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Babolna (also near Komorn), at Mezohegyes (between Szegedih 
and Arad), and Fogaras, in Transylvania. At these Haras 
there were, at the end of 1888, 508 horses at Kisber, 541 
(Arabs) at Babolna, 1,755 at Mezohegyes, and 402 at Fogaras. 
The 2,340 Government stallions are during the season scat- 
tered at 795 stations all over the country, but at other times are 
collected at four depots, as under : Stuhlweissenburg — in Hun- 
gariau, Szekesfehervar — (754), Nagy-Koros (747), Debreczin 
(545), and Sepsi-Szt-Gyorgy (300). These depots are supplied 
with their material from the Haras mentioned above. When this 
Department was taken over by the Ministry of Agriculture in 
1869, there were 392 stations and 1,331 stallions; so that in 
less than twenty years the numbers have more than doubled. 
The fees for the service of the stallions, from 2 to 4 florins, 
appear to English minds ridiculously low. 
It may be mentioned also here that the Government does 
something for cattle-breeding as well as horse-breeding. As 
throughout the country there is a deficiency of good bulls, the 
Government purchases a considerable number from the best herds 
for sale to the communes. In 1888, 174 Hungarian and 124 
foreign bulls were purchased. With the view of still further 
encouraging cattle-breeding, the Ministry called upon the agri- 
cultural societies in that year to assist in the undertaking, and 
offered to add, as a subvention, a sum equivalent to that voted 
by the societies for the purchase and distribution of bulls, on the 
condition that the societies must purchase animals of the breed 
specified by the Government. This offer has already been 
accepted by many societies, and the system will probably receive 
further support. The Ministry has also taken pains to increase 
the stock herds, and the returns which are obtained from the 
sales of bulls and cows show very satisfactory results. 
A Hungarian Herd Book was established four years ago, 
under a subvention from the Government, by the National 
Agricultural Society ; and its object is to keep a clear register 
of the stock of pure-bred cattle, sheep, and pigs. At the end 
of 1888 137 herds, comprising 15,169 animals, were registered; 
and a popular edition was published, with instructions to pro- 
prietors how to keep their own lists. It is expected that this 
work will be of increasing utility to cattle-breeders and others. 
With regard to the forests, the total area of the Hungarian 
forests amounts to considerably over 30,000 square miles. Of the 
total, 15^ percent, of the forests are State property, 23£ per cent, 
property of municipalities and communes, 28| per cent, pro- 
perty of different foundations, Fidei Commissi, <tc, and 33 per 
cent, private property. These last are not necessarily subject 
