538 CATTLE AND -DAIRY FARMING. 



them. Another point in their favor is that they are what herdsmen 

 call " good rustlers 5" that is to say that they are active feeders and will 

 find the grasses and assimilate them with a readiness that makes them 

 superior for grazing cattle to most other breeds. 



The growing favor with which these cattle are received by breeders 

 in the United States indicates that they regard them much in the same 

 light in which they are looked upon by the Canadian breeders. Sales 

 were made during the past fall from two eastern township herds. One 

 by Mr. Cochrane, in Chicago, from the Hill Hurst Farm herd, of sixty 

 Polled Angus bulls and heifers, all of which brought prices that appear 

 almost extravagant, and the other by W. B. Ives from the Cookshire 

 herd. This latter took place in Kansas City, Mo., where forty Polled An- 

 gus bulls and heifers were sold at prices which averaged $540 each. 



BENJ. S. PARKER, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



SherbrooJce, December 19, 1885. 



THE MOST SUITABLE CATTLE FOR CANADIAN FARMERS. 



REPORT BY COMMERCIAL AGENT BOBBINS, OF OTTAWA. 



As indicating the extent of cattle-raising in Ontario, the latest census 

 report shows that there were 160,207 killed or sold during the year 1880, 

 and that there were 23,263 working oxen, 782,243 milch cows, and 

 896,661 other horned cattle in the province. Many of the better grades 

 of fat cattle are exported to England, and considerable attention is be- 

 ing given to the improvement of stock for this market, whilst most of 

 the stock cattle are marketed in the United States ; large numbers go- 

 ing to the sections bordering on the Saint Lawrence. The class exported 

 to the States are mostly of the native or Canadian breed, and with* the 

 change of feed and care prove profitable for both beef and dairying pur- 

 poses. 



THE SHORTHORN AND THE HEREFORD, 



In 1880, by an order in council, a committee of eighteen prominent 

 citizens of Canada was appointed to investigate the various agricultural 

 interests of Ontario, and was known as the Ontario agricultural commis- 

 sion. A large amount of testimony was taken, especially on the cattle 

 question, and in February 1881, their report was completed. I herewith 

 submit as a part of this report an extract embracing the conclusions 

 arrived at by the commission, as follows: 



The evidence obtained as to the qualities of the Polled Angus, more particularly 

 as beefing cattle; the proofs of the success they have achieved in the prize ring, and 

 the estimation in which they are held by the British salesman and butcher, give them 

 the strongest claims to attention by Ontario breeders. 



The statements as to the size, weight, and early maturing, as well as extraordinary 

 milking qualities said to belong to the Holsteins, commend them also to closer obser- 

 vation and strict scrutiny. 



Coming to the breeds more familiar to the farmers of this province it is clear to 

 every one that for general use, and for the combination of beefing and milking quali- 

 ties, the Jerseys are not to bo thought of. They must be regarded as useful for their 

 own particular and pacific purpose of yielding a copious supply of very rich milk, and 

 as suited exclusively to butter-dairying purposes or for private family use. 



