CATTLK AND DAIRY FARMING. 

 XTlNE KXrOKTS OF CATTLE PRODUCTS. 



G06 



Tin- importance of tin* cattle industry, in :i commercial point of view, 

 will appear froa) the custom-house Statistics, since the entire product, 



after pro\ -itlii!-- fur a meaner home consumption, iiiids a market abroad. 

 Aci-onii;:;^ to those returns, the exports of the products of horned 

 cuttle stand for about one-third, while the exports of the sheep prod- 

 ucts stand for about one-half of the entire shipments abroad. To be 

 mere exact, it appears thai of the total exports last year, 5(>.5 percent. 

 were wool and sheep-skins, ."-..' I pi r cent, were the }>reducts of liorned 

 cattle, while only il.L' percent, were agricultural, mineral, forest, and 

 manufactured products. The exports of the total pastoral industry, 

 compared with all other exports, for the last seven years are shown in 

 the following table, compik-d from ollicial sources:' 



tni'int J'/ i>nl>tic from 1S70 i>) 1682. 



1SSO. 



1831. 



R91.83G 41,351,831 $50, 507, 372 |$57, 770, 303 $49,142,494 



483,?02j 2, 150,187 | 784,423! 1,495, 9:',5J 4, 241, GC9 

 !M,872 303,025! 2,4(;7,n:!} ! 4112.703] 508,591 



'.'' L10 7 : , l."4 113,3^4 '. 280,180 | 220,414 



i 



521,010 410, UOO 



58. 440, 905 



As ;i matter of : -special interest ill connection with the- cattle industry, 

 I ^'ive below the shijiments separately of each article produced during 

 the la >{ seven years, as taken from the custom-house returns: 



J-\<-j>i;,-/.t of cuttle products from 1?C> to 18^?. 



1880. 



1S82. 



2, 4?*. r.IJ'J 2. 2^ a >OJ 2, :i.'{H, .'29 1?. 7!1,2W 2,192. ::7(i 2. !M.".. 427 

 h, 7:i-j,o-j:; :',:{, ooo.^^ivj,:', 1 ;*;, i j')-_"jti, ii ;;, 479 22, 412, <;:n 20,906. oi;{ 

 ,:.:. i,fs.i:!9,'j:{i,('i(i:ii;,.r;o, > _ i i)7 j7,(;!rj,477:{4,7n:{,n492H 1 2i'- 1 ,r ) ns 



:;,,-';; i ,;n -j, n: 1 -, ;.,! lj, 70(i. 7so 2, !"'". 4"' 2. !>i).'?, (Ml 1 1, 410, '.'.'3 

 c.'ii, 'i.-ii 1,122,1."!'.' .s.-n, 2fi !':H, :,i;:i i. 212. 7>4j 7si,7u9 S7:>, is:t 



; i ; ui'i, 41 -i, :;i - 4-2*2 ~>~.> '<-. 2."),- si,i"-s 5;i 'j'Jo 



4,149 14:;.7::i IH'.!i:,- 7. '!)! 2,417' l^.f.H:! 



i, i.v;. ::-jd I,:MM.:;O ."., n'c, .-:M :;. r/ii, 477 l, CM.', 4!i7 l,;>:i(i. 770 



2,('-Ji :,.".. r.C.o S.'r.', 2".!) i:.M,4.'.u l,lll,!M. r i 



;.', !'!; 1^7, 47J i,(.::i) 4.";{.i:a 02, 517 



I v.nuld state that tiiere is ;m export duty on all the above articles of 

 7 per cent, on 1 In- value, except salted beef, animal-black, artificial .yuano, 

 a?id di ied blood, \\hieh arc tree of duty : and i hat all horned cattle ex- 

 ported from the count r\' pay a duty of 7-"> cent s per head. 



Of ; hi- above exports it appears from th" cuslom house returns that 

 siboiil one-third of the hides ;;<> to tlic i'nilcd States, the rest to Kn^;- 

 hui'i. I 'i ai:cc, Spain. Hel^ium, <N:c.; that the jerked nnd dried beef goes 

 principally to lir.j/.il. < 'uba, and Sj'ain : that two-thirds of the bones and 



/ f.s oficialtH df: la Ji'ijiultluu Anjc.nlina^ IbTtJ-lH^iJ. 



