BELGIUM. 



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on the low level lauds of these countries, beholds a landscape, broad and 

 deep, of rich green meadow, set in a frame of distant timber, each field 

 bounded by one, sometimes two, rows of tall sentinel trees which look 

 like a skirmish line, farm houses and barns with red-tile roofs, wind- 

 mills throwing their giant arms about, apparently proud of their strength, 

 while dotted over the grass, lighting up the scene with their large black 

 and white spots, as something to attract and rest the eye, are to be seen, 

 some standing, some browsing, some lying down, all quietly chewing 

 their cud, a thousand of these cattle, immense in their size, with their 

 sleek smooth coats, he says, "This is a land of richness j here are the 

 evidences of prosperity." 



SIZE AND WEIGHT OF BELGIAN CATTLE. 



I give in tabular form the size of these cattle, and I ask any breeder 

 or farmer to compare these sizes by measurement with his own cattle, 

 and see if my conclusions are not correct. 



It must not be understood that these figures represent the size, weight, 

 or price of all Belgian or Holland cattle as they might stand in a herd ; 

 neither do they represent the exceptionally large ones. They are ob- 

 tained by taking the average of the prime first-class cattle as they have 

 been exhibited at the various exhibitions in Belgium. 



The following table represents another class of cattle, those for beef or 

 milk, not the finest, choicest cattle, such as are described in the foregoing 

 table, but such first-class, prime cattle as can be bought in market every 

 day, giving the average for each item. It gives the weights, both alive 

 and dressed, the prices per pound for each, the percentage of clean beef 

 after slaughtering, and the price of each animal : 



