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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



rye-grass- (Lolium temulentum) about 10 per cent: leaving about 15 per cent, for mis- 

 cellaneous grasses a'nd weeds, and this is believed to be a fair type of the natural 

 pasture of the coast districts and less elevated lands. The upper pastures (from 250 

 meters above sea-level upwards) covering, probably, 60 per cent, of the total in the 

 province, have a smaller proportion of Leguminse than the low-lying tracts ; wild 

 clover is absent, and lucerne (Medicago saliva} takes its place; the French honey- 

 suckle is very abundant, especially on chalky hill-sides and table-lands. Amongst 

 the Graminese, the fescue grasses, wild oats, brome and the meadow grasses (Poa) 

 thrive most luxuriantly in the higher pastures, and those species undoubtedly furnish 

 a large proportion of the upland herbage. 



Statement showing the area of pasture lands in the province of Cadiz. 

 [Total area of province 7.275 kilometers.] 



* Sierra de Gibraltar, t Altitude estimated, not measured. 

 NOTE. The hectare = 2.47114 acres. 



| Cerro del Pinar. Pico del Algibe. 



Statistics of cattle of Western Andalusia. 



Size at maturity. 



Name of breed : Andalusian. 



Yield of milk : Milk is rarely collected ; quantity of dairy yield of a fair cow is esti 

 mated at 7 kilograms per day' 



Milk to pounds of Gutter : Unknown ; butter-making as a regular industry does not 

 exist. 



Milk to pounds of cheese : Unknown ; very little cheese is made. 



LIVE WEIGHT. Cow: 255 kilograms ; lull : 380 kilograms ; ox: 335 kilograms. 



Afje at maturity : Four and a half to five years. 



WEIGHT OP MEAT AT MATURITY. Ox : 225 kilograms; lull: 260 kilograms; cow: 

 170 kilograms. 



Color : Pure black and pure red cattle are the most abundant ; next common are 

 spotted black and white, then spotted red and white. 



Description : The Andalusian cattle are fairly proportioned animals, neither high 

 nor low on the leg; rather deep-chested and clear-limbed. The contour of the back 



