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but, from observation, I consider it superior to the general average of 

 Quebec. 



I doubt if the feeding of cattle receives the same amount of care that 

 is given to the system in Ontario. During the summer the island is 

 admirably adapted for grazing, and it seems as though a trade in cattle 

 with the United States might be of as much importance as is the trade 

 in the other products of the province. The Boston market would seem 

 to present a favorable opening for this branch of industry. At present 

 no cattle are sent to the United States from this consular district. A 

 few buyers of sheep and lambs find their way to the island. 



W. A. WOEDEK, 



Consul 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 7, 1884. 



Special statistics concerning Prince Edward Island cattle. 



Remarks: The Shorthorns are well shaped; colors, white, roan, and red. They 

 were originally imported from England, and have been bred pure seven to twenty-five 

 years. The Ayrshires and Grade Shorthorns are similar to the Shorthorns, except 

 that they are of mixed colors. Other breeds are of mixed colors, medium shape, and 

 have been bred pure for one hundred years ; origin not known. 



Topography, $c.: Altitude, 36 feet. Mean temperature, 39.33 ; summer, 47.58 ; win- 

 ter, 31.07. Soil: Loam, clay, and sand. Substratum: Sandstone, clay, and gravel. 

 Cultivated grasses : Timothy and clover. 



Housing, feeding, <fc.: The cattle are kept tied up or in loose boxes during winter 

 of six months. Hay, timothy and clover, roots ; turnips, mangels, potatoes, grain, oats, 

 and barley are fed. * Grain is housed or stacked, and thrashed in barns : nay chiefly 

 housed. 



