>< s - CATTLE AND 1UIRY FARMING . 



MEXICAN DUTIKS. 



The following are the import duties on America', ealth- and Battle 

 products : 



$1 00 



fmoiv than l.S centimeters (7.03 inches) of sole ..per dozen.. If, 5() 1 dO 



i, or pit fin k-atliiTot'sanie dina-iiMons .do.... J7 on i l uO 



Lt-atluT. a!! i-hissef. for men, s;un,- diiiu-n.sions per do/en.. 1 C'O i 1 00 



Leather, 1 ,.. tor children, not excei'diu^ 18 centiuioters <io ,"> I () ! 7>" 



; ; i-l:i>.s.-s (!) 50 



l<. ..'. < for , in ria^'es: 



1 iuo, _:i'-> v>ii:ht .. ilo ' l! i 



> nkc , I or s:ilrcd, net \veiLrit kilo'_ r nm).s.. : '24 \ f>D 



I'.utr- r. n t M.-ijIit. including in this tliattiftlio inner wrapper do IM i 50 



CIi t-s, . aJUiin.N.M ; \vught.mclndinsmtliis that oi'tLoiunorvri-aiipiT. kilo- 1 



_: | 1 : 11 50 



'i' .'.". :/. .;.-..<-,. ;H.( wriirht !iiln_:rains.. ('0 5(J 



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* Kilir.i .IMI- .._'; jniuids. j Fit'ty-livo per cent. 



In addition t, ubovo di;tit s, ad,! '2 per rent. 



Ti;- ' nittcr \vas jr/ol);jbly entirely oleomargarine, i-nid ^onorally ;i most 

 disn-pntabic article. In the United States 1 use butter very freely, but 

 here, even the finest <{uality of so-called butter v/hich I ciiii import, 

 especially from Ne\v Orleans, is .so poor that j hardly taste it once a- 

 iiinijih. A small amount is used in cooking. It is not likely that butter 

 Avould kee]> ( i;i;od lon^' oiiougli to make the journey unless packed in ice 



CATTLE C?-:Nfc>rS OJ' :;ORTIIKH^ 3IKXI('(). 



The total <f cattle ran only be estimated. Statistics cannot be. ob- 

 t. lined except in some cases, and they are chiefly remarkable for their 

 unreliability, in a former report 1 estimated the. number of cattle in 

 Northern Mexico at l,r>0(),()(){). In this, .State, I ::m informed tliat the 

 ];- ; handed in to the, State, i icasnrer .^ave the total at: about ISO, COO. but 

 a e;:i;ntine; up by sections and "ranchoros" ^'ives nearly or '.juite 7 .">(),- 

 <.")'. ('on-n! r:!]i:i)bell forwards a similar list, from Nnevo l.eon ,ui\'in^ 

 tli" total at JUV.T.'rx r j'hat list is jjrobably more nearly correct, as the 

 State is smaller, and cattle-raising is not the chief industry. Perhaps 

 L'50.00 : v.oulil 1)!- a fair estimate of t he number in that {Stale. 



The jbllowinv is a rou^h apportionment: 



Of I his ioial hardly .more than 1 p(-r cent, are ever i-iiiki 'i. 1 < Is total 

 has been ronsiderahiy reduced \vithi.n the, ]>ast three years, 'ine iiite- 



