of the Vienna Exhibition, 1873. 21 



and will fetch a price of from 20/. to 22L 10s. Cows scarcely reach an average 

 weic^ht of 6^ cwt., hut will now readily fetch as much as from lijl. to 20?. 



Involuntarily one admires the beautiful and regularly formed horns of these 

 animals, upon which the Egerlauder prides himself. He also assists to develop 

 them wherever their growth is not naturally uniform. This is done by weights, 

 which are connected by cords to rollers attached to the roof of the stables; 

 these weights thus follow all the movements of the heads of the cattle. Clamps 

 are also used, by means of which the horns, after having been softened with 

 grease, are pressed either forwards, backwards, or sideways, as may be required. 



The Mdltr ( Moravimi) -Triihan Race, examples of which were 

 shown hy the Land and Forest Society of ]Mahr-Triiban, were 

 _<^ood-h)oking cattle, with somewhat Hereford-like markings, and 

 the four cows looked like good milkers. 



The fat ox, No. 621, entered as a Steijrer, or Styrian ox, was 

 grey and self-coloured, resembling the Podolian type. 



Schicarzenherg-Scheinfeld Race. — The Scheinfeld is an old 

 Franken (Bavarian) race, which has long been Ijred on Prince 

 8chwarzenberg"s estates in Bohemia, and having had much pains 

 bestowed upon it with considerable success, it has been named 

 as above. The animals exhibited were of good form, of yellow- 

 red colour without any white, creamy muzzles, and, on the whole, 

 a sweet, milking race. Over 100 guineas each was asked for 

 these cattle. Similar animals were exhibited under the name 

 of Scheinfelder, from Lower Austria. 



Vorarlberr/ Native Race. — The Agricultural Society of Vorarl- 

 berg sent four specimens of this race, which so clearly resembled 

 the Mlirzthal cattle that no stranger could detect any difference. 



Pinzgau Race. — These cattle are found in Pinzgau and 

 Salzburg. They give a smaller quantity of milk than either 

 the Miirzthal or Mariahof cattle, but of a richer quality. The 

 cattle are fine-boned and easily fattened, but are frequently 

 disfigured by a hollow l^ack and a high set-on tail. 



The race was described from several examples. Herr Josef 

 Kirchmayer, of Heitzing, near Vienna, showed a bull "just like 

 a Hei'eford," with a red spot under one eye and a spot of white 

 on the top of the shoulder — to all intents a Hereford, and with 

 the same rounded buttocks and low, long form. A cow from the 

 same herd was red, broken wdth white on the ridge of the back, 

 set-on of tail, buttocks, breast, and belly, with horns tipped with 

 l)lack and pointed. Prince Schwarzberg's Pinzgau cattle were 

 very similar to each other, and were red on the head and body, 

 loroken with white on the shoulders, chine, loins, ridge, tail, 

 head, buttocks, and belly. 



The exhibition of the Styrian Committee comprised some good 

 examples answering to the above description, some with white and 

 some with red faces, and all, as is usual in this race, had white 

 or cream-coloured muzzles. I noticed some large Pinzgau 

 oxen, and took the measurements of two of the most remarkable. 



