482 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



PRICES AND WEIGHT OF BRUNSWICK CATTLE. 



TABLE B. Statement showing Belling price and live weight of cattle in the Duchy of Brunt- 

 wick. 



[From official census taken January 10, 1883.] 

 TOTAL SELLING PRICE. 



Description : Ago at maturity, two and a half years ; weight of meat at maturity, 

 350 to 400 pounds, unfattened ; single colors, light reddish, brown, chestnut-brown 

 to brown-black. Head comparatively broad and short. Horns not particularly fine ; 

 are turned back. Rump and tail epiphysis slightly high. Udder small. Legs short 

 and fine-boned, small and very compact hoofs. They have been bred pure since 

 1830. The origin of breed was a cross of the local animals with those of Tyrol, and 

 are splended draft animals. The meat is of middling quality j milk fat and cheese 

 good. 



Topography: Altitude, 300 to 500 meter; mean temperature, 4.85 to 5 C. ; sum- 

 mer, 11.56 to 12 ; winter, 1.51 to 0.5. Soil transition from loam and clay to sand. 



Substratum : Ancient crystalline stone, graywacke, slate, and chalk, with mixture 

 of diorite and porphyry. 



Cultivated grasses: Red clover, Trifolium pratensc, often mixed with timothy 

 (Phleum),of late with Arthyllis vulneraria. 



HARZ CATTLE FOE EXPORT TO THE UNITED STATES. 



SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT BY CONSUL FOX, OF BRUNSWICK. 



Supplementary to my previous report on the subject, I beg to say 

 that the best Harz cattle to import into the United States for breeding 

 purposes would appear to be young animals, yearling bulls and heifers, 

 and from three to four years old cows. The president of the Brunswick 

 Central Agricultural Association, to whom I am indebted for informa- 

 tion upon the subject, advises that in the event of the purchase of such 

 animals being determined upon, the parties interested address Mr. Kreis- 

 thierarzt Trolldenier, in Blankenburg, on the Harz. This gentleman is 

 a member of the official commission charged with the selection of breed- 

 ing animals for the duchy. 



The price of the cattle will be about as follows : 



Yearling bulls $47 60 



Yearling heifers , 35 70 



Pregnant heifers 57 12 



Young cows b3 30 



