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Show ORIGIN OF HOLSTEIN BREED Practically Same as Cattle Coming From Frlesland Province In Northern Holland. The words Holeteln and Holstein. Frlesla designate the same breed. At first there were two breed associations, associa-tions, one called the Holstein associa tlon, the other the Dutch-Frleslan association, as-sociation, but for all practical purposes pur-poses these associations represented the same breed. Frlesland is a province in the northern north-ern part of Holland and these northern north-ern Hollanders have kept cattle from the earliest history. Holstein is a province in northern Germany, not far from Frlesland. Cattle coming from the province of Friesland were called Dutch-Friesians and were en-i Holstein Cow. tered in the association by this name. Cattle coming from Holstein were called Holsteins. The cattle originated originat-ed from the same source. In the year 1SS5 the two associations united and cattle coming from these two sections are now called Holstein-Friesian. Holstein-Friesian. The correct name for the black and whites is Holstein-Friesian, but they are sometimes improperly called Holsteins. |