GRAZING CATTLE. 



preference to that of the cow, the predilection arising 

 perbap* !V f » n a renitmnt of that antienl superstition 

 which prohibited the use of cow's flesh. During the 

 Rangoon - war, the only fresh animal food procurable 

 at all Kir the troops, for a long while, Was the flesh of 

 the buflalo. The officer* rec ivc! the same rations of 

 it il tlie men, and considered themselves happy in get- 

 ting it. The heart and tongue are by no means a des- 

 picable ration for any one. The annual consumption 

 of cuttle (bovine) on Penangand by the shipping k 

 about 300 head. Perhaps about 400 buffaloes are 

 slaughtered yearly. 



A good grass-fed ox costs from eight to ten dol- 

 ■ hire. A heifer four, a calf three and a half. Dut 

 the butcher's retail rates are : for an ox weighing 

 300 lbs. at eight cents per !t>. and one dollar for skin 

 and horns, twenty-five dollars; for a heifer 9 dollars ; 

 for a calf from 6 to 7 dollars. 



The value of a good draft-buffalo varies from 9 

 to 13 drs. and of a good draft-ox from 8 to 12 drs. 



Cattle (bovine) are bought up in droves beyond 

 the frontier, at an average of 6 dollars the head. 



The black buffalo is the most prized both for draft 

 and for slaughter. The Malays do not eat the white 

 buflalo on account of its colour. Its colour us a white, 

 tinged with reddish brown. 



Milch cows costj from 6 to 15 or even 20 dollars 

 according to the quantity of milk they yield. The 

 \cr> h»>t cow will not lit re— unless partly of the 

 Jinglis'i breed— give more than twa chupahs daily 

 and then for two or three months only. The chupah 

 is about one quarter and one-sixteenth of a gallon. 



The calf must be placed beside the cow or it will 

 not yield its milk, and when a calf dies, die dairy- man 

 (for there are no dairy -maids) stuffs the skin and sets it 

 up, no that the mother is fairly deceived, and continues 

 to give the usual supply. 



