. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 3S6 CATTLE cheese. It has been assumed that these cattle are descended from the prehistoric Giant Ox (Bos taurus primigenius). Early writings refer to Dutch cattle as being large, more or less white in color, and great milk producers. Tacitus, the Roman writer, states that in the year a. d. 28, Drusus, the father of Germanicus, imposed a tax of hides of oxen upon the Friesians, which hides should come up to a certain standard. Tacitus, says Storer,i implies that this was a difficult matter and very burdensome to the Friesians, but the passage clea
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. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 3S6 CATTLE cheese. It has been assumed that these cattle are descended from the prehistoric Giant Ox (Bos taurus primigenius). Early writings refer to Dutch cattle as being large, more or less white in color, and great milk producers. Tacitus, the Roman writer, states that in the year a. d. 28, Drusus, the father of Germanicus, imposed a tax of hides of oxen upon the Friesians, which hides should come up to a certain standard. Tacitus, says Storer, i implies that this was a difficult matter and very burdensome to the Friesians, but the passage clearly shows that the cattle of Friesland were then of great size. During the course of time there have undoubtedly been considerable changes inthecattleof Holland. Different authorities bring this out. These changes were due to crossing varieties or breeds and to great epidemics. Storer com- ments on the fact that in the numerous paint- ings of cattle in the Dutch and Belgian art galleries, made by such noted artists as Paul Potter, Rubens, Cuyp, Teniers, Vandevelde, and others, " the Dutch cow of from 200 to 300 years since was totally different, both in color and form, from what she is now." The author has been much interested in examining many of these paintings in European galleries and can indorse the state- ment by Storer that black cattle are rare, black and white are still more rare, mouse-colored ones are not uncommon, neither are white ones with red ears ; reds of different shades, with some white, are quite common, while the familiar red body and white face of the Hereford is not uncommon. The picture of Paul Potter's bull (see page 253) at The Hague brings out strikingly these color features. In the early part of the nineteenth century 1 Reverend John Storer, Wild White Cattle of Great Britain (n. d.), p. 33. Digitized by Microsoft®. Ftc;. 151. Dutch farmhouse with stable on the right. Photographed near Leeuwarden by the author. Please note that these image