DOMINION OF CANADA. 



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CATTLE IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES NOT PROBABLE. 



I am not inclined to think that any considerable importai ttle 



from the United States is likely to occur, as the only requirement here 

 is for No. 1 thoroughbreds, and the wide-iiwuke shippers are keenly 

 criticising foreign stock, of which, owing to their trans-Atlantic trade, 

 opportunities of making selections from the most famous herds are not 

 lacking. 



1 have pleasure in attaching to this report a plan of the model stock 

 building, Experimental Farm, Guelph, trusting that it will not be con- 

 sidered extraneous to the subject, and an illustrated test of the milk, 

 cream, and butter producing capacity of several breeds, made by Pro- 

 fessor Brown, under the direction of the Ontario Government. 



H. C. BUFFINGTON, 



Commercial Agent. 



UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL AGENCY, 



Chatham, October 3, 1883. 



Special statistics concerning cattle in Southwestern Ontario. 



