470 CATTLE AND; DAIRY -FARMING. 



Another cause was the poor crops. The fatteni 11.14- ()i the oxen com- 

 mences after three to lour years. They fatten very easily ; ihe back, 

 the loins and the shanks are very lleshy. The me.it, especially of ani- 

 mals which were not used for labor, is soft, succulent, and of excellent 

 taste. Tin- weight of the meat in proportion to the live weight is (JO per 

 cent. 



The Baar cattle are much used for labor, for the Baar district consists 

 mostly ot' small farms and the fanners prefer oxen to horses for plowing 

 the fields. The bony, strong, and stout constitution, the strong back 

 and muscular legs, together with its safe gait, make the Baar cattle 

 very useful lor labor. Two oxen usually suliiee to draw a plow. 



The Baar cattle have been exported to different sections of Germany, 

 where, they have thriven well. They require less food and attendance 

 than the Swiss cuttle from the Canton Bern, from which the Baar cattle 

 descends. For instance, trials having been made to keep Baar cows in 

 the lllack Forest have had good success, while the same trials made 

 with Swiss cattle" have entirely failed. 



NUMBER OF CATTLE IN THE BAAR DISTRICT. 



The number of cattle existing in the Baar district is 21. 000 head. 

 The percentage of the live stock as to age and sex, is as follows: 



]'.;;! Is nvrr H years 



JJulls Jf.'h.s than 1 ears 



PRICES OF BAAR CATTLE. 



Tows are worth from *.">7 to -9120; pregnant cows from two to three 

 years .<;<) to slOO; oxen from three to four years, * 70 to 8lLiOj bulls, 



THE BLACK J OREST CATTLE. 



'i'he lliack Forest variety exists all over these mountains, andean be 

 called the proper original Baden cattle, except in a lew districts contig- 

 uous to Switzerland, where they have been mixed with Swiss cattle. 

 The fust impression these animals make is not a good one. They are 

 small, from .' feet ! inches to .' feet S inches in length, and .'> feet to 

 ' feel .s inches in height. The animals of the pure hreed are light 

 yellow; lace and skull white: the shape is line: the head broad, the 

 same us to t he snout : the horns are thin and not long; the back is short 

 and straight ; the Hanks arc strongly built ; the shanks are muscular, 

 but meager : the legs are vigorous, but often crooked ; their gait is light 

 character, these animals are very good-natured and 

 arc very docile. Although the cows do not require 

 (luce about -l.")0 gallons of mill; in ,>()0 days of the 

 I)." Miack Forest cattle is not as good as that of the 

 Maden. in Himmcr the oxen and cows are driven to 

 : iu winter the\ get hardly anything but chopped! 

 ht raw and ha\ to ea i . 



