426 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



CATTLE IN SAXONY. 



I have thi 1 homu lo icply to circular issued from the Department of 



State -I ifi.N IS. 1*^0. 



The importance of the subject I immediately comprehended, and set 

 to work 10 furnish all the information I could obtain, and hence the ap- 

 paient delay in responding. 



] found the ^reatest dilliculty ill procuring 1 the desired information, 

 especially that which would enable me to complete the tables or blanks 

 furnished by ;he Department. At last 1 applied to the statistical bu- 

 reau of Saxony lor what information they could furnish me, to report to 

 the Derailment, of State. T-hey replied in the following communication: 



[Translation.] 



Th<' respectfully- under.- .Igned board of manage rs deeply regret being unable- fully 

 to an-=wt r tin- ouestious contained in thoeircuh>r issued by the Department of State, 

 V>~a-hiuutoi!. <>u tin.' l~th of .July last, as inquiries ivlativi' to the tliii'iision of the vu- 

 rioii.-. breeds <:f futile ami ihe feeundity of the offspring to he met with throughout 

 the country have, ii}) to this time, not been inst ituved. J.y means of the researches 

 made i:i the year l^.-MJ concerning tin- amount of hulls kept throughout ihe country, 

 some valnahle information ha. 1 - 1 , hov/cvcr. hern gained with reijard to the h re eels of 

 hulls used for hreediiie; jturposes. As one is, at any rate, aide to draw conclusions, 

 from the hulls in exigence, to the cut or tendency of the hreedinir. the undersigned 

 hoard of managers have the honor {' suhmittin^ to tl:e rcnsulate the resul'.s of tho 

 investi^aiiou under consideration in one of the snpph !.'ie:;ts ; in addition to which 

 we heLT to M'hjoin to 1lie j circular, whicli we do hereby return, a variety of jottings 

 appertaining to ihe aieas used for farming ]>ur})o>-(\s, the live weight, and Ihe Gelling 

 value jf the heusts, together with the re-nils of the latesr censi;< of animals. 



'i!;e Kingdom of .Saxony does not only import vast quantities of cattle to he hutcli- 

 ered for the market, hut also introduces numhers of Oldeuhurg and Dutch cows, giv- 

 ing fresh milk, cr jrreal \\i\h young, which, subsequently to hei;:g milktMl until they 

 cease TO yield any more, are, slaughtered, or, like imported heifers, used for hreeding 

 purpe<: .-. On); Voigtiand draft oxen and fattened ones, (>r such as are undergoing 

 a course of feeding, are exported in rather large <;r.;;n f ities. The Voigtiand cattle, 

 whii 'i fornt* rly \vei-e in v<.-ry hrisk demand, not only on account of the uncommon 

 rich lie? of tin Ii milk, hut nl.--o Uy reasoii of their he ing strikingly adapted to lie stall- 

 fed, and, in partieuiar. o\viri'.; to th-'ir servicoahleness as L'eastn "!' 'H> ) are less fre- 

 quonlly used lor hreeding purposes than they formerly \\ere. The extension of this 

 breed \\hiih is l]je rjp.ly one !iidi;:en<tus to 1 his country, is hut very I riiiing, since it 

 is not to he me! \vith i:!;ywhei'e < xce]it in the vicinity oi 1'iauen, Oelsnitx, and Aucr- 

 haeh. consequenl iy, . ; ;; an ana of 1 1,',1,-J? lieetaro. The stock c.i' jjure Voigtiand heasts 

 ]jad formerl\ i>een di i;ini.-hed hy ex|>ortation. whicli was cari'ied to iuunoderate 

 leri'^t h^. '1 h'- efforts mrdo l;v husbandmen and farmers of late to supply t h markets 

 wit ii a^ miK-ii mill: as ]\<^ sihlf has more and moi'e di.slod-.-d or suppdanled Miigtland 

 cows. The Yei<.M h,ui 1 cattle, a reddish bro\vn or hay-colored i-reed. of small build or 

 Mature, have v.hite horns v.ith black tips, ami tails wiih white CIM'.S oi-pulnts. 



Ace.ompanyin^ the jibove communication were a set of tables embody- 

 ing Jill Ihr infnrijiuti/;]) obtainable irom their cattle census oiMSSo. 



While they do not conform slrietly to the requirements of the blank 

 tables fuini.hed bylhe Department, J have tiioi:;^ht ii advisable and 

 best to copy and transmit them in the form received from the statisti- 

 cal bureau. The labor was ^i'eat, and the courtesy corresponding, by 

 the statistical bureau, which I duly acknowledged in aj)pro])riate terms, 

 and [)roiiii>(-d i-eciprocal (ourlesicsat any t ime by t his consulate, or any 

 Department of t lie (lovcrnment of the ("nited Stales, when desired. 



The courtesy, not ojily in this insianee, but ai all times, and by all 

 departments of the Saxon Government, has always been complete and 

 satisfactory, and it ;;ives jne ^reat pleasure- to assure the. Department 

 of it. 



JOS. T. MAKOJN", 



UNI'M;I. STATES CO.N^TL/.TI:, Consul. 



7>/v;.v(/c-;i, Xorcwhcr 1^0, 18S5. 



