636 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



PERU. 



CATTLE IN PERU. 



BEPORT BT CONSUL LAPOINT, OF CHIOhAYO. 



I am in receipt of circular dated July 18, 1883, asking for information 

 relative to breeding of cattle in this department. 



In answer I am sorry to say that I am not able to give such informa- 

 tion as the Department of State might require. 



Cattle in this department are bred in a -wild state and no attention 

 is paid to the improvement of the breed. Whenever a supply is wanted, 

 the owner of an estate surrounds his lands and collect^ the cattle which 

 he requires to sell or to send to market. Milk and butter are very 

 scarce articles, and only to be got on the farms. Peru does not produce 

 sufficient cattle for its use, and large supplies are imported from Chili 

 and the Argentine Eepublic for consumption in the south. 



AMERICAN CATTLE FOK PERU. 



I am sure that when the Panama Canal will be finished, and direct 

 steam communication with the United States established, it will be a 

 profitable business to introduce cattle from our country into Peru. 



ALFRED LAPOINT, 



Yice-Gonaul. 

 United States Consulate, 



Chiolayo, November 5, 1883. 



