GERMANY. 



Swine and goats in Saxony. 



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Bees in Saxony. 



SILESIAN CATTLE, 



REPORT BY CONSUL DITHMAIt, OF BEE SLAV. 

 INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY. 



In accordance with instructions contained in the circular of July 18, 

 I inclose herewith the result of investigations regarding the altitudes, 

 climate, soil, and cattle food-products of Silesia and its native and other 

 breeds of cattle, with such information as was obtainable regarding the 

 best breeds for the dairy, for work and for slaughter, the percentage 

 of the various breeds kept in the province, and the amount and mode 

 of export hence. In the absence of any printed statistics on these sub- 

 jects, and of any work describing the native cattle of Silesia and the 

 foreign breeds and crosses considered most desirable, I have been ob- 

 liged to depend upon personal inquiry, verbal and in writing, and on 

 the assistance of several gentlemen who were in position to obtain the 

 most trustworthy information on the subject of the inquiries f notably 

 Mr. A. Korte, author of a standard work on "The wool sheep," whose 

 business in the last six weeks obliged him to traverse the province 

 nearly from end to end; Professor Galle, dean of the philosophical 

 faculty of the Breslau University, who furnished the altitudes and mean 

 temperature of the country ; Dr. Neefe, director of the Breslau statis- 

 tical bureau, and Messrs Leo Sachs and Paul Puschmann. 



