:28 Report upon the Afjricultural Features 



Altliougli only of the middle height, the KuhUind cattle must, nevertheless, 

 be classed with the heaviei- races. The live weight of a cow may be taken at 

 from 6 to 10 cwts. The average production of milk may be put at from 

 11 to 3 gallons per cow per diem, or even more. The average milking period 

 may be taken at from 200 to 250 days, and cows are not rare which give in 

 that time over 600 gallons of milk. 



According to the last agricultural census, in the year 1872, the "circuits" 

 of Neutitschein, Fulnek, and Freiburg, of the Kuhland district, possessed 

 26,000 head of cattle, mostly belonging to the Kuhland breed ; this number 

 being distributed over an area of not quite 4 square miles gives 1 head of 

 'Cattle to about 3 acres of agricultural land. The easy feeding qualities, the 

 quick development of the body in the calves, their symmetrical form with 

 broad and strong hind-quarters, their cheerful temperament without vice, their 

 specially good milking qualities, both as regards quantity and quality, and, 

 .finally, their constant capacity for transmission of their own qualities, are the 

 best guarantees of the distinguished value of the animals of this race for breeding 

 purposes. 



In connection with this breed I must notice the collection 

 of cattle exhibited by the Neutitschein and Fulnek peasants Ironi 

 Moravia. Eight peasants contributed each one animal of the 

 Kuhland race to the exhibition. The animals were described 

 as especially suitable for small holders of land, on account of 

 their being useful in all three capacities of milk, flesh, and 

 work. 



The spirited sugar manufacturing company, under the presi- 

 dency of Baron Klein, to which I shall have to refer several 

 times in the course of this report, exhibited four cross-bred 

 animals from Keltschan, in Aloravia, the result of allying Short- 

 horns and Kuhland cattle. One of these, a four-year-old cow, 

 had every appearance of being a good milker, and the rest were 

 handsome-looking cows, resembling very much their Shorthorn 

 sire. Cheap flesh, high milking powers, and the greatest 

 economy in food are the excellent objects sought for in making 

 this cross. Josefine Biirnreither, of Schloss Linz, Lubenz, in 

 Bohemia, also entered two yearlings bred between Shorthorns 

 and Kuhland. 



Frihurg Race. — These cattle are allied to the Bernese breed. 

 The only example exhibited was in the German section, and 

 was a black spotted animal resembling the black variety of 

 the Bernese race. A place is awarded it here, since it seems 

 best to consider all the imported Swiss races under the Austrian 

 .section. 



SitnmentJial ^ac^.— This race was fairly represented in the 

 German, Austrian, and Hungarian sections. We first meet with 

 it in the German exhibits, and find it to be a characteristic, well- 

 xlefined race. Mathias Bichl, of Miesbach, Bavaria, showed a 

 fine bull and cow. Both had white faces and yellow bodies 

 'broken with white. Twelve more specimens from Baden, all 

 resembled in colours those first noticed. Returning to the 

 Austrian section we must pause at Count Rudolf Enzenberg's 



