Col. Weld, who saw these cattle on exhibition at the New York State
Fair, held at Utica in 1879, said of them, in the November number of
the _American Agriculturist_;
"The cattle of this 'Cole-Holderness breed' are of good size
and fair form as beef animals. * * * They are deep-bodied, with
large udders and teats, with excellent escutcheons, great swollen
and tortuous milk-veins and skins as yellow as Guernsey's. The
interior of their ears was almost like orange-peel. The butter made
from their milk * * * showed admirable color and keeping qualities.
* * * Could we test the various breeds of cattle, with the view of
determining with accuracy which is the most profitable dairy cow
for all purposes--butter, cheese, veal, and ultimately beef--giving
to each its fair weight in the scale of excellence, I would not be
surprised if Mr. Cole's breed would win the distinction of being
the most useful of all."