318 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING 



Kilograms. 



1866 12,556,300 



1872 19,271,600 



1877 17,799,000 



1878 .--.: 19,579,900 



1879 ,. - 21,017,400 



1880 .1 '. 21,718,900 



1881 '. 24,039,700 



1882 26,025,700 



To every condensed-milk factory, butter and cheese factory, should 

 be attached or connected pig-sties, as the waste milk is large. This 

 waste at some factories I have visited is sold at 1 centime per quart or 

 liter. 



PERCENTAGE OF CATTLE BREEDS IN SWITZERLAND. 



The total number of cattle in Switzerland is reckoned at 1,100,000 

 head. 



Out of this number three-fifths are said to be of the Spotted breed 

 and two-fifths of the Brown. In my consular district the Brown 

 Schwytzer stands at about 95 per cent, and the Spotted breed at about 

 5 per cent. 



The total number of milch cows is estimated to be about 552,427 

 head. 



If these cows averaged 10 quarts per Say, the daily yield would be 

 5,524,270 quarts, or 1,657,281,000 quarts in the year, counting 300 milk- 

 ing days. 



Mr. Charles Kuhn, of Degersheim, has had the kindness to furnish me 

 with a copy of his dairy book for the last year, which gives a very good 

 insight as to the mode of conducting dairies here, and is herewith in- 

 closed, marked A. 



SWISS CATTLE IN THE UNITED STATES. 



From the general observations made during my residence in Switzer- 

 land, I am convinced that the Brown Schwytzer is a very desirable ani- 

 mal to import to the United States, and would do better with proper 

 handling there than here. 



In searching for information on this point I applied to Col. G. 

 Biirgi, of Arth, in the canton of Schwytz, a very large pure-blooded 

 breeder and exporter, and he informs me that the first shipment of the 

 Brown Schwytzer breed to the United States was made in the month 

 of September, J 869, from his stables. Quoting his words, he says: 



I sold to Mr. Henry M. Clark, of Belmont, Mass., 7 heifers and 1 bull, first quality. 

 Soon after their arrival in the United States they were resold to Mr. D. G. Ahi- 

 rich, of Worcester, Mass., and Mr. David Hall, of Providence, E. I. To judge from 

 the result, it appears the herd fell into the right hands, for Mr. Aldrich must bo a 

 practical man in breeding blooded animals and believes in seeing that the line is kept, 

 pure. The very excellent quality of these animals, in milk, flesh,. form, color, and 

 working qualities, were so marked that they soon became known, and the result was 

 that a number of intelligent farmers formed themselves into a society for importing 

 and raising these pure-blooded animals, and a herd-book was begun. I am informed 

 that from this 8 head imported in 1869 the number had increased in 1881 to 169 head. 

 Without going further into details about this first shipment, what other remarks 1 

 may make on this subject are based on the reports of this society, as made public 

 (Metcalf, publisher, Worcester, Mass.), referring to the Brown Schwytzer race. This 

 very interesting publication contains the statutes of the society, gives the pedigree, 

 name, and line of breed, and from whence originally imported. &c. I observe that 

 the climate, grass, feeding, &c., in the United States agree with tho imported ani- 

 mal amazingly, and that the change of soil and handling is entirely to their good j 



