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HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN 



ARISTOCRACY" is a word that may be fittingly applied to the Holstein- 

 Friesian breed of pure-bred cattle in comparison to any of the richly- 

 pedigreed, splendidly-producing individuals of kindred breeds. No other 

 breed has a genealogy running back to so remote a period, or a pre- 

 potency extending so widely in its influence and reaching down so unerringly 

 through the ages to the present. The valuable characteristics of the foundation 

 stock of most of our various breeds of cattle can be traced to the mingling of 

 the Holstein blood. No other breed has so many distinguished individuals 

 and remarkable performances recorded upon the pages of its history, and none 

 has so nearly fulfilled the apparent purpose of its creation in excellence of service 

 to the needs of the universe. 



ORIGIN 



In quoting from the "Blue Book' of the "Holstein-Friesian Aristocracy," 

 it is interesting to note what the author has to say relative to the origin of this 

 breed of cattle: 



"Holstein-Friesian history, as far as known, begins 300 years before Christ, 

 on the shores of the North Sea, where these cattle were owned by the Friesian people, 

 and where, 200 years later, a German tribe from Hesse, settling near the Friesians, are 

 believed to have mingled the blood of their black cattle with that of the white herds 

 of their neighbors. From this time down to the present, the record of the dairy 

 achievements of these black-and-white cattle in Holland — where during all these 

 years they have been conservatively bred in the same strain and reared with devoted 

 care — has been a wonderful one; with items of enormous productions of milk, butter 

 and cheese and of heavy meat-cattle. The Hollanders have been, for generations, 

 specialists in dairy cattle; their aim being to produce as much milk and beef as pos- 

 sible from the same animal. This dual purpose characteristic is notable in the breed 

 today. Large producers of milk and butter, they also make the best of veal and 

 beef." 



Anyone at all famiHar with live stock matters knows that the foregoing 

 is the merest outline of the marvelous story of the greatest of Holstein breeds. 

 Statistics, statements of proven facts, incidents and experiences of varied in- 

 terests and importance, might be added to this meager sketch almost indefinitely, 



