DOMINION OF CANADA. 



569 



potatoes, 150 bushels; turnips, 450 bushels ; other root-crops, 420 bush- 

 els ; hay, 1 ton per acre. 



ALTITUDE. 



Ottawa Harbor, at foot of Eideati Canal, in the city of Ottawa, is 

 121.75 feet above tide-water mark at Three Bivers, a point midway 

 between Quebec and Montreal, and from which official measurements 

 are taken. 



EXPLANATION. 



The foregoing figures are taken from official reports, and the follow 

 ing are based upon results derived from actual experience had and ex- 

 periments made with the different grades of cattle in this county, se- 

 cured (by personal interview) from cattle raisers and experts, and which 

 are believed to be reliable : 



Special statistics concerning cattle in the Ottawa district. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



There are a few Jerseys and a few Galloways in this district, but o* 

 the pure bloods the Durhams are the favorites. According to my best 

 information the predominant class of cattle in this district is a cross be- 

 tween the Durham bull and common or native cow; they mature early, 

 are good feeders, hardy, excellent milkers, of fair size, good beefers, 

 and hence profitable. 



The friends of the Devon claim that equally good results follow from 

 the cross of a Devon bull with the native cow, and, as a matter of fact, 

 all crosses of the pure bloods with the native cow greatly improve the 

 stock. She seems to have the power and habit of perpetuating the char- 

 acter of her male consort rather than her own. Especially is this the 

 result of the first cross, but which is not so marked or distinctive in 

 subsequent issues. 



E. B. BOBBINS, / 



Commercial Agent. 



UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL AGENCY, 



Ottawa, October 3, 1883. 



