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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



MEXICAN DUTIES. 



The following are the import duties on Americau cattle aud cuttle 

 products : 



Articles. 



Homed cattle 



Leather, net weight kilograms* . 



Leather, manufactureb of, not specified, gross weigh t liilojjrams . 



Boots or half boots : 



Cow-hide of more than 18 centimeters (7.09 inches) of solo ..per dozen. 

 Of calf-skin, or patent leather of same dimensions do . - . 



Shoes : • 



Leather, all classes, for men, same dimensions per dozen. 



Leather, low, for children, not exceeding 18 centimetet-s do — 



Saddles, all classes 



Harness for carriages : 



Common, gross weight kilograms- 

 Fine, gross weight do .. 



Meats : 



Pres6rved,of all classes, in jaice or dry (not including extract of meat/, 

 net weight, including in this the weight of the inner wrapper, kilo- 

 grams »-- 



Smoked or salted, net wei|^ht kilograms . 



Butter, net weight, including in this that of the inner v/rapper do . . 



Cheese, all kinds, net weight, including in this that of the inner wrapper, kilo- 

 grams 



Condensed milk 



Tallow, all classes, net weight kilograms. 



Weight lint y 



on 100 



kilograms 



(220 ])annds), 



gross. 



$1 01 



I to 

 1 m 



1 10 

 7.) 

 5U 



50 

 50 

 50 



* Ejlogram=2J pounds. 1 Fifty-live per cent. 



In addition to ahove duties, add 2 per cent. 



The batter was probably entirely oleomargarine, and generally a most 

 disreputable article. In the United States I use butter very freely, but 

 here, even the finest quality of so-called butter which I can import,- 

 especially from New Orleans, is so poor that I hardly taste it once a 

 month. A small amount is used in cooking. It is not likely that butter 

 would keep good long enough to make the journey unless packed in ice 



CATTLE CENSUS OP NORTHERN MEXICO. 



The total of cattle can only be estimated. Statistics cannot be ob- 

 tained except in some cases, and they are chiefly remarkable for their 

 unreliability. In a former report I estimated the number of cattle in 

 Northern Mexico at 1,500,000. In this State, I am informed that the 

 list handed in to the State treasurer gave the total at about 180,000, but 

 a counting up by sections and "raucheros" gives nearly or quite 750,- 

 000. Consul Campbell forwards a similar list from JSuevo Leon giving 

 the total at 127,738. That list is probably more nearly correct, as the 

 State is smaller, and cattle-raising is not the chief industry. Perhaps 

 250,000 would be a fair estimate of the number in that State. 



The following is a rough apportionment: 



Tamaulipas 750,000 



NuevoLeon 250,000 



Coa^^Jia 225,000 



Cliihualiua a.25 000 



Sonora, part '_ 50 000 



Total L 500, 000 



Of this total hardly more than 1 per cent, are ever milked. This total 

 has been considerably reduced withiu the past three years. The inte- 



