172 AMERICAN CATTLE. 



We give an accurate portrait of one of the cows, taken by 

 our artist in February, 1867. She stands the model of a perfect 

 milker, with all the mammary veins and udder glands in the 

 highest state of development. 



Plate 26. Holstein Cow. 



We are gratified that this valuable importation has been 

 made by its public spirited owner, for the benefit of our cattle 

 and dairy interests, and trust that their merits will spread far 

 and wide, beyond the limited territory where they have in such 

 brief time, been so thoroughly tested. The grade heifers, by 

 the Holstein bull, on other cows of different breeds, are said to 

 inherit much of the good milking qualities of the Dutch blood. 



AS A BEEF ANIMAL, 



Their merits have been, as yet, but partially tried in the half- 

 breds, or grades from the Holstein buU, on the natives, or other 

 cows of different breeds. So far, however, they are claimed to 



