MALTA. 

 Statistics of Swiss -cattle, <fc. Continued. 



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HOUSING, FEEDING, AND BREEDING IN THE GENEVA DISTRICT. 



Methods of housing. In tho plains cattle are stabled the whole year. In the mount- 

 ains they are pastured in summer; fed on hay and aftermath in winter. 



Feeding. Natural fodder (hay, aftermath, grass). In winter in plains artificial 

 fodder is added, bran, flour, distillery-refuse, malt, &c. 



Breeding. Bulls are used from tho age of one and a half years. Cows bear the first 

 calf when two or three years old. 



SOIL, SUBSTRATUM, AND GRASSES. . 



Soil. Interminable variety. In Jura, calcareous. In the Alps, granitic. In plains, 

 alluvial and diluvial ; all varieties mingled. 



Substratum. Similar composition to preceding. 



Cultivated grasses. Natural grasses of very great variety in mountain pastures. In 

 the plains cultivated grasses, timothy, clover, rye-grass, lucerne, esparcette, &c. 



CATTLE IN MALTA. 



No cattle are raised in Malta. The cattle that reach here for con- 

 sumption are brought from Barbary, Tunis, and other neighboring coun- 

 tries. They are mainly classed as bullocks, are brought here alive, their 

 fattening completed, and slaughtered as needed by consumers. 



JOHK WOKTHINGTON, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



October 12, 1885. 



