| Summary: | This article follows the way of the Dutch cow through continental Portugal and to identify the phases it crossed, since the 18.th century, when it was brought in here, until near nowadays. During a long initial period, about which little has been discovered, that kind of cow was placed in Lisbon and neighbourhoods, to supply the town market. After this first phase it came the spreading through the rural territory, without a significant enlargement of the milk market that allowed the cow to be diverted from its milky function. Therefore, the cow has been forced to work and to compete, in mixed functions, with the native breeds. Only during the second half of the 20.th century – it’s the third phase – the enlargement of the milk market, helped by other favourable conditions for the producers, finally allowed the cow to find its genuine calling.
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