632 CATTLE AND DAIKY FARMING. 



tariff. The average weight of a bullock wheu killed is only about 440 

 pounds inclusive of the hide, &c. 



A tax is paid to the municipality of Eio de Janeiro of 4 milreis, say 

 $1.70, on each bullock, and the province fi'om which it comes collects 

 another tax of 2 mikeis per head. The freight by railway from the 

 slaughter-house to the city is about 50 cents for the four quarters. 

 The meat is retailed at about 11 cents per pound. 

 The measurement given in the accompanying form are, for length from 

 base of horns to base of tail ; of girth, around the animal just behind the 

 fore legs. 



C. G. ANDREWS, 



Consul-General. 

 United States Consulate-General, 



Bio dp Janeiro, June 7, 1 884. 



SPECIAL STATISTICS CONCERNING BKAZILIAN CATTLE. 



Tlio common Brazilian attains the following measurements at maturity: Cow, 6 

 feet ffirtli ; bull, 7 feet girth ; ox, 11 feet girtn. The live weight of the cow is 440 

 jiounds; of the bull, 700 ijoiinds; of the ox, 1,200 pounds. The annual average pro- 

 duction of milk is 7^0 pounds ; 12 pounds of milk required to 1 of butter ; 5 pounds of 

 milk to 1 of cheese. The average valueof product is, moat, $S0; milk, |30 per year; 

 cheese $25 per year. The animals reach maturity at from If'our to five years. The 

 color is a yellowish brown. They originate iu Portugal and Spain. 



The Furino, used for milk in large towns, produce annually, on an average, 1,200 

 pounds of milk. The cows measure 6 feet 1 inch in girth, 6 feet 4 Inches in, length. 



The substratum is 10 per cent, limestone ; 30 per cent, sandstone ; 20 per cent, 

 grauite ; 20 per cent, clay ; 20 per cent, gravel. 



The cattle ai'O not housed, except in towns. They feed on natural pasture. Breed- 

 ing is but little attended to. Beef is generally handled on the hoof; milk, to some 

 extent, by railway. 



The altitude is 2,000 feet. The mean temperature 67° Fahrenheit ; summer, 75° ; 

 winter,'56^. 



The soil is 15 per cent, alluvial, 30 per c^nt. loam, 20 per cent, clay, and 35 per 

 cent, sandy. 



