LECTURE NO. 35. 



FRENCH CANADIAN CATTLE THEIR ORIGIN AND 



HISTORY, CHARACTERISTICS AND 

 STANDARD POINTS. 



I. The French Canadian cattle are doubtless 

 descended from the cattle of Brittany and Nor- 

 mandy. 



(1) The early settlers of Quebec came largely from these 

 provinces of France, and doubtless brought with them the 

 stocks of cattle bred there. 



(2) They were found in the new French colony as early 

 as 1620. 



II. Subsequently to 1620 the additional colo- 

 nists who from time to time arrived from north- 

 western France, added, by sundry importations, to 

 the cattle previously introduced. 



(1) These early importations were the only source from 

 which French Canadian cattle derived their characteristics. 



(2) No other cattle were introduced into the colony prior 

 to 1776. 



III. It is more than probable that the ancestry 

 of French Canadian cattle is identical with that of 

 the Channel island breeds. 



(1) So close is the resemblance that it would not be easy 

 to distinguish a French Canadian cow from a dark-colored 

 Jersey. 



(2) Their essential characteristics other than those which 

 relate to form are very similar. 



IV. Introduction of the English breeds. 



(i) Subsequent to 1776, cattle of English origin were 

 introduced to a somewhat limited extent, but 



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