CATTLi; AND DAIRY FARMING. 



ligent expert in the cattle business, and it is based upon the supposi- 

 tion that the held is, in the be^iiniin^, (uunposed of 1,000 cows about to 

 drop their ih-st calves. The average annual hierease tliat will reach 

 maturity is assume. 1 to l>e M) per cent, of the number ol' bearing cows 

 in tlie herd. Practical ^ra/iers here declare thai an average yearly in- 

 crease of more than SO percent", may he confidently expected, but as no 

 carefully kept record.-; showing that to be true are obtainable, it is 

 deemed better to u>e the above as the basis of said table, which here 

 follows : 



V:iliifof ^ , F \ 



i Cows. iIIoifiTs. Hulls. f bullsut j;^ s ot ! Expenses. Xet gain. 



Totals >-,'.>; 7 .U,1;;''L 1J,'_!.I'J , 'Ju'J, Ml 'J7 1 , 1 , i'..n -1( ; , 4iij 'J1C, 348 



It will be seen that at the ei d of ten years (he lierd will consist of 



3. OH i scrub cows, \vnich i;mv l>r va;: ; . d :i slO each $10, 000 



l.'.H'.D ^radc cows, vhicli may !" v;ii ;:-;', ;;t s!2 caen 1(5,320 



J.-lJ'i j^radu cows, \vliidi may lif v:-].jc.l at 6l:"> cnch 4:5, -140 



:'.?! 1 radf co\\ s, \vliich hi;i !: vanu >i - I s-jo each 7-1'J'W 



Total 270, (320 



The valuation of the above has been estimated as follows: 1,000 cows 

 of the original stock will be v.'oith &10 each for beef at the end of their 

 usefulness as breeders. The increase of the herd during the first three 

 years will include l.l'OO hull-breed and 100 three-quarter blood heifers, 

 valued at slU each/ The next three years there will be l.'-'OO half, 000 

 three-quarter, U,">(j seven-eighth, and '180 heifers of lii^her ^rade. all 

 valued at ^15 each. In the seventh and ei ( uh!h years there would be 

 produced heifers as follows: S0j h;df. MUO three-<jiiartcr breeds, and 

 L'jGOl- heifers of higher breedin.u', all valued at .^L'O ea(.-h. 



The average vabu'of the bulls produced in lhi k above herd has been 

 estimated at prices which would make the general average si S.IJS. The 

 lrice, of animals mi^lil, by tiie continued use, of purely bred bulls, bo 

 made, almost or quite equal to animals <d'pure blood, but, in this estimate 

 it has been assumed that (hey are worth no more t han YL'.j each at the 

 end of the first ten years, or rather when the last, calves shown in the 

 table shall be ready for market. The expense of the management of 

 such a herd for ten years will not exceed 10 percent, of the value of the 

 bulls. 



KXPOUT.S ()]' HONDURAS CATTLK. 



The markets for the cat lie of Honduras ;ire found in the towns scat- 

 tered throu.uhouf the Jlcpublir and in 1hc adjoining Kcpnhlirs. r j'h(; 

 available statistics, showing the amounts received for export duties on 



