376 CATTLE 



for $8000. Rag Apple Korndyke 8th 73416, that sold for 

 $25,000 at public sale, is a grandson of Pontiac Korndyke on 

 both sides. At the present day the Korndyke family is at the 

 top wave of popularity, largely due to the remarkable prepotency 

 of Pontiac Korndyke and his son King of the Pontiacs. The 

 name " Pontiac " is derived from the town of Pontiac, Michigan, 

 where for many years a large herd of superior Holstein-Friesian 

 cattle has been kept at the Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum, 

 Pontiac Korndyke being a product of that herd. 



The Netherland family was introduced to America by Smith 

 and Powell, who regard the foundation as tracing back to Hol- 

 land, to the bull Schreuder, the cow Netherland Dowager 2632 

 H. H. B. (which they imported), and Gert Met. Netherland 

 Dowager had a milk record of i7,i6o| pounds of milk in a year. 

 She was dam of Schemmel, sire of Netherland Prince 716 

 H. H. B., calved in 1880 and imported that year. His dam 

 Lady Netherland 1263 H. H. B., a great show and producing 

 cow, is really the foundation of this family. Netherland Prince 

 was an animal of uncommon beauty and one of the great sires 

 of the breed in his time. The Lakeside Model family is an 

 offshoot of the Netherland established by E. A. Powell of New 

 York, long a distinguished breeder and former part owner of 

 Netherland Prince. This branch possesses great uniformity and 

 much excellence. In discussing the establishment of this family 

 Mr. Powell pays the following tribute to Netherland Prince ^ : 



Not only did he establish a finer, more uniform, breedy class, with better 

 shaped udders and top lines, but a class of larger uniform production, as figures 

 of the Blue Book will show, viz., that of the first 99 cows of the breed to make 

 30 pounds or more butter in a week, 96 — all but three — trace their pedigrees 

 to Netherland Prince, and of the 29 cows given in the last Blue Book, 

 which have made 35 pounds or more, all but one trace to him, including all 

 above 40 pounds. 



The Netherland and DeKol families have combined to produce 

 many noted animals. 



The Pietertje family descends from Pietertje 2d 3273 H. H. B., 

 calved in 1877 and imported in 1882 by Alonzo Bradley of 

 Massachusetts. Pietertje 2d was a remarkable cow and had a 



1 From a pamphlet descriptive of this family, published about 1916. 

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