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and Son of New York. DeKol 2d was sired by William 3d 190 

 N. H. B. and had for dam DeKol 6245 H. H. B. DeKol 2d 

 became famous first in the herd of J. B. Dutcher and then in 

 that of Henry Stevens and Son, who bought her a ten-year-old 

 cow from the former. Between 1886 and 1900 she produced 

 1 2 calves — 8 bulls and 4 heifers. Without doubt no other cow 

 of the breed ever produced so distinguished a family, and her 

 sons and grandsons have contributed in a remarkable way to the 



production of high- 

 testing progeny. In 

 fact DeKol 2d was 

 the principal medium 

 through which impor- 

 tant improvement in 

 the butter-fat content 

 of Holstein-Friesian 

 milk was secured. De- 

 Kol 2d's Paul DeKol 

 2073s, DeKol 2d's 

 Butter Boy 21366, 

 DeKol 2d's Butter 

 Boy 2d 22989, and 

 DeKol 2d's Butter 

 Boy 3d 23260 stand 

 out as four of the great 

 bulls of the breed. 

 These sons are not far removed from present-day animals of 

 note. Hengerveld DeKol 23102, sire of 116 A. R. O. daughters 

 and S3 A. R. O. sons, is a son of DeKol 2d's Butter Boy. Sir 

 Veeman Hengerveld 36158, with 84 A. R. O. daughters, is a 

 great grandson of DeKol 2d's Prince 2767, a son of DeKol 2d. 

 Paul Beet's DeKol 2223s, sire of 105 A. R. O. daughters, was a 

 grandson of DeKol 2d. DeKol Burke 22991, sire of 66 A. R. O. 

 daughters, was a son of DeKol 2d's Butter Boy. In 1918 DeKol 

 2d's Butter Boy 3d was sire of 118 A. R. O. daughters and 

 9S A. R. O. sons, among which were many of the great cows of 

 the breed. The DeKols are a large, rugged type of cattle, and 

 their blood has been widely used with other families. 



Fig. 161. Pontiac Clothilde DeKol 2d 69991, a 

 Holstein-Friesian cow ttiat in the ownership of 

 Stevens Brothers and Company of New York made 

 a world's record of 1017 pounds fat in a year. From 

 photograph by the author 



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