CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



richer in cattle and cattle products than the United Kingdom, but their 

 consumption of meat food is very limited, while the British people are 

 a meat-eating people; indeed, they may be looked upon as the only 

 meat-eating people jn Europe, for the general populations of the other 

 countries regard meat as a luxury, to be enjoyed sparingly on rare oc- 

 casions. 



The same may be generally asserted, though in a more modified de- 

 gree, in regard to the general consumption of butter and cheese. Hence, 

 while the other countries of Europe offer limited fields for the consump- 

 tion of our cattle products, fields which are, but which should not be, 

 overlooked in our efforts to supply the imperial demands of the United 

 Kingdom, we must continue to look upon the latter as our principal 

 market, and direct our best efforts toward fulfilling all the conditions 

 by which it is governed, and continue to give the British people supe- 

 rior products, at prices which will leave as little cause for dissatisfac- 

 tion and as little room for successful competition as possible. We have 

 done much to control the supply of the British market, but we have, in 

 our anxiety to reach voluminous results, neglected many details, to our 

 loss and to the advantage of those countries which have established 

 themselves in British esteem, and which command a successful trade 

 in the British market, by extreme care and attention in the preparation 

 of their products in fine, by specially catering to the tastes of the con- 

 sumers. 



Statement showing the number and value of cattle imported into the United Kingdom during 

 the year 1884, the countries whence imported, and their value per head, as compiled from 

 British official statistics. 



OXEN AND BULLS. 



COWS. 



CALVES. 



