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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 

 •PKIOE OF DUTCH CATTLE. 



The average prices of cattle iu the principal markets of the Nether- 

 lauds during the last five years were as follows : 



Cattlo. 



Amsterdam : 



Fat cattle 



MilcUcows 



Grass calves 



Yoiujg calves . . . 

 Lconwartlon : 



ITat cattle 



Milch cows 



, Grass calves 



rat calves 



Toung calves . . . 

 Gronigen : 



Fat cattle 



Milcli cows 



Ordinary caltle . 

 Rotterdam : 



Oxen 



Cows 



Calves 



Young calves . . . 

 Zwoile : 



Balls 



Milch cows 



Calves 



Ifi78. 



Florins. 



280 



260 



' 4R 







305 



235 



64 



63 



750 



245 



290 



250 



55 



13 



1879. 



Florins. 



285 



270 



30 



9 



275 



230 



42 



61 



270 

 230 



1880. 



Fiorina. 

 270 

 230 

 36 



260 



200 



50 



60 



■ 7 



160 



275 



235 



63 



10 



205 



280 



48 



Florins. 



250 



280 



36 



305 



190 



30 



39 



7 



150 



275 



220 



60 



10 



260 

 35 



1883. 



Florins. 



260 



240 



3U 



10 



225 



211 



64 



43 



5 



200 

 250 

 185 



250 



230 



• 70 



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CATTLE IMPORT ANB EXPORT, OF HOLLAND. 



The following statement shows the number of cattle imported into 

 and exported from the Netherlands during the last five years : 



lu 1882 1,152 head of cattle were imported from Germany and 228 

 from Belgium ; of the total number of cattle exported in 1882, 04,060 

 were exported to Belgium, d4,58C to England, 45,810 to Germany, and 

 351 to the United States. 



EXPORT OP DUTCH CATTLE TO THE UNITED STATES. 



The best methods of exportation of breeding cattle to the United 

 States are via London or via Antwerp. 



The best animals of the Dutch cattle for exportation for breeding pur- 

 poses are those of the Holland and Frisian breeds. The prices are 800 

 to 900 florins* for bulls, 250 to 400 florins for cows, 200 to 250 florins for 

 heifers, and 120 to 150 florins for calves. The through rates from Eot- 

 terdam to New York or Boston vary from £4 to £5 for a calf; from £5 



• Floriii = 40.2 cents American. 



