INDEX. 



SECltETAKT'S LETTER TEANSMITTINO TO THE SPEAKER OF THE MOUSE OF REP- 

 RESENTATIVES REPORTS, IK REPLY to' A DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR, FROM 

 THE CONSULS OF THE UNITED STATES, ON CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING 

 AND THE MARKETS FOR CATTLE, REEF, AND DAIRY PRODUCTS IN THEIR 

 SEVERAL DISTRICTS. 



PriDCJpftl points of circnlar to consuls, 3 ; exports of cattle and cattle products from the United 

 States to the United Kingdom and to all oilier countries during the year 1884, 4 ; 

 number and value of live cattle imported into the United Kingdom, value per head, 

 and the countries whence imported, during the year 1884, 5; American cattle the best 

 general cattle, G ; number of oxen imported into the United Kingdom during the years 

 1875 and 1884, and the countries whence imported, 7 ; quantities and value of fresh 

 beef imported into the United Kingdom during the year 1884, and the countries 

 whence imported, 7 ; value per pound of the fresh beef imported from the several coun- 

 tries into the United Kingdom during the years 1880-1884, 8 ; American fresh beef in 

 the English market, 8, 9; number of live cattle in the several countries of Europe, 10 ; 

 purposes for which cattle are raised in the several conntries of Europe, and the wants 

 and supply of the several countries, 11 ; imports of moat, preserved otherwise than by 

 salting, into the United Kingdom during the year 1884, total quantities and value, 

 value per pound, and the conntries whence imported, 12 ; number of cattle in countries 

 outside of Europe, 12 ; fresh-meat trade of Germany with the Argentine Sepublic, 13 ; 

 dairy products in Europe, 14 ; butter imports of the United Kingdom, total quantities 

 and value, value per pound, and the countries whence imported, 1884, 15 ; exports of 

 American butter, decreased consumption of, in England and causes thereof, 10, 17 ; Irish 

 hormeticollY sealed butter, 18 ; exports of oleomargarine from the United States during 

 the year 1884, 19 ; cheese imports of the United Kingdom in 1884, total quantities and 

 valne, value per pound, and conntries whence imported, 20; exports of American 

 canned and salted beef, beef-tallow, &c., during the year 1884, 21 ; total exports of 

 American cattle and cattle products during the year 1884, 22 ; cattle-breeding in foreign 

 countries, 22, 23. 



TABULATED STATEMENTS AOCOMFANYINQ THE SECRETARY'S LETTER. 



Cattle statistics : Page., 



(1) Statement showing the exports of cattle from the United States during the eleven years 



ending with the year 1884, showing the numbers and total value and the value per 



head of the cattle exported to each country 25 



(2) Statement showing the imports of cattle into the UnitedKingdom during the eleven years 



ending with the year 1884, showing the number and total value and the value per head 



of [he cattle imported from each country , 25,26 



Fresh-beef statistics : 

 (31 Statement showing the exports of fresh beef from the United States from the year 1877 

 (the first officially recorded year of its export) to and inclnding the year 1884, showing 

 tho quantity and total valne and the value per pound of the exports to each country. . 28 



(4) Statement showing the imports of fresh beef into the United Kingdom during the eleven 



years ending with the year 1884, showing the quantity and total value and the value 



per pound of the imports from each country 29 



Batter statistics : 



(5) Statement showing the exports of butter from the United States during the eleven years 



ending with the year 1884, showing the quantity and value of the exports to each con- 

 tinent and country therein 30,31 



(6) Statement showing the imports of butter and oleomargarine into the United Kingdom 



during the eleven years ending with the year 1884, showing the quantity and total value 



and value per pound of the imports from each country 32,33 



Cheese statistics : 



(7) Statement showing the exports of cheese from the United States during tho eleven years 



ending with the year 1884, showing tho quantity and value of the exports to each con- 

 tinent and country therein 34,35 



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