462 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



The thirty members, among whom there are seven large, twelve mid- 

 dling, and eleven small proprietors, own in all one hundred and twenty- 

 milch cows, consequently only four cows on an average to each, while 

 at Aichstetten there is an average of twelve cows to each. Some larger 

 partners furnish the dairy 65 to 70 kilograms of milk daily, the smallest 

 only 6 kilograms, showing that the new enterprise offers even to the 

 smallest producer an opportunity of profitably selling his milk, an op- 

 portunity which he formerly lacked entirely. 



At first 650 kilograms of milk were handled daily, from which about 

 21 kilograms of butter and 50 kilograms of Backstein cheese were ob- 

 tained; but arrangements have been made looking to the handling of 

 1,300 kilograms of milk daily. The butter and cheese are of an excel- 

 lent quality, and the former finds a ready sale at 2.20 marks (whilst 

 ordinary peasants' butter brings only 1.50 marks), the latter at 60 to 70 

 pfennigs per kilogram. The butter, like that from Aichstetten, is 

 shipped principally to Berlin, Leipsig, Stuttgart, and other large towns. 

 Members receive for every kilogram of furnished milk 8 pfennigs; what 

 is obtained beyond that is, after the deduction of all expenses, yearly 

 divided in shares of profit. 



To this enterprise also His Majesty the King has, upon the sugges- 

 tion of the ministry of the interior, granted a considerable subsidy from 

 the funds of the Centralstelle for agriculture. 



Whoever enters the dairy premises and notes the cleanliness and 

 systematic detail everywhere prevailing gains an «xtrem«ly favorable 

 impression of the new enterprise. One can well understand why the 

 people of Heldenfingen speak with some pride of their dairy, which 

 in the whole neighborhood and even beyond wins a name for the quiet 

 Alpine village and promises to become a source of material welfare for 

 its inhabitants. 



CONCLUSION. 



The latitude given by the circular of instruction ca,lling for this re- 

 port has enabled me to cover a wide range of subjects, and to go into 

 details and statistics which I trust will prove of value to American 

 stock-breeders and those engaged in kindred pursuits. As has been 

 already stated, Wurtemberg is the leading German state in these 

 branches of agriculture, and the subject therefore derives an increased 

 importance for this consular district. As appendices to my report will be 

 found : 



Translation of a decree (June 16, 168^), from the mimiBtry of the interior providing 

 for the carrying out of the law in regard to bull-keeping.' 



Translation of the statutes of the Dairy Association, (registered company at Helden- 

 fingen.* 



Table showing cost, expenses, and outlays of bull-keeping at Kirohheim under 

 Teck.t 



Table showing the percentage of area in each geological group, and in the entire 

 Kingdom of Wurtemberg subdivided as regards cultivation. 



Table showing the percentage of each of the various kinds of products raised upon 

 the arable surface of eachgroup, and of the entire Kingdom. 



The characteristics, productiveness, &c., of the Simmenthaler and Allgauer breeds 

 of cattle, and their respective crossings. 



I also forward as Inclosures, &c., accompanying this report, and 

 illustrative of it, the following : 



Six models (in papier macU) of breeds of cows mentioned in the report, viz : 



.„^U^\™™®°*'^^^®'^5 (2)Allganer; (3) Sahwcbisch Haller ; (4) Limbnreer : f5^Alb; 

 (6) Neckar. o i \ / > 



* Published in the eupplement. 



+ Published in body of report, as inserted by the consul. 



