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The opinions and arguments, claiming that Anton Janša stayed in Carinthia from 1765 until his departure for Vienna in the year 1766, that he was a member of the Carinthian agricultural society and similar, are a novelty in the knowledge of the life and work of the first c. k. beekeeping teacher in Vienna. This statement was for the first time published in the book of Ehrenfels in 1829 and for the second time in the book of Heinrich in 1832. This notice was later reproduced in other works. The message of these publications is: Anton Janša was a Carinthian, he brought the Carinthian way of beekeeping to Vienna, he originates from the Carinthian agricultural society, which also recommended him in Vienna, so he was invited by the Empress Maria Theresia to Vienna and so on. Among Slovenian authors Perc (1925a,b) and Stabej (1955) drew attention to these records. Janša describes in his books and stresses his Carniolan origin, Carniolan way of beekeeping and Carniolan wooden hive and does not refer to his life and work in Carinthia. To confirm these records and publications on Anton Janša in Carinthia, it is necessary to find archival documents in provincial archive in Klagenfurt to confirm or to reject this hypothesis.

Prvotni prašiči so v literaturnih virih običajno zapisani kot domači, naravni, navadni, kranjski, črni, štajerski oz. dolenjski prašiči in podobno. S pričetkom reje prašičev na Kranjskem se je razvila domača pasma prašičev. Podlaga te pasme so bili deloma domači, največ pa hrvaško-ogrski plemenski prašiči, ki so se postopoma prekrižali s prašiči žlahtnejših pasem, zlasti z veliko belo angleško pasmo. Domača pasma prašičev je bila odporna, imela je visoke noge, raven rilec in močan hrbet. Prašiči so bili skromni in neobčutljivi na mraz. Pri nastanku gorenjskega črnolisastega prašiča so verjetno sodelovale različne pasme: avtohtoni kranjski prašiči, hrvaški prašiči, heševci, angleške pasme (posebej jorkšir) in tudi krškopoljski prašiči. V kakšnem razmerju so sodelovale posamezne pasme, ni mogoče ugotoviti. Gorenjski črnolisasti prašič je bil mesnato-mastnega tipa. Bil je dobro rasten s sorazmerno veliko zmogljivostjo rasti in je imel kakovostno meso. Poudarjena je njegova odpornost in skromnost do pogojev reje. Zahteve trga po mesnatih prašičih so bile vse večje in opuščanje pasme je bilo neizbežno. O pasmah solčavski črni prašič in štajerski črni prašič so znani le skromni zapisi. Pasmi sta bili odporni in skromni ter sta bili izgubljeni.

O reji konj na Kranjskem je pisal že Valvasor (1689). Na več mestih v knjigi »Slava vojvodine Kranjske« piše tudi o kraškem konju. Druge pasme, ki so opisane v objavah do leta 1945, so noriški konj, lipicanskec, belgijski konj, ljutomerski kasač, medžimurski konj in drugi konji. Po odredbi kmetijskega ministrstva je bila nekdanja Dravska banovina, leta 1934 razdeljena v področje hladnokrvnih konj s tremi okoliši (medžimurski konj, srednje težki noriški konj, lahki noriški konj) in v dva pasemska okoliša toplokrvnih konj (amerikanski dirkač, lipicanec). Kraški konj je omenjen že v arhivski listini iz leta 1582. To so bili močni konji znani tudi po svoji dolgoživosti. Kraški konj je stara slovenska pasma, ki je od 16. stoletja dalje neposredno sodelovala pri nastanku lipicanca, pasma sama pa je izumrla. Bohinjski konj je bil visok, širok in močan. Pasmo prvi omenja dr. Bleiweis (1855). Nastal naj bi na začetku 18. stol. z oplemenjevanjem domačih kobil z žrebci pasme nonius (ogrskimi žrebci). Prvotni stari bohinjski konj je izginil z uvajanjem težkih noriških žrebcev. Kobariški konj je bila težka vprežna pasma konj, ki so jo redili že od nekdaj v soški dolini in na njenem obrobju. Pasma je bila zelo čislana tudi v Furlaniji. Prva svetovna vojna je povsem premešala pasemsko strukturo in o usodi kobariškega konja po letu 1928 ni podatkov. Posavinjski konj, imenovan tudi savinjski, je bil vzgojen v Savinjski dolini. Nastal je s križanjem noriške in ardenske pasme konj. To je bil srednje težak konj, ki je tudi izumrl.

