 1838, 
and a later one in 1848. His herd became scattered over 
Orange county, New York, until one will find a great 
many belted cows in every township in that county to-day. 
Robert W. Coleman also imported a large herd to place 
on his estate at Cornwall, Pennsylvania. The Dutch 
Belted cattle in America to-day are entirely descended 
from these herds. In 1840, P. T. Barnum imported a 
number of Dutch Belted cattle for show purposes, but 
shortly placed them on his farm in Orange county, New 
York. One heifer was imported in 1906 by H. W. Lance, 
of New York City, for his farm in New Jersey, but pre- 
vious to that time none were brought over for more than 
fifty years. This was due chiefly to the very great difh- 
culty in securing them and to the restriction against im- 
porting them. A number have been exported from this 
country to Canada and Mexico, and a few to Cuba. In 
1893, H. B. Richards, secretary of the Dutch Belted Cattle 
Association, sold his World’s Fair herd, numbering six- 
teen, and nine others to a son-in-law of President Diaz 
and shipped them to Mexico. Later, Richards sold twenty 
to William Van Horne, of Canada. Other exportations 
have been made. There are about fifteen hundred head 
in America at the present time. 
341. Description. — In size, these cattle rank about 
with the Ayrshires, and are also much the same in general 
conformation, being, if anything, a little larger, and hav- 
ing a little more length of leg. Cows range from 900 to 
1300 pounds in weight. Bulls often weigh 2000 pounds. 
The best types of the breed represent a highly developed 
dairy form, having thin necks, small heads, straight backs, 
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