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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



Cheese. The dairy is developed mostly in Suabia and Neuburg, next in Allgan, 

 where they make round cheeses like the Swiss in form, and in Upper BaVaria. In the 

 last-mentioned places the milk is worked into butter and Limburger cheese. In the 

 remaining part of Bavaria the dairy is not much developed, as they keep the cattle 

 for purposes of breeding and fattening. 



CATTLE IN TEE DUCHY OF BRUNSWICK 



REPORT BY CONSUL FOX. 



In compliance with Department circular of July 18, received October 

 3, 1883, 1 have the honor to transmit herewith a report on the various 

 breeds of cattle maintained in the Duchy of Brunswick. I hope to be 

 able to make a supplementary report in regard to the subject at an early 

 day.* 



There are at present four representative breeds of cattle in the Duchy 

 of Brunswick, viz, Holland, Oldenburg, Harz, and the common kind, 

 so-called "Landviehrasse"; the two latter have their origin in the 

 duchy. The Harz cattle, which were introduced some fifty years since, 

 taking their name from the Harz Mountains, where they were first 

 reared, and the common breed, which have existed from, time imme- 

 morial, are crossed with the imported Holland and Oldenburg animals, 

 the ofispring resembling the latter to a great extent. The importation 

 of the offspring into the United States could hardly be recommended, 

 as the original breeds would most naturally have the preference. The 

 Harz animal, on the other hand, has proven to be a most suitable one 

 for the raw climate of the Harz Mountains, and attempts to cross them 

 with other breeds in order to obtain better individual qualities have 

 always resulted in failure, so that now the greatest care is observed to 

 breed them as pure as possible. Wherever an intense system of agri- 

 culture is maintained, especially in those parts of the duchy devoted to 

 the culture of the sugar-beet, and where food is plenty, the Holland 

 and Oldenburg breeds are to be found, they having been either imported 

 directly, bred from imported animals, or are the result of crossing. The 



* " Harz cattle for export to the United States " immediately follows this report. 



