Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-05
HOLLAND AND IT'S HOLSTEINs.

To understand the cattle in Holland
we must first look into some of the
conditions that exist there, writes
Chadwick Gerow in Holstein-Fdiesian
World. Of course the Province of
Friesland is the in which We RI
most interested, as that is where the
Holstein-Freisian cattle, or Fries, as
the Dutch are pleased to call them,
originated.
Friesland is one of the eleven small
provinces in the Netherlands, and is
located in the northern part, border.
ing on the North Sea.
The soil is Of rich clay quality, the.
scda4RIg- so thick and the grass SO
fine3that it feels like a cis4li0n under
the feet. They never have to plow
their pasture or moving fields, the
hay comes on year after year in over
abundance. This land is worth $500
an acre and car scarcely be bought
at that. Many times two crops are
harvested, n being gathered green,
put in a pile and covered with clay.
1t makes very good Silage.
1t has been said that il cleanliness
vas akin to goodness, the Dutch
should have the first row reserved
for them in Heaven, and indeed it is
50. When you approach the door Of
the barn, the Dutchman remove his
large wooden shoes and walks in in
his stocking feet, while you, awed by
this action, carefully wipe your feet
On a mat lying outside the door and
follow in fear and trembling. When
once inside you can readily under
$1,000 AIS- 0r1Is-,I-1.r n.y. r,-Non1nrn IL
Is as clean as your parlor. When the
COWS are in for the winter, the foo
is scrubbed on hands and knees once
each month and swept every day.
Thus it can readily be seen that
prevailing conditions point to a
steady, natural development of the
great Black and White breed. Feed
ing is thoroughly understood, the ami
mails getting a good balanced ration
during the winter, but in summer
(from May to November) the cattle
are never stabbed and consequently
are given no grain. Forced feeding
has never been emphasized, but some
excellent official y~ear-records are
made. The seven-day test is not used.
In 1897 the present system of official
testing was inaugurated and it is con-
Quoted upon the same principle as
our semi-oficial test. Once yer two
weeks a certified milk controller
weighs and takes a sample of the milk
of each COW for two consecutive milk
ings. This sample is taken to the
local cooperative creamery or butter
factory where it is tested for butter
fat-the milk is all paid for according
+ho ~or0nnfoo o of hnftnT fat In
addition the farmer gets back gratis
70 per cent, of whey and II per cent.
of buttermilk, both of which are used
advantage in raising calves.
These official records are all filed in
the secretary's Office, where, at a
glance may be seen the production of
any COW since first coming to milk
No test is conducted for longer than
$50 days, for they maintain that no
COW should remain in milk for a long
er period. The highest record COW
is Schoon Rier II, owned by R. J..
PaIsma, Lieve Frouwen Parochie. At
five years of age sh eproduced 1875
pounds of milk (913.96 pounds but
teri. Average per cent. fat 3.89, in
1913 days. At first glance this is a
very ordinary record, but when we
consider that she was only MIXED
twice a day, only given ordinary care
in winter and did not consume an
once of grain in summer, it takes on
a different aspect. What record
would such a COW as \that make if
handled by some of III experienced
testers?
They type represented by Friesan
cattle is ever a source of pride, and
tie Dutch must be complimented on
the high standard they have main
tanned.