HUNGARY. 527 



HUISTGABY. 



MEAT AND DAIRY CATTLE IN HUNGARY, 



EEPOET BY CONSUL STERNE, OF EUDA-PESTH. 



I herewith beg to submit all the general and statistical information 

 which I have been able to obtain in response to the Department's cattle 

 circular of July 18, 1883 ; at the same time I deem it proper to remark 

 that many of the details of my report have been kindly furnished me 

 by the honorable minister of commerce ol Hungary and Mr. Tormay, 

 the director of the veterinary academy of Buda-Pesth. 



CATTLE RAISING- IN HUNGARY. 



As to generalities, I shall begin by stating the results reached in 

 Hungary by the systematic breeding with the cattle native to the state, 

 and also the results reached by the introduction of cattle of foreign 

 breeds. 



Though Hungary has been making great efforts in the last decade to 

 throw off its purely agricultural character, it retains such to a great 

 extent at this day. Like that of few other European countries, her 

 land is more generally adapted to agriculture and her people are by 

 long-acquired habits more inclined to the occupation of farming. 



Thus also the raising of cattle was always an industry of great im- 

 portance to the state, only exceeded by that of grain production. The 

 great competition, however, in late years, by other countries, has made 

 grain-raising so unprofitable that, also considering the favorable results 

 reached in other countries by stock-raising, the people have found it 

 proper to turn their attention more in this direction, and though it is 

 only recently comparatively that systematic efforts have been made, I 

 think the state has already cause to congratulate itself on the results 

 secured thus far. 



HUNGARIAN MEAT AND WORK CATTLE. 



It being natural that the native cattle is best adapted to the country 

 of its home, much attention has been given to improve and perfect the 

 home race, and this has resulted so successfully that the Hungarian 

 cattle may already be considered very superior animals, especially for 

 the butcher and heavy work. For these purposes there have therefore 

 been very few experiments made in the introduction of animals of for- 

 eign race. 



CROSS BREEDS FOR DAIRYING. 



Of late, however, it has appeared that u dairy farming " is the more 

 profitable branch of stock-raising. The country is therefore making its 

 experiments and applying the results of these more in this direction. 

 Though the experiments with foreign breeds have not been generally 

 satisfactory, there have been a few which have resulted so well that 



