DOMINION > OF r CANADA. 



DISPOSITION OF CATTLE AND CATTLE PRODUCTS. 



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As to the disposition of products, beef cattle are largely consumed 

 at home. The people of this section of Canada make use of a great 

 deal of meat, mostly beef and mutton, pork being used comparatively 

 little. Large numbers of fat cattle are shipped to England and Scot- 

 land, and a small number reach the markets of the United States. 



Butter is made by the families of farmers, and either printed or made 

 into rolls for the local trade, or packed in tubs for exportation or to 

 supply the home markets during the latter part of the winter and the 

 early spring months, when the cows are mostly turned dry. Cheese is 

 made by farmers' families and in small factories, and sold to local deal- 

 ers or to exporters. Much Canadian butter and cheese reaches the 

 markets of New England, its superior quality enabling shippers to pay 

 the duty of 4 cents per pound to the American Government, and still 

 fiod ready and often profitable sales among our people. The shipments 

 of Canadian butter and cheese to England and Scotland, where they 

 are highly prized and bring fairly remunerative prices, have been grow- 

 ing larger year after year, and in the last three years have doubled 

 annually. 



CONCLUSION. 



I have thus endeavored to present the opinions of the stockmen and 

 dairymen of this section of Canada, and the results of their varied ex- 

 periencesgleaned from numerous conversations and interviews with 

 them uncolored by any notions of my own. I sincerely hope that the 

 record may contain'sornething of value to the stock growers and farmers 

 of the United States. 



BENJ. S. PAEKEE, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Sherbroolce, December 19, 1883. 



Special statistics concerning cattle in the eastern townships of Quebec, 



Thoeo arc gross -weights ; subtract at least one-fourth to obtain net -weights. 



