THE LIVE STOCK OF THE FARM. 



the beginnings of what with him may be as eminent as any Bates or 

 Booth in England ? This is no improbable matter indeed, but deser 

 our serious attention. 



Our experience of this breed has been intimate and very satisfactory. 

 \Ve hold by clear and substantial evidence for eight years that the Cana- 



L cow takes no mean place as a milker, a mother, and a field for wM 

 work both for beef and dairy purposes. Much of this is due to her dis- 

 tinct character in some respects : she is decidedly content with her av-r 



circumstances miserable as they be at times can do as well in the 

 bush as on clover fields, and responds with her best when the thermome- 

 ter is at zero or 90 in the shade. Her quantity of milk is not so \SLT^< 

 til-- Ayrshire for six weeks after calving, but far ahead in continuance, 

 and therefore, on an average, equal ; in cream it is unquestionably superior 

 to the Ayrshires. No one well acquainted with the breeds would choose 

 the Ayrshire against the Canadian, where hardiness and profits under 

 urlinary conditions were the elements. 



So also in regard to a common source for cheap production of beef with 

 a Shorthorn or Hereford bull. Other bulls have not as yet been suf- 

 ficiently tried except the Ayrshire and Devon, which cannot compare 

 with these two. While small as a beefer, the Canadian cow is roomy as 

 a breeder, and thus affords field enough for such a purpose. 



I am confident that a proper selection of the milking Canadian would 

 add immensely to the dairy and beefing interests of the country. 



77/< Devon. The remarkable feature of the Devon with us has been an 

 uniform conduct no coming and going in anything, but an even run of 

 breed in;:, health, and good doing under all conditions. Summer and win- 

 ter the Devon is equally at home plump on pasture, and in good heart in 



stall without grain. They have also been particularly good moth 

 tln-ir calves in a manner superior to anything in our exp< i i. nc- 



I von calf is always a full calf on its milk alone rolling in fat and 

 with all tin- l.uild of an old animal. The particular character of the breed* 

 and rich milk give these n-sults. Aft-r \\ ailing, and all up t<> heiferlmod 



dini: there is a distinct heartin-<s and vigour, on tin* small scale as re- 

 gard there is DO stunting according bo their kind, bat one has tola 



kind in order to appreciate tin- diti'rivncr lu-t wren tln-m and th- l.-ii 



We have never got so much milk from a Devon, hut in <j<i:ility 

 it i> srcond only to tli. J.-rsey. The bull attains to a greater si/.- and 



-lit proportionately t<> the cow than the same thing in mofil thri 

 as his " get-up" is comparativ.-ly mow of a beefer than. For exam 

 shire bul ist the Ayrshire cow, The Devon cow tip 



