430 



have been imported from various parts of the world. Those brought from Japan 

 have proved to be the best, while the varieties received from Wallachia were 

 the poorest. 



FARM STOCK OF SWITZERLAND. 



The United States consul at Basle, in Switzerland, A. L. Wolff, esq., seeing 

 110 statement concerning the stock of Switzerland in the estimates of the farm 

 stock of European states, published in a recent number of these reports, sends 

 the following exhibit of such property in the only republican state of Europe, as 

 reported by the statistical bureau of that country April 21, 1866. 



The totals, representing 205,400,000 francs, are as follows : 



Francs. 



Horses and mules 105,663, estimated at 26, 400, 000 



Cattle 991,722, estimated at 158,700,000 



Sheep 445,514, estimated at 0, 700,000 



Swine 306,062, estimated at 9, 100, 000 



Godts ■ 276,020, estimated at 4, 500, 000 



The following table is an exhibit of farm stock of the several cantons : 



CautoDs. 



Zurich 



Berne 



Luzerne 



Uri 



Schwyz 



Obwalden 



Nidwalden 



Glarus 



Zuc: 



Frieburg 



Soleure 



Basle City 



Basle Laud 



Scbaffhausen 



Appenzell, O. Rb 

 Appeuzell, I. Rb. 



St. Gallen 



Graubuudeu 



Aargau 



Thuvgau 



Tessiu 



Waadt 



Wallis 



Neueuburg 



Geueve., 



Total 



Horses. 



4, 



29, 

 4, 



5, 

 3, 

 3, 

 3, 

 1, 

 17, 

 2, 

 2, 

 2, 



779 

 212 

 838 

 426 

 267 

 433 

 168 

 378 

 515 

 076 

 962 

 120 

 940 

 316 

 768 

 262 

 525 

 119 

 728 

 152 

 067 

 086 

 204 

 371 

 652 



100, 364 



Mules. 



137 



175 



15 



2 



3 



2 



29 



36 



12 



5 



876 



359 



3,164 



107 



349 



5, 304 



Cattle. 



70,199 



195, 466 



6.5,198 



11,088 



23, 102 



8,988 



6,026 



9, 208 



7,226 



60, 088 



28,315 



1,644 



14, 042 



8,901 



14,963 



6,748 



69, 520 



81,8(i0 



62,948 



34, 662 



45, 1.33 



77,533 



61,811 



19, 099 



7, 9.54 



991,722 



Swine. 



23, 335 



61,717 



35, 690 



1.531 



3,978 



2,881 



1,547 



3, 088 



2, 227 



21,650 



&, 326 



710 



3,776 



5,096 



2, 643 



2,446 



12,454 



18,236 



19, 565 



6,660 



11,902 



38, 577 



9, 619 



3,.5l0 



1,898 



304, 062 



Sheep. 



2,110 



104, 189 



15, 359 



12,866 



11,495 



3,906 



1,206 



3, 090 



735 



23, 463 



6, 673 



27fi 



5,816 



176 



1,087 



919 



18,408 



86, 751 



3,377 



2,697 



26,165 



49, 086 



60, 087 



4,666 



911 



445,514 



Goats. 



16,472 



75, 886 



15, 461 



13,133 



8,928 



5,334 



1,434 



6,399 



552 



11,294 



9, 176 



167 



3,680 



.3, 166 



3, 034 



4, 825. 

 21,064 

 46, 212 

 11,390 



6, .569 



63,616 



15,827 



28, 424 



2,812 



1,165 



276, 020 



The consul says : " The rinderpest was brought into Switzerland by a cattle 

 dealer coming from Brezentz, in Austria, who crossed the frontier of Switzer- 

 land with his herd of cattle, which he had purchased in the market of Vienna. 

 Of this herd only three animals were forwarded to Coire, enough to spread the 

 pest in six stables with twenty-two cattle. In the same way it was brought to 

 Tablet, near St. Gall. As soon us the authorities had received information, the 



