400 



CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



The number of cattle in tbe two proviueesof Westphalia, aud Ehenish 

 Province, large portions of which belong to this consular district, is ex- 

 hibited in the following table : 



Province. 



Tears. 



Cattle to a 



German 



square mile. 



Cattle to 

 eveiy one 

 hondrod in- 

 habitants. 



Total cattle. 



■Westphalia , 



Bbenish Province 

 Do 



1873 

 1883 

 1893 

 1883 



1,537 

 1,438 

 2,003 

 1,956 



32 

 25.7 



23.7 



867,975 

 526, 503 

 982, 631 



There is to be observed a slight decrease in both of these provinces, 

 and the increase in the Kingdom of Prussia, as the respective tables 

 show, is rather insignificant. 



The census of cattle taken in the Government district of Dusseldorf 

 January 10, 1873, resulted in 204,609 head, as against 200,458 January 

 10, 1883, 



The number of cattle in the riiunicipal district of Barmen amounted 

 to i,065 head in 1873 and to 3 ,322 in 1883, and in the municipal dis- 

 trict of Elberfeld to 1,120 in 1873 and to 1,587 in 1883. The number 

 of households owning cattle in the Kingdom of Prussia amounted to 

 3,124,046 in 1883 as against 2,977,953 in 1873. 



CATTLE CENSUS OP EUROPE. 



The following table exhibits a sj'nopsis of the stock of cattle in the 

 several principal European states, with the exception of Turkey : 



Countries. 



Great Britain. . . 



Ireland 



Iforway 



Sweden 



Knssia 



Gorman Xlmpire 



Denmark 



Netherlands 



Belginm 



Aggregate 

 number. 



0,125,491 



4, 118, 113 



950, 000 



2, 103, 319 



22, 770, 000 



15, 776, 702 



1,238,898 



1, 377, 002 



1, 242, 445 



N"nmb6r 

 to a Ger- 

 man square 

 mile. 



1,412 



2, 691 



1C5 



284 



214 



1,606 



1,784 



2,309 



2,322 



Countries. 



France 



Portugal — 



Spain 



Italy 



Switzerland 



Austria 



Hungary ... 

 Greece 



Aggregate 

 number. 



Number 

 to a Ger- J 

 man square ^.^ 

 mile. 



11,284,414 



S28, 474 



2, 904, 598 



3,489,125 



993, 291 



7,425,212 



5,279,193 



109, 904 



:l 



1,175 

 320 

 320 

 648 

 1,327 

 1,362 

 897 

 121 



CLIMATE AND TEMPERATURE OF BARMEN. 



As to the climate and temperature of Barmen the following is referred 

 to. The calculation Is based on the system of Celsius : Altitude, 154.8°; 

 mean temperature, 7.3° ; in January, 1.2° ; in July, 13.7o. The fore- 

 going calculation is the result of twenty- three years' observation. The 

 rainfall averaged 700°™" per annum. 



CATTLE SLAUGHTERING IN GERMANY. 



Since the communication by railroads and steamboats has become so 

 extensive and so universal, the transportation of live stock for slaughter- 

 ing purposes has attained enormous ])roportions, and the cattle markets 

 of old have given way to large stock-yards, and \n nearly all the largu 



