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County. 



Peterborough 



Victoria 



Ontario 



Durham 



Northumberland . 

 Prince Edward . . 



Hastings 



Lennox and Ad- 



dington 



Frontenac 



Leeds 



Grenville ........ 



Dundas 



Stormont 



Glengarry 



Prescott 



Russell 



Carleton 



Lanark 



Renfrew 



Haliburton 



Muskoka 



Parry Sound 



Nipissing 



Manitoulin 



Algoma ] 



Thunder Bay . . > 

 Rainy River. . . j 



It will be noticed by Tables I. and II. that for horses, cattle and 

 swine, there have been substantial yearly increases in numbers both of 

 the animals on hand and of those sold and slaughtered, while for sheep, 

 the decrease in numbers has been most pronounced. 



Table III. indicates that the decrease has been quite general through- 

 out the whole Province, excepting the northern part. The only counties 

 in the older settled portion of Ontario to show increases are Prince Ed- 

 ward and Prescott. In northern Ontario the Districts of Muskoka, 

 Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River show in- 

 creases in the number of sheep, while in Manitoulin and Parry 

 Sound the decreases are only slight. It should be noted that 

 the counties in this table are arranged so that those having 

 climatic and other conditions somewhat similar follow each other. The 