Peter Pavel Glavar je objavil pravila za čebelarsko vrtnarsko šolo na Lanšprežu kot prilogo k razpravi »Predlog za dvig čebelarstva na Kranjskem«, ki jo je 17. decembra 1781 predložil kranjski kmetijski družbi. Pravila vključujejo: Osnutek ureditve državnega učitelja čebelarstva, osnutek za vajence, načrt za splošnokoristno čebelarsko vrtnarsko šolo pod gospostvom Lanšprež in pouk za skrbnika. Pravil za čebelarsko šolo po vsebini in v obliki, kot jih je napisal Glavar, po dosedaj znanih podatkih nismo zasledili. Glavar je med drugim predpisal, da bo pouk v deželnem (slovenskem) jeziku, da se bo čebelarilo v skupnih čebelnjakih in da se na osnovi pregledov panjev določi potrebne ukrepe čebelarjenja. Pravila uradno niso bila potrjena in odobrena, kar je preprečil dvorni dekret o ukinitvi javnih učiteljev čebelarstva, ki je bil izdan 31. oktobra 1781. Glavar pa je leta 1781 odprl čebelarsko šolo na Lanšprežu.

The geography of Slovenian autochthonous Cika cattle breed was studied over a 140-year period of its development. The first literature reference regarding the dissemination range of original Cika cattle was found in the year 1872, when Schollmayr (1873) studied cattle breeds in Carniola. In the second half of the 19 century, cattle in Carniola were without their own names of breeds and were characterized by a large phenotypic diversity. A generic term “Carniolan cattle” was the most commonly used name and animals were grouped according to their colour. Povše (1893) reported that the red coloured Gorenjska cattle were to the fullest extent spread in the area which today belongs to Gorenjska statistical region. Under the influence of specific climate and breeding conditions in Bohinj area, the smallest in size and the most dairy type of Cika cattle was developed here. They named it as “Bohinj cattle” and this was the original form of Cika cattle. Breeding of Cika cattle maintained in the same area until the sixties of the past century. In the year 1964 a symposium took place in Kranj, where it was decided that Cika cattle was going to get upgraded by Simmental breed. Today, the breeding of Cika cattle is dispersed across a larger area of the Republic of Slovenia, however, it is the most widespread in the north part of Central Slovenian statistical region (Kamnik area) and Gorenjska, especially in the south-eastern part of Julian Alps (Bohinj area). In these two areas, Cika cattle breeding is still most concentrated.

In the nineteenth and early twentieth century the Medžimurje horse played an important role as a draft and working horse in the river Mura region. Nowadays, this area is split between Hungary, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. In the frame of the project "Management of traditional transboundary breeds on example of a nearly forgotten breed the Murinsulaner", we collected data for cold blooded horses similar to the Medžimurje horse. Horses of this type do not exist in Austria anymore, in Croatia they were registered as an authothonous breed »Medjimurje horse«, and in Slovenia and Hungary this horse has a special section in the stud book for cold blooded horses as a Medžimurje type of horse. The Slovenian part of the population of the Medžimurje horse is quite heterogeneous regarding body measures. With respect to the scoring system used in the above mentioned project, the majority of scored animals were classified as »desired« or »satisfactory«. In order to further develop or to preserve this type of horse or to form a consolidated breed we would have to make a breeding program which would prevent mating among related animals and to cooperate with neighbouring countries in the field of breeding and selection. The only hope to preserve this type of horse on the long term in the region is by using it as a tourist attraction for carriage riding and/or as a draft horse in agriculture in marginal regions.