Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-11

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care of their COWS, for no doubt much Of
their success has been due to their superior
race of cattle.
In the year 1864 there was estimated to
have been exported from Holland 32,NO,oOO
lbs. of butter and 81, 900, 900 lbs. of cheese,
and that there were 943,2l6 COWS in the
country.
In 1920 it was estimated that the number
of COWS in the United States was ll,2OO,OOO
of which 900. 900 We're in the State OF New
York yet there was exported from this
country only 100000 Tbs. Of butter and A.
OOO. 900 Tbs. of cheese. Ofcourse the amount
consumed is immensely greaterin this coun-
try than in Holland, yet it is Of interest to
us to see the immense difference between
the amount consumed and the total number
of cows in the two countries.
The Holsteins were first introduced into
this country in 1925 by the West India Com
pany. The Dutch, of course, brought some
of their cattle with them in their early set
Elements in New York. Then we know of
no other importation until nearly two cen
turtles later.
In 1910 William Jarvis imported two COWS
and a bull and placed them on his farm in
Vermont. In 1926 Herman de Roy import
ed some and kept them on a farm near New
York City, and also introduced them into
the western part of the State, in the Genes
see valley. There is no doubt that both of
these importations improved the cattle in
the localities where they were introduced
very much, but not being kept pure they
were soon mingled with the native cattle.
The present Holstein cattle in the United
States, or at least those called thoroughbred,
have mostly descended from importations
by w. w. Chenery, Belmont, Mass. He
first imported a fine COW in 1852, which
pleased him so much that in 1857 he import
ed a bull and two more wv Two years
later he imported four more. These, with
their progeny, he kept until 1860, when. in
consequence of too close confinement in
warm stables, a disease broke out among
them. The people being in mortal fear Of
the rinderpest, they were all destroyed, eX-
cept one bull calf, by a law of the State leg
%islature. But Mr.. Chenery was not discour-
aged, and the next year he imported bull
and four COWS. They arrived in good con-
dition, and were the first successful intro
duction of Holsteins in this country. The
animals imported were the finest that could
be found in north Holland, and they have
given evidence of being good beef animals,
growing rapidly and maturing early. AL
though as a breed the are very old, yet, not
having been bred in-and-in, like most of u
pure breeds, they are inclined to be rather
coarse. No doubt this can be remedied by
proper breeding, and the animals made more
compact and smooth.
Milk from these animals has in some in
stances produced % per cent. of cream,
which can be eXcelled for richness by no
breed except the Jersey. The milk seems
especially adapted for cheese making, as it
IS exceedingly rich in c%aseine, the basis of
cheese. In 1922, Mr.. Chenery, who was the
largest importer of Holsteins, by authority
OF the American Association of Bruen in
thoroughbred Holstein cattle, published the
first volume of a mere book.
SdtLC Il llOIbI I1OlIduu anu l1OISLel0
are considered thoroughbred and can be re-
corded in the herd book, and also those that
can trace purely to those that have been so
imported. These cattle have been called by
various names, one of the principal of which
has been Dutch cattle. In ortlor to estab-
llsh some name that might be universally
recognized and to avoid much confusion,