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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



EXPOE,TS. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Marseilles, February 5, 1885. 



J. S. MARTIN, JR., 



Vice- Consul. 



CATTLE EAISING IN THE SOUTHWEST OF FRANCE.* 



EEPOET BY CONSUL ROOSEVELT, OF BORDEAUX. 



In the departments of France forming the consular district of Bor- 

 deaux there are five principal breeds of cattle, viz, the Garonnais, 

 Bazadais, Bordelais, Landais, and Limousin. 



ORIGIN OF THE BREEDS. 



Garonnais. Native of the country through which the Garonne River 

 flows ; the most abundant breed of the Southwest of France ; has always 

 been known in the country, and has not been crossed. 



Bazadais. Issued from the Pyrenean breed and imported, at the be- 

 ginning of the sixteenth century, into the environs of the town of Bazas ; 

 has a great resemblance to the Garonnais, and has never been crossed ; 

 is considered one of the oldest breeds of France. 



Bordelais. A cross-breed of Brittany and Dutch ; was imported into 

 the locality at a remote period ; is preserved from degeneration by the 

 constant renewal of the blood. 



Landais. Issued from the Pyrenean breed, and raised only in the 

 department of the landes (moorlands) ; has undergone the changes nat- 

 urally due to the difference of climate and soil, and has become adapted 

 to the country, where, under the local influences, it has almost become 

 a new breed ; has not been crossed. 



Limousin. Raised especially in the environs of the town of Limoges; 

 seems original to the country ; has not been crossed. 







DESCRIPTIONS AND GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



Description of the Garonnais. Buff color, sometimes darker about the 

 head, hoof, and tail; bull, 5 feet 4 inches; cow, 5 feet tall, without being 



* NOTE BY CONSUL ROOSEVELT. This report is compiled from information derived 

 from the municipal veterinary surgeon in charge of the slaughter-house of the city 

 of Bordeaux, M. Marcel Courregelongne, one of the most eminent cattle-breeders of 

 this department, and also secretary of the Society of Agriculture of the Gironde ; from 

 the manager of the General Milk Company of Bordeaux, the municipal records, the 

 newspapers of this locality, and from the most reliable authors. 



