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keeping of these animals is dependent more upon economical than upon 

 natural circumstances, and as my colleagues in the various districts 

 will have given more perfect information in regard to them than I pos- 

 sibly can glean here, I have omitted them in filling out the forms sent 

 by the Department. With good housing and feeding the Holland and 

 Oldenburg cattle prosper as well here, and the yield both for dairy and 

 butcher is as abundant, as in the lauds of their nativity. I beg to in- 

 close tables showing the number of cattle in Brunswick, as well as other 

 statistics in regard to them taken from the official report of the Ducal 

 Brunswick Bureau of Statistics for the year 1883. The percentage of 

 the several breeds, as well as the percentage bred for dairy and for 

 butcher is not to be obtained, since the animals are rarely reared for 

 the butcher exclusively, but the cows and oxen are used first for several 

 years for dairy and labor, respectively, before they 'are fattened for con- 

 sumption. The stock is not sufficient to supply the demand ; numbers 

 of steers and pregnant heifers are annually imported from Holland and 

 Oldenburg. For the beet-sugar industry a large number of Bavarian 

 draft oxen are imported and a smaller number of Breitenberger and 

 Glauer. Shorthorns are also imported and crossed to some extent, in 

 order to increase the meat product. Swiss cattle are to be found only 

 in small numbers. There is no export worth mentioning except to the 

 neighboring Prussian province of Hanover and of fattened animals to 

 the larger cities. In Hanover the Brunswick cattle are crossed with the 

 local cattle in order to obtain draft animals. 



WILLIAMS C. FOX, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Brunswick, December 4, 1883. 



BETJNSWICK CATTLE STATISTICS. 



Comparative statement showing the number of cattle in the Duchy of Brunswick in the 

 years 187 3-'83, with increase and decrease, respectively. 



[From official census taken January 10, 1883.] 



H. Ex. 51 31 



