iJL'JJ CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



offspring superior to the production here can only be known upon trial, 

 but their superiority is so largely due to the excellence of the Swiss 

 grasses that it may be doubted. The result suggested might very likely 

 be realized in the later generations, after the breed had been thoroughly 

 acclimated. It is certainly not worth while to import any of the small 

 mountain breeds, such as are found around the Gothard, in the cantons 

 of Tessin, the Orisons, the Valais, and Uri, as the very peculiar condi- 

 tions of soil and climate under which they thrive at home could hardly 

 be found east of the Eocky Mountains, if there, and they would not 

 bear so long a journey well. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF SWISS CATTLE. 



The original of all the Swiss breeds is perhaps the race found in the 

 primitive cantons. Two races are generally spoken of, the Spotted and 

 the Brown, of even color, which again are subdivided into varieties 

 according to origin, habitat, color, &c. I have added in a table all the 

 details available of four breeds which have been selected as the fittest 

 for domestication in the United States. It is to be said of them all that 

 they have reached their excellence through the abundance and richness 

 of the food-supply, and careful breeding and management, which have 

 been carried to great perfection in the regions where they are found 

 the cantons of Bern, Zug, Lucerne, Schw^tz, &c. 



The foregoing information is drawn principally from a report made 

 to me by Mr. K. Schatzmann, director of the Station Laitiere Suisse, 

 at Lausanne, the author of several publications and probably the most 

 competent authority in my district on the subject. The annexed table 

 is entirely filled up by Mr. Schatzmann. 



LYELL T. ADAMS, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Geneva, November 21, 1884. 



Statistics of Swiss cattle suitable for introduction into the United States. 



[Size in aentimeters at maturity.] 



