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REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 



No. 65 



Carleton Concluded. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



About fifty men were present at the public meeting for the county of 

 Carleton, which was held at Stittsville on October 30th. A deep interest 

 was taken in the work. Many expressed their ideas, and, apparently, all 

 thought it a good move for the Department to take up the horse question. 

 The uppermost thought seemed to be how to stop the use of scrub stallions. 

 Twenty-seven men were in> favor of stallions being licensed; none wished 

 the matter left as it is. A resolution was passed that the grant be withheld 

 from Agricultural Societies who gave prizes to grade stallions. 



RENFREW. 



In McNab township the Inspectors were unable to see two out of the 

 eight stallions owned here. Of the six seen, one-third were not service- 

 ably sound. They are equally divided into four pure-bred and four grades. 

 To the former list belong a Standard-bred, two Clydesdales and a Percheron. 

 To the latter just the same numbers of the same breeds. One Standard-bred 

 had only recently been brought in. For the others the stud fees are $6, $7 

 and $10. Mares are general purpose and light in type, very few weigh- 

 ing as much as 1,300 Ibs. 



There are four stallions in the town of Renfrew and in Horton town- 

 ship adjoining. These are a pure-bred Clydesdale and Belgian, respectively, 

 and a grade Standard-bred and a nondescript. All are sound and pretty 

 good in conformation ; of those in service $8 to $10 are the fees. Not much 

 can be said about the mares in this section. 



In Admaston township only one stallion .was inspected, a pure-bred 

 Percheron, which stands for service at $5. 



In Westmeath the quality of the mares improves, and there are a num- 

 ber of fair general purpose mares, as well as a few registered Clydesdales. 

 There are the following sires in this township : two registered Standard- 

 breds, a pure-bred Shire and two Percheron grades. One horse was sick and 

 was not inspected. Three of the others were sound and two of them pretty 

 good horses. Fees are about as usual in these townships, $6 to $8. 



Of the seven stallions owned. in the town of Pembroke and standing in 

 Pembroke township, all but two are registered, and have fair average con- 

 formation. Clydesdales are represented by a grade, and there is a grade 

 French Canadian. The pure-breds are one Percheron, two Standard-breds 

 and a French Canadian. The fee of the grade French Canadian is given 

 as $2; others at $7, $10 and $25. 



