The difference in the prices between interiorly bred un- 

 finished cattle as compared with well bred finished cattle was 

 most marked in every instance, when a well bred heifer or 

 steer, well fed and in finished condition appeared in the ring 

 bidding became active and long ; two-year-olds brought from 

 14 to 20 each, ($70 to $100) for beef purposes. 



MR. OGILVIE'S IMPORTATION OF AYRESHIRES. 



When at Glasgow I was called on by the agent of Mr. W. 

 W. Ogilvie of Montreal, who was engaged in buying twenty- 

 five head of the best Ayreshires procurable. All Mr 4 Ogilvie's 

 importation were carefully tested before leaving Scotland 

 and declared free from tuberculosis, and were shipped from 

 Glasgow to St. John, N.B, where they are now in quarantine. 



I arrived in Perth just at the close of a sale of 334 Aberdeen 

 Angus bulls, and 105 cows and heifers, held by Messrs. Mc- 

 Donald, Eraser & Co., at their sale yards. This being the 

 annual show and sale, the herds of the most noted breeders of 

 this famous breed of Scotch cattle were represented. 



In accordance with your instructions I consulted the follow- 

 ing gentlemen : Professor J. Mel. McCall, of Glasgow, Pro- 

 fessor McFadyean, Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, 

 London, Sir George T. Brown, late Chief Veterinary Adviser 

 of the Board of Agriculture, and Messrs. Cope and Duguid, 

 the present veterinary officers of the board, on the question of 

 the appointment of veterinarians to make tuberculin tests of 

 cattle being exported to Canada and to give certificates to be 

 accepted by Canadian Cattle Quarantine Officers. As a result 

 I confidently recommend the following list of veterinarians, 

 which I sent to the High Commissioner of Canada, at London, 

 with the following explanatory letter : 



17 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, S.W., 



12th February, 1898. 



MY LORD, In compliance with instructions received from 

 the Minister of Agriculture, who is desirous of meeting the 

 wishes of a number of Canadian exporters of breeding stock 

 to make arrangements for the selection of a certain number 

 of veterinarians in Great Britain, whose certificates of having 



