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English breeds in order to obtain a more meaty sheep 
suitable for exportation. But this trade was checked by the 
sanitary restrictions on the importation of sheep imposed by 
France and other countries, and all efforts to increase the 
home consumption of mutton have failed. 
The breeding of milch sheep is now regarded as the most 
important branch of sheep farming in Hungary, the popular 
breed being the “ Zackel sheep”; while the “ Czigaja sheep ~ 
is also kept for the production of milk. Both these races 
also furnish mutton, and the Czigaja is useful for its wool; 
but the Zackel fleece is a mixture of wool and hair, and of 
little value. 
Sheep’s milk is utilised mainly for home consumption 
in the form of cheese, and in many districts it is the 
principal article of food. Among the varieties of Hungarian 
sheep’s-milk cheeses exported are Lzftauer, Szeklyer, and 
Kaskaval ; the last-named is sent chiefly to Roumania, it 
resembles the Italian cheese known as Caccio di Cavallo 
The manufacture of Roquefort cheese has been introduced - 
in recent years into Hungary. 

EXPORT OF GRAIN FROM ARGENTINA. 
Mr. Consul Mallet, in his Report to the Foreign Office on 
the Trade of Rosario for 1899, stated that the harvested 
wheat and linseed crops for 1899-1900 promised to be about 
25 per cent. less in quantity than the 1898-99 crop, but the 
grain was of much better quality. Prospects were therefore 
brighter than they have been for some years past, but the 
financial position of the grain farmers, which had become un- 
satisfactory, had not, it appears, been much bettered by the 
years exceptionally good harvest. This is attributable to 
the improvement in the value of tlie currency in which the 
farmers’ expenses are paid, as also to the high rates of 
freight for shipping that ruled during the year having 
reduced the profits-on grain to a very smail margin. 
The amount of wheat for export during the year 1900 from 
