Johnsons
Claim Two
Of Four
Dairy
Showman
ship Classes
HARRISBURG (Dauphir
Co.) Sisters Terri and Kell
Johnson each placed first in theii
respective showmanship class ir
the dairy show at the 85th Penn
sylvania Farm Show. The tw<
youth are Guernsey breeders
from Rutter Brothers Farm, near
York.
This is the second year that
Kelly has placed first in her
showmanship class. Following
Kelly was Joe Arnold, Mechan
icsburg, and Jesse Kline, Way
nesboro.
In Class 11, Terri Johnson,
York, York County, was first,
Amanda Stanton, Everett, Bed
ford County, was second, and
Nathan Phillips, Mechanicsburg,
Cumberland County, was third.
In Class 111, Charran Foster,
Petersburg, Huntington County,
was first, Melissa Wolfe, North
umberland, Northumberland
County, was second, and Andy
Stoner, Waynesboro, Franklin
County, was third.
In Class IV, Jason Mowry,
Roaring Springs, Bedford Coun
ty, was first, Susan Richardson,
Fawn Grove, York County, was
second, and Erica Lloyd, Potts
town, Chester County, was third.
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Dutch Belt Cattle Contribute To BueLingo Breed
BARNESVILLE, Ohio The
curlicue hom shape of a Texas
Longhorn cow and the polka dot
ted pattern of an Appaloosa
horse create a unique calling
card. Even more extreme but less
known is the big white belt encir
cling the midsection of every
BueLingo cow.
This Dutch beef breed can
have black, red, gray or grid
coats, yet each one has a com
plete hill circle white belt that
wraps totally around the midsec
tion. Normally, no other white
markings are visible.
The BueLingo Cattle Society,
formed in 1989, is the official
registry for this eye catching crit
ter. Although few are aware of
this relatively young composite
breed, its sketchily recorded his
tory is truly ancient in origin.
Dutch Belted cattle originated
in Holland prior to the 17th cen
tury. Historic documentation in
dicates Dutch nobility pursued
development of these special cat
tle for hundreds of years. Select
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RIGIDPLY...
breed guidelines of performance,
conformation, milk quality, mini
mal grain consumption, and the
striking full circle belt were all
essential.
Generations of royalty worked
for hundreds of years to produce
belted cattle, rabbits, goats, poul
try and swine. As a result of
these genetic challenges there
were creations of Dutch Belted
Rabbits, Dutch Belted Goats,
Dutch Belted Dairy Cattle, Lake
nvelder poultry of England and
America, Lanche Swine of Hol
land, and Hampshire hogs of
America. Hampshire swine are
said to have originated in Hamp
shire, England, but the earlier
historic connection easily traces
beyond England to a Nether
lands birth.
Dutch Swine, fowl and rabbits
came early to America but the
first recorded importation of
Dutch Belted cattle was made in
1838 by the U.S. consul of Hol
land, D.H. Haight. In 1840, mas
ter showman P.T. Barnum im
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ported a specimen breeding
group to the United States. They
were selected from a premier
herd developed by one of the
Dutch royal families.
Bamum agreed that the cattle
would be used exclusively for his
world-famous circus exhibitions.
Bamum billed the belted cattle
as “a rare and aristocratic
breed.” So fascinated was he by
his acquisition that Bamum con
tinued to raise belted import cat
tle on his farm in Orange Coun
ty, New York the rest of his life.
Thanks to Bamum’s enthusi
asm for these cattle, their proge
ny were sold and exported to
Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil,
Canada, England and file Ha
waiian Islands. Due to the cost of
importing, only a few ever set
foot on U.S. shores again.
During World War 11, the
unique appearance of the origi
nal Dutch herds took a beck seat
to hunger. Nearly all were butch
ered during German invasions.
Hundreds of years of breeding
were lost and only a few pure
Dutch Belts survived the war.
Only the earlier U.S. importation
preserved the purest family of
cattle. This military tragedy lost
for posterity hundreds of years of
selective Dutch genetics.
A few U.S. dairies specialized
in Dutch Belted herds. A second
tragedy struck the breed when
the three major American herds
were destroyed in the infamous
dairy buyout of the 1980 s. By
1985, only a few pure Dutch Belt
cattle remained in North Ameri
ca.
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North Dakota rancher Russell
Bueling and a handful of other
adventurous ranchers began ex
perimenting with crossing the
Dutch Belted dairy genetics with
prominent Angus bloodlines. In
the mid 19705, Russ Danielson, a
North Dakota State University
animal scientist, began perform
ance testing the results. The ad
ditional mdk provided by the
Dutch blood brought calf-to-cow
weaning weights an impressive
step forward.
At this point, the BueLingo
breed was born. The word “Bue-
Lingo” was derived from the
Bueling name and he became the
first president of the BueLingo
Cattle Society (BCS). Today the
BCS has over 100 members and
has registered over 3,000 animals
as breeding stock.
The BueLingo is an open
breed, meaning offspring from
other breeds can be interbred for
specific superior attributes as
long as the belt is perpetuated.
DCCI utilized the foundation
BueLingo bloodlines and selec
tively blended them with proven
superior performance genetics.
Prominent bloodlines of Limou-
sin, Angus and Salers were com
mingled resulting in a huge for
ward leap.
By allowing outside blood in
the BueLingo breed, Darol Dick
inson, general manager at DCCI,
said and means “we can intro
duce the greatest performance
blood in the world to make sure
BueLingo are superior in every
quality. We can utilize the very
best of any great breed, a tremen
dous advantage.”
At birth, BueLingo calves av
erage under 75 pounds. Adult
cows are moderate in size, 1,100
to 1,200 pounds, and the adult
sires are 1,900 - 2,100 pounds.
How to figure herd size? Dick
inson, never at a loss for quips,
advised, “When inventorying
BueLingo, either count the white
spots or else count the dark sec
tions and divide by two. If the
numbers don’t come out the
same, do a recount.”