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Cattle Breeding in Spain. 



Cattle Breeding in Spain. 



In his annual report on the trade of Corunna during the 

 year 1898, Mr. Consul C. A. P. Talbot states that, although 

 business m general is less than it was formerly, 

 cattle continue to be exported in large numbers from the- 

 province of Galicia, principally to the interior of Spain. It 

 is stated, for instance, that an average of fifteen cattle trucks,, 

 each containing thirty-two head of cattle, are despatched 

 every day from the town of Lugo alone. A large number 

 are also despatched from Monforte and Cuntis, important 

 stations on the Northern Railway. 



The cattle of Galicia are reported to be decreasing in 

 numbers, and to be deteriorating in quality. It is therefore 

 proposed to establish small breeding establishments a- 

 different places in the province, and good bulls of good 

 foreign breeds will be kept for the purpose of crossing with 

 the native cow. No financial aid is expected from official 

 sources, and the project will be carried out by private enter- 

 prise. The apathy of the peasants in these matters appears,. 

 however, to be considerable ; and it is stated that at the 

 experimental farm belonging to the Corunna Town Council 

 several bulls of various breeds have been kept for some time, 

 and their services have been offered to the other municipalities 

 in the province, the only expense incurred being that of the- 

 animals' maintenance. Not a single town council has, how- 

 ever, applied ; and the consequence of this apathy is that the 

 attention of contractors from Zaragoza, Barcelona, and other 

 towns has been diverted from Galicia to the neighbouring 

 provinces of Asturias, Vizcaya, and Santander, where the 

 cattle are superior and more numerous. 



[Foreign Office Report, Annual Series, No. 2216. Price 46!.] 



The Grain Trade of Odessa. 



The annual Foreign Office report on the Odessa consular 

 district for the year i8g8 contains some information fur- 

 nished by Mr. Mackie, H.M. Acting Consul-General, relative 



