600 



CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



ligeut expert iu the cattle business, and it is based upon the supposi- 

 tion that the herd is, in the beginning, composed of 1,000 cows about to 

 drop their first calves. The average annual increase that will reach 

 maturity is assumed to be 80 per cent, of the number of bearing cows 

 in the herd. Practical graziers here declare that an average yearly in- 

 crease of more than 80 per cent, may be confidently expected, but as no 

 c^irefally kept records showing that to be true are obtainable, it is 

 deemed better to use the above as the basis of said table, which here 

 follows : 



Tears. 



Cowa. 



Heifers. 



Bulls. 



Value of 

 bulls at 

 3 years. 



VaJuo of 

 herds. 



Kxpenses. 



ITet gain. 



One year 



Two years . . 

 Three years. 

 l<"our years . . 

 Five years .- 



Six years 



Seven years - 

 night years , 

 Nine years . . 

 Ten years — 



Totals. 



1,000 

 1,000 

 1,400 

 1,800 

 2,360 

 3,080 

 4,024 

 6,250 

 6,805 

 8,967 



8,967 



400 



400 



660 



720 



944 



1,232 



1,600 



2,102 



2,746 



3,586 



400 



400 



560 



720 



044 



1,232 



1,609 



2,102 



2,746 



3,586 



$4, 000 



4,000 



5, 600 



8,640 



11,328 



18,480 



24, 135 



42, 040 



54, 920 



89, 670 



$12, poo 

 16, OOO 

 26, 800 

 35, 760 

 46, 280 



66, oao 



89, 850 

 122, 960 

 171,440 

 270, 620 



14, 299 



14, 299 



%(&, 813 



270, 620 



$1, 000 

 1,400 

 1,800 

 2,300 

 3, 080 

 •4, 024 

 5,256 

 6,865 

 8,967 



11, 713 



46, 465 



$3,000 



2,600 



2,800 



6,280 



8,248 



14, 456 



18,879 



35, 175 



45, 953 



77,957 



216,348 



It will be seen that at the end of ten years the herd will consist of — 



1,000 scrub cows, which may be valued at |10 each $10, 000 



1,360 grade cows, which may he vahied at 11^ each i 16,320 



2,896 grade cows, which maybe valued at 115 each 43,440 



_3,711 grade cows, which may be valued at |20 each 74,220 



5,492 yearlings, which may be valued at |10 each 54,920 



7,172 high-grade calves, which may be valued at $10 each 71,720 



Total 270,620 



The valuation of the above has been estimated as follows : 1,000 cows 

 of the original stock will be wortji $10 each for beef at the end of their 

 usefulness as breeders. The increase of the herd during the first three 

 years will include 1,200 half-breed and 160 three-quarter Ijlood heifers, 

 valued at $12 each. The next three years there will be 1,200 half, 960 

 three-quarter, 256 seven-eighth, and 480 heifers of higher grade, all 

 valued at $15 each. In the seventh and eighth years there would be 

 produced heifers as follows : 800 half, 320 three-quarter breeds, and 

 J3j591 heifers of higher breeding, all valued at $20 each. 



The average value of the bulls produced in the above herd has been 

 estimated at prices which would make the general average $18.38. The 

 price of animals might, by the continued use of purely bred bulls, be 

 made almost or quite equal to animals of pure blood, but in this estimate 

 it has been assumed that they are worth no more than $25 each at the 

 end of the first ten years, or rather when the last calves shown In the 

 table shall be ready for market. The exjSense of the management of 

 such a herd for ten years will not exceed 10 per cent, of the value of the 

 bulls. 



^, EXPORTS OF HONDTTBAS CATTLE. 



The markets for the cattle of Honduras are fou^ iu the towns scat- 

 tered throughout the Republic and in the adjoining Eepublics. The 

 available statistics, showing the amounts received for export duties on 



