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CATTLE AND DAtEY PARMIiifG. 

 STATISTICS OF VABIOUS BEEEDS. 



Statements respecting their herds which I have obtained from several 

 stock-breeders have enabled me to compile the following tables : 



Statistioa showing results of a five-years' trial ofiFrisian, Schteswig, and Silesian cattle 



on a stock-farm in Saxony. 



Statistics compiled from examinaUon of various specimens of cattle from several farms in 



Prussia. 



Cattle of Swiss origin. 



Length. 



Height — 



To with- To rump. 



Live 

 weight. 



Steer, 2J years 

 Cow, 7J years - 

 Cow, 5 years.. 

 Cow, 8 years. . , 

 Cow, 7 years.. 



Meters. 

 2.60 

 2.69 

 2.48 

 2.59 

 2.67 



Meters. 

 1.51 



Meters. 

 1.51 



1.37 

 1.42 

 1.60 



1.42 

 1.43 

 1.56 



Pounds. 

 1,315 

 1,281 

 1,085 

 1,233 

 1,335 



Annual average yield ofniUTe, <Ec. : 2,560 quarts, of which 100 quarts averaged 8 pounds of hutter and 

 ICJ pounds of cheese. 

 1 meter = 39. 37 inches. 



Result of competitive trial of cows of various breeds on the model farm of a landedpro- 



prietor in Holstein. 



Name of breed. 



Total 

 yield of 

 milk dur- 

 ing the 



year 

 of trial. 



Average 



yield 

 of each. 



Average 

 per day 

 of each. 



Average yield. 



Highest. 



Lowest. 



Oldenburg (from Broitenberg) 



Oldenburg (from Tondem) 



Ayrshire 



Dutch 



Swiss (from Simmenthal) 



Bavarian (from Bayrenth) 



Qua/rls. 

 8,594 

 9,337 

 5,386 

 14,200 

 11,040 

 11, 724 



2,865 

 2,334 

 1,798 

 3,550 

 3,680 



Quarts. 

 8 

 01 

 5 

 9J 



8 



Quarts. 

 2,946 

 2, 345 

 2,249 

 6,142 



Qua/rts. 

 2,820 

 2,020 

 1,415 

 2,562 



PEtrgSIAN PRIZE CATTLE. 



I am unable to give the number of different breeds of cattle in Ger- 

 many, or even in Prussia, or the percentage of cattle belonging to each 

 breed. 



