6/4 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. . 



ijials which obtain herecau be in'ocured except as regards the nuruber. 

 Cattle are bred ouly for the private use of the breeder, and nx) great 

 increase or decrease of stock could be expected in a country where past- 

 uraare is so limited as it is here and where the dairy is unknown. 

 ^ EVELYN P. MUSSEY. 



United States Consulate, 



MaM, November 26, 1883. 



SPECIAL STATISraCS RELATING TO THB SEYCHELLES, 



Topography. —Altitade, sea-level; temperature, mean, 80° F. ; summer, 83° ; wiuter, 

 75° ; soil, clay and sand ; substratum, clay. 



Cattle statistics.— African breed ; anuual yield of milk 1,500 pounds ; live weight of 

 cattle, cow, 300 pounds ; bull, 400 pounds ; age at maturity, tliree years; weight of 

 meat at maturity, 300 pounds ; never housed ; fed on coarse grass and cocoa-nut 

 residium. 



