THE UNITED KINGDOM. 207 



Substratum : According to locality, granite, clay, and red gravel. Cultivated grasses : 

 Tiiuoihy aud lucerne in small quantities, about one-third to two-thirds clover, rye- 

 grass. 



Methods of housing. "Well appointed and warm stables with good straw litter in 

 winter. In summer they are left in the iields except in bad weather. 



1 ceding. From spring to autumn they are tethered in the fields to rye-grass and 

 clover; in winter they are fed on hay, turnips, mangel-wurzel, and parsnips. 



Handling products. The milk is kept in clean dairies, and uhurumg is done twice 

 *a week; no cheese is made when cows are in full milk ; they are milked three times 

 daily. 



CATTLE IN CORNWALL. 



EEPORT BY OONSVL FOX, OF PLYMOUTH. 



In answer to Department circular, I beg to state that I employed 

 special agents, who were considered most likely to be able to procure in- 

 formation as to breeding cattle, but regret to add that, except in two 

 instances,- they have been altogether unsuccessful in their efforts. 

 They report that there exists, on the part of farmers generally in this 

 district, either a reluctance to afford information on the subject, or a 

 want of sufficient data to enable them to give the desired particulars 

 with such accuracy as would make them desirable. 



I inclose form, which contains particulars obtained from a large 

 breeder, and copy of a letter from a large farmer, who replied to the 

 application made to him, not in the form attached to the circular, but 

 by general remarks, in the form of a letter. 



HOWAED FOX, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Plymouth, July 25, 1884. 



SPECIAL STATISTICS CONCERNING CATTLE 'IN CORNWALL. 

 [Supplied by Mr. T. Hoaken, of Loggens, Hoyle, Cornwall.] 



Breed: Shorthorn. 



Milk: Keeps no account of milk, cattle being reared for breeding purposes, and 

 usually sold at two years old. Dairymen pay attention to milking qualities in breeding. 



Live weight : At maturity: cow, 12cwt.; bull, 26 cwt. 



Topography: Altitude: 200 feet above the level of the sea. Temperature: mean, 

 00.5; summer, 5G.2; winter, 41. Soil: Top soil a sandy loam. 



Substratum : Sandstone, marl, and clay, with spar. Dexter granite and clay shite. 



Cultivated grasses : Timothy, red and white clover, rye, and cocksfoot. 



Housing : Store cattle in open boxes ; turned out every day for exercise except in 

 vero wrather. Feeding cattle, in close houses well ventilated. 



Feeding : Fed on roots, hay, chaff, and a little meal. 



Mr. Joel JSow^ farmer, to Mr. Cock. 

 (Inclosuro in Coiisul Fox's report.] 



GARB LAMORRAN, November 20, 1883. 



I have been looking over the paper (tabulated form) you sent me, and I am very 

 sorry that I am not able to fill it up, as I would take a good bit of trouble for Mr. Fox. 



I have no idea as to the amount of milk a cow would give in a year. It would de- 

 pend on the breed and the size of the cow. Jersey or Guernsey would be the richest 



