456 



CATTLE AND DAIEY FARMING. 



No corresponding figures covering the entire Kingdom are obtainable,, 

 though an approximate estimate may be gained from the statement that 

 Stuttgart's population is about one- seventeenth of that of all Wurtem- 

 berg. As above stated by Professor Dr. Vossler, of Hohenheim, mucfc 

 beef is exported, principally to France, to other parts of Germany, 

 and to Switzerland. I learn further that some considerable quantities- 

 are sent as far as Belgium, and even across the channel to England. 



MEAT PRICES AT STUTTGART. 



I append herewith a statement showing the current prices at whicli 

 the various kinds of meat are sold in the Stuttgart markets (week end- 

 ing is'ovember 25), viz : 



ASSOCIATION DAIRIES IN WURTEMBERa. 



Agriculture is carried on in Wurtemberg chiefly by small farmers,, 

 and consequently, in the individual branches of agricultural production, 

 the technical and economical advantages pertaining to farming, when 

 carried on on a large scale, can only be enjoyed by the greater part of 

 Wurtemberg agriculturists by means of association. For this reason 

 efforts have been made for some years past to establish regularly organ- 

 ized associations among the rural population, with joint and separate- 

 guarantees to the members, and for the purpose of producing butter and 

 cheese from milk. Up to the present time two such associations have 

 been founded in Wurtemberg, concerning the origin, institution, and 

 methods of which the following remarks furnish some explanation in 

 connection with the accompanying regulations : 



THE DAIRY ASSOCIATION AT AIOHSTETTEN. 



The borough of Aiohstetten is situated on the southeastern frontier 

 of Wurtemberg, in the county of Leutkirch (belonging to the Donau- 

 kreis), and distant only about 3 kilometers from the Bavarian frontier, 

 on the little river Aitrach, and on the high road once much frequented 

 from Leutkirch to Memmingen, in the Wurtemberg AUgau, 



The altitude of the place being 600 meters and the Alps being near 

 at hand, the climate is rather harsh, damp, foggy, and windy, and is- 

 especially marked by sudden changes of temperature, with frequent 

 hoar and spring frosts and late springs. The conditions of the soil are,, 

 on the whole, favorable; but, as the climate is less so to the cultivation 

 of commercial products and fruits, circumstances naturally suggest tO' 

 the farmer chiefly the raising of provender for cattle and the cultivation 

 of corn, and the deriving of the principal part of his revenue from thfr 

 keeping of cattle. 



