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CATTLE AND DAIRY PABMING. 



Inclosurea in Consul- General Merritt'a report. 



1. Notes on French Stock. 



2. Report of last French Show, by K. 



Jackson. 



3. Holt Beeber on Shorthorns. 



4. The Cattle of Great Britain. (Illus- 



trated.) 



5. History of Argus Cattle. 



6. Farmer's Hand-Book. 



7. Return from Samuel Beck. 



8. Return from Mr. R. Stratton. 



9. Return from J. B. Lawes. 



10. Return from T. H. Risdon. . 



11. Return from J. and F. Howard. 



12. Return from Alfred Taylor. 



13. Return from T. Duckhum. 



14. Return from W. C. Morland. 



15. Return from J. Treadwell. 



16. Return from North Devon. 



17. Giving names of prize breeders. 



18. Catalogue of Mr. Aylmer's stock. 



19. Notes from Buckinghamshire. 



20. Return from Colonel Kingscote. 



21. Table of milk record. 



22. Report on dairy trials. 



23. Table of weights. 



24. Number of selected portraits. 



[Such portions of the above-mentioned inclosures as are not incorporated in the 

 consul-general's report, and are otherwise of practical value to American agricultur- 

 ists, will be found in the supplement.] 



CATTLE BREEDS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.* - 



The great importance of the information called for to a vast number 

 of people and of interests in the United States led me to seek out an 

 authority of undoubted experience and ability in England, to furnish 

 the desired data in behalf of American agriculturists and others. I 

 adopted this plan for the reason that 7 in order to make it specially use- 

 ful, the report should be full and reliable in every respect. 



As a matter of course I could not be able to equal an adept in this 

 particular line of investigation, for the reason that the subject is one 

 covering such a wide field and one beset with so many difficulties that 

 only one having an extensive acquaintance with English breeders and 

 breeds of cattle could do the subject justice. 



I was most fortunate in securing the services of Mr. James Long, of 

 Hetchin, England, a well-known authority on agricultural subjects both 

 in England and on the continent, who has prepared the accompany- 

 ing clear, strong, and exhaustive report. 



It will be found that great care and attention have been given to this 

 report, and that its impartiality and fairness are beyond question. 

 Where so many interested dealers in and breeders of cattle have to be 

 consulted, it is important that the facts about such breeds should be 

 stated by one who is perfectly free from bias in any respect. This has 

 been done in this report, and I submit the same with full confidence 

 that Mr. Long's acquaintance with our agricultural interests, through 

 this valuable mass of information, will lead to a desire on thepartof our 

 agriculturists to followup the results of his future investigations as they 

 may hereafter be given to the public. 



ALBEET D. SHAW, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 

 Manchester, February 19, 188d. 



* This report was prepared for Consul Shaw, of Manchester, by Mr. James Long, of 

 Hetchin, England. 



