COLOUR OF FRIESIANS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20618, 17 July 1930, Page 3

COLOUR OF FRIESIANS.

GUIDE TO BREEDING. Colour is usually the first means of detecting bad breeding in the Friesian breed. The essential colour points of a typical Friesian are that it shall be black and white, that the socks and tho switch to the tail shall bo white, and that the head shall not be all white, as in the case of Groningen and Hereford cattle. Four white legs are preferred on a Friesian beast, but (he breed requirement is met by four white socks. An animal with the colour requirements of a Friesian, as out lined, is not necessarily typical of the breed, but without possessing these characteristics of colour, an animal can not be a typical specimen of the breed. Whenever Friesian cattle are kept and hied, black hair spots on the feet are very objectionable, and in many cases constitute a disqualification. Although the breed has been developed in Holland for centuries, black spots on the feet still appear, and they are generally hold to denote an undesirable strain. Probably (ho fact that these black spots on the feet aro very prepotent, has caused so much attention to be foenssed upon this blemish, and in tho opinion of Friesian experts the world over the British Fries inn Society has dono well to debar from registration in its herd book the entries of bull calves with black spots.