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Show ORIGIN OF H0LSTEIN BREED Practically Same as Cattle Coming From Friesland Province In Northern Holland. The words Holstein and Holstein-Frlesian Holstein-Frlesian designate the same breed At first there. were two breed associations, associa-tions, one called the Holstein association, associa-tion, the other the Dutch-Friesian association, as-sociation, but for all practical purposes pur-poses these associations represented the same breed. Friesland 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 Friesland. Cattle coming from the province of Friesland were called Dutch-Friesians and were en- Holstein Cow. tered in the association by this name. Cattle coming from Holstein were called Holsteins. The cattle originate ed from the same source. In the year 1885 the two associations united and cattle coming from these two sections are now called Holstei-Friesian. Holstei-Friesian. The correct name for the black and whites is Holstein-Friesian, but they are sometimes improperly called Holsteins. |