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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



THE BEST MEANS OF INCREASING THE EXPORTS OF AMERICAN DAIRY 



PRODUCE 



is to send the best articles properly packed, quickly and carefully con- 

 veyed, and they will then not only command the highest price in this 

 market but the demand "will also increase. 



WILLAED B. WELLS, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Dundee, February 24, 1884. 



Special statistics concerning the products of the several "breeds of cattle in Scotland. 



Name of breed. 



Annual 

 average 

 pound 8 

 of milk. 



Milk to 

 1 pound 



of 

 butter. 



Milk to 

 1 pound 



of 

 cheese. 



Live weight. 



Cow. Bull. Ox. 



Age at 

 maturity. 



Weight 

 of meat 



at 

 maturity. 



Color. 



Improved Polled 

 Angus. 



Angu 

 Shortho 



rns 



Ayrshire 



West Highland... 

 Polled Galloway.. 



4,000 

 4,200 



6,000 

 2,500 

 2,500 



Lbs. 

 24 



25J 

 24 



Lbs. 

 10 



Lbs. 

 1, 200 



1,300 



850 



900 



1,000 



Lbs. 

 1,750 



1,875 



1,250 

 1,350 

 1,500 



Lbs. 

 1,500 



1,600 



1,050 

 1, 150 

 1,300 



Trs. 



Lbs. 

 1,100 



1,150 



630 



850 

 900 



Black. 



Bed, white, 

 roan, and 

 bnmn. 



Various. 

 Do. 



Black. 



Name of breed. 



Description. 



How long bred 

 puie. 



Origin of breed. 



Improved Polled Angus Long, low, deep, wide, even, 



and cylindrical and pleas- 

 ing to the eye. 



Shorthorns . 



Ayrshire 



West Highland.. 

 Polled Galloway. 



80 year s. 



Formed same as Polled 

 Angus, only larger. 



(See description of A yrshires 



in report.) 

 Shaggy-haired, level and 



square made. 

 do 



do. 



From time im- 

 memorial. 

 ...do... 



30 years 



Hugh Watson first im- 

 prover. His coadjutors 

 were Wn] ker, Ferguson, 

 and Bowie. 



Charles and Robert Col- 

 ling, Mr. Booth, and Mr. 

 Bates. 



Not known. 



Native cattle of Scotland. 



Eov. J. Gillespie, Monser- 

 wakl, first impiover. 



Name of breed. 



Improved Polled Angus . . . 



Shorthorns 



Ayrshire 



West Highland 



Polled Galloway 



Methods of housing. 



Housed in Novem- 

 ber, December, 

 January, F e b - 

 ruary : March, and 

 April. Pastured 

 during remaining 

 months. 



Housed similar to 

 the Polled Angus. 



Housed longer than 

 other breeds. 



Seldom ho used. 



-...do 



Feeding. 



Pasture g-p.tss in 

 summer, turnips 

 and straw in 

 winter; occa- 

 sionally oil- cake 

 added. 



Grass, hay, tiir- 

 nips, and oi 1- 

 cake. 



Grass, hay, tur- 

 nips, aiid oil- 

 cake: much 

 cooked food in 

 the shape of 

 bran, beaus, and 

 meal. 



Grass in the sum- 

 mer; occasion- 

 ally straw and 

 turnips in win- 

 ter. 



...do, 



Breeding. Hamffi^ptod. 



From 36 to 24 

 months. 



....do 



...do 



From 2$ to 

 3 years. 



...do 



Two men at $250 

 each per year 

 are required 

 for a herd num- 

 bering 120. 



Do. 



$7.50 per head 

 per annum. 



$2.50 per head 

 per annum. 



Do. 



