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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 

 STATISTICS OF VARIOUS BREEDS. 



Statements respecting their herds which I have obtained from several 

 stock-breeders have enabled me to compile the following tables : 



Statistics alt out n y results of a five-years' trial of Frisian, Schlcsii'iy, and Silesian cattle 



on a stock-farm in Saxony. 



ScLleswi COYTS. 



Frisian cows. 



Yield calculated to j Yield calculated to 



Aver- ri'Milt from 1 ! Aver- result from 1 



Silesian COWH. 



Yield as calculata:! 

 Aver- tori suit from 1 



Year. a^o an- cwt. of hay or its ai;i- an- cwt. of hay or its i aj;e :m- cwt. of hav or its 



j irial equivalent. | nual I equivalent. nual | equivalent. 



vitM of yield ofi yieidofl 



Statistics compiled from examination of various specimens of caltle from several farms in 



C; pounds ..f i-ln , so. 



1 ini :. r -. ;;j. :;7 inclios. 



tsiilt of competitive trial of coa^ of various l-vcd* on l!,c model farm of a landcdpro- 



iriclor in JJolaU'in. 



Xanic of br< ( d. 



>. 'I/!;;' Avoraco Avorn^- 



t , 1 V " M '" r<hl - v 

 lllu 



Q.tnr's. . (hnirtt. ! Quarts. 



Average yield. 



Highest. | Lowest. 



:: Olil:nlmrc (from lircitc -nlicr") 



4 nlrlrnlmr-H (fi..m 'I'ond.-in) 



:: Avr-hin; 



4 Dutch 



:i Swiss (from Sinimenthal) 11,010] .'?, (i.-i) 



:i Lavaiian (from Uayicuth) j 11, 721 I :!, ( J08 H . 



14,200 :,r,-iO : I'i I 0,142 



Quarts. 



' 



1,415 

 2, 502 



PRUSSIAN PRIZE CATTLE. 



I am unable to ive the number of ditterent, breeds of cattle in Ger- 

 many, or even in Prussia, or the percentage of cattle belonging to each 

 breed. 



