MALTA. 



Statistics of Swiss-cattle, $c. Continued. 



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HOUSING, FEEDING, AND BBEEDING IN THE GENEVA DISTRICT. 



Methods of housing. In the 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 the 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. 



JOHN WORTHINGTOK, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Malta, October 12, 1885. 



