672 CATTLE AND DAIKT FARMING. 



CATTLE IN MOROCCO. 



In a country where, like this, there is no means of getting proper sta- 

 tistics, it becomes difficult to give an exact and reliable report; still, on 

 the whole, the breed are very inferior, owing to the neglect of breeders, 

 and consequently totally unfit for the purposes suggested. On the con- 

 trary, if anything, the breeders require much improving by importation 

 of other classes, and even that would give but doubtful results, cattle 

 having, as a rule, to live upon the chances of abundance or scarcity of 

 wild pasture, as the owners adopt no other means of keeping the stock 

 in good condition. 



FELIX A. MATHEWS, 



Consul. 

 United States OoNSULAaE, 



Tangier, JanvMry 3, 1884. 



GENERAL STATISTICS. 



The cattle are called Moorish, but appear to be a cross-breed between Spanish and 

 Algerian. They give an annual average production of 6 pounds of milk per day. From 

 13 to 15 pounds of milk are required for 1 pound of butter, and from 3 to 4 pounds of 

 milk to 1 pound of cheese. At maturity the cow measures from 3 to 3J feet, the bull 

 from 4 to 4i feet, and the ox from 4 to 4J feet. The live weight of the cow, aj to S 

 cwt. ; of the bull, 3 to 5 cwts. ; of the ox, 3 to 4 cwts. They mature at three years. 

 The weight of meat at maturity is from 4 to 4^ cwts. The color is red, brown, and 

 brindled black. They are Longhorn, same as Spanish. It is uncertain how long they 

 have been bred pure. The origin of the breed is untraceable. Their labor is equal 

 to one horse-power. The product of meat ie about 300 cwts. ; of milk, 1^ quarts per 

 day. Very little cheese is made ; it is imperfect and inferior. 



The country is generally undulating ; grazing country averaging from 50 to 300 feet 

 above sea-level. The mean temperature is about 65" ; in snmmer, 80° F. ; in winter, 

 56°F. 



The soil is generally alluvial in the Tangier district ; loam, slight; clay, slight in 

 the vicinity of Tangier. Sandy soil predominates in the vicinity of Tangier. ' 



The substratum is a little limestone, a great deal of sandstone, not much granite, 

 partly clay ; gravel, &c., predominates. 



There are no cultivated grasses. 



There are no methods of housing. , The feeding is grass and barley. The breeding 

 is promiscuous. The products are handled in the most primitive manner. 



CATTLE IN ZANZIBAR. 



I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the circular from the 

 Department regarding breeds of cattle, &c., and in reply I would say 

 that it is impossible to fill out the questions asked, as there are no par- 

 ticular breeds of cattle in this vicinity, and what there are mostly re- 

 semble stunted buffaloes. 



F. M. CHENEY, 



Consul, 

 United States Consulate, 



Zamzibar, November 26, 1883. 



