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milk, on an average for 203 cows in milk, exclusive of 13 tlrj 

 cows. 



Dutch, Bernese, and crossed cows at Casamir were receiving — 

 1 1 lb. oil-cake, 



14- lb. mixed Indian corn and barley-meal, 

 li lb. bran, 



44 to 50 lbs. green food, 

 cind were giving 6 quarts per day per milking cow. 



Pinzgau cows at Zinkendorf were giving an average of 8^' 

 quarts per day on ten head, and a good Pinzgau cow was said 

 to yield 10 to 11 quarts per day throughout the year except three 

 or four weeks when dry. They were receiving oj lbs. of tail 

 barley-flour mixed with wheat and barley-chaff, and 5 or 6 lbs. of 

 hay with sugar-beet pulp. I also heard of one Swiss cow at Zin- 

 kendorf that gave 17 to 20 quarts per day for a short time. 



At Bellye I found 64 Dutch cows giving an average of 8 quarts 

 per day. Some cows had yielded (June 28th) 17 quarts in the 

 ■day, others 4 to 6 quarts. The crossed Shorthorns and Dutch 

 cows on the same dav had in no instance exceeded 8^ to 9 quarts, 

 and were said to be worse milkers than the pure Dutch. As a 

 set-off, they require less food in the proportion of 6 to 4. 



All the cows are fed from a mixture which is composed of oil- 

 cake, bean-meal, millet, and bran, mixed and ground together, 

 -and from the resulting heap, food is. supplied to each cow-stable. 



The Dutch cows consume from 7^ to 10 lbs. of this mixture, 

 and 60 lbs. of green fodder ; the half-l^red Shorthorns and Dutch 

 only consume 5 lljs. of the mixture and 100 lbs., or even 120 lbs., 

 of green food. 



Peoductive Power of the Soil. 



Limited space obliges me to confine myself to a tabular 

 statement regarding this important point. The preceding Table 

 {I., pp. 360, 361) is constructed from answers made to a printed 

 schedule of questions left at every estate visited. An idea has 

 already been given of the crops usually grown in Hungary, 

 which will, with the help of a few more statistics, be rendered 

 more distinct. It will be noticed that upon some of the richest 

 land, such as that at Tarnok, Wittendorf, Tot-Megyer, and Mezo- 

 hegyes, the produce is far below what the soil is capable of 

 growing. 



Head of Live Stock. — Details as to the number of cattle, 

 sheep, and horses are given in the case of several large estates. 

 The accompanying Table (II.) further illustrates this point, 

 and also shows the large proportion of arable land which 

 generally exists in Hungary. The figures relating to the area 

 under cultivation, wood, reeds, pasture, 6<,c., as well as those 

 relating to the live stock maintained were all contributed by the 



