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Methods of housing : No special method used. In case of severe -weather the cattle 

 have the protection of a heavy shed. 



Feeding : Wild grass of Canipagna. Occasionally a little hay. 



Breeding : No special method used. Cows calve in autumn. 



Handling products : Cheese packed in leaves and in wicker baskets and consumed 

 at home. 



CATTLE IN PIEDMONT. 



REPORT BY VICE-CONSVL DEZETE, OF TURIN. 



Detailed description of sitch domesticated animals as have proved "by long experience to have 

 been profitable in Piedmont, Italy, with information about the topography of the country 

 and the composition of the soil. 



Piemontcse. Five years at maturity ; weight of meat, 60 per cent, of live weight; 

 color, light gray; meat, good; milk, middling; cheese, good. 



Mixed breeds. Five years at maturity ; weight of meat, 60 per cent, of live weight ; 

 color, light gray ; meat, milk, and cheese, good. 



Mountain breed. Five years at maturity ; weight of meat, 60 per cent, of live weight; 

 color, hrown, black, and white spotted ; meat, milk, and cheese, good. 



Topography. 



SOIL. Alluvial: Piedmont. Loam: Collina. Clay : Monferrato, branch of Appe- 

 nines. Sandy, $c. : Valley of Po. 



SUBSTRATUM.- limestone: The Piedmont hills in general, and those of Turin in par- 

 ticular. Sandstone : The district of Asti. Clay : Monferrato. Gravel, $c. : The valleys 

 of Po, Tauaro, Dora,&c. Granite: The mountains. Cultivated grasses : Timothy, noue', 

 clover, abundant; rye-grass, <fc., moderate. 



Methods of housing: Stabling in winter and pasturing in summer. Feeding: Hay 

 and grass alternately. Breeding : Domestic. Handling products : Meat, butter, and 

 cheese. 



The "Pianura" pure breed would thrive well in corresponding states 

 or latitudes; purchase price averages 800 francs for bulls 5 600 francs 

 for oxen ; 500 francs for cows. 



The best route for exportation is per railroad to Genoa and per 

 steamship to New York. 



The stock of cattle is steadily increasing in Piedmont on account of 

 its profitableness. The number bred by far surpasses the home do- 



