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The Ar/ricultuml .Resources of Canada. 



The same evening we arrived at Toronto. On tiie 8th, 

 Toronto. in company with Alderman Hallam and Lieutenant. 



>. * Laurie (after being kindly received at Government 



House by the Lieut.-Governor), we drove to see Messrs. Davies and 

 Co 's bacon factory— where 17C pigs were killed and dressed m an 

 lunr. It was interesting to see how well each man mastered his 

 work. Pigs were bought at this establishment at 5| cents per lb., 

 live weight, from 160 lbs. to 220 lbs. The same gentlemen kindly 

 accompanied us to Tkornclille IStock 3^'arm, where we had tho 



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pleasure of seeing tho champion thorougiibred stallion of America, 

 "Mikado." Standing ]6,| hands high, and weighing in stud 

 condition l,JiOO lbs., with fine quality and substance, a more perfect 

 animal cannot be seen. Next came a Clydesdale stallion named 

 "Energy," another grand specimen of its class. Besides some fine colts 

 and young stock, we also saw a magnificent red Durham bull ; and I 

 must confess, [aking into consideration size and quality, 1 have never 

 seen one to equal it. 



We here completed our task, and prepared to return 

 Conclusion. to England. We were unanimously of the opinion 



that Canada is a great but undeveloped country, with 

 unbounded wealth bcjth in minerals and agriculture. It undoubtedly 

 has a great future before it. Many thousands of families who are 

 striving against the tide of fortune in Great Britain will obtain in 

 Canada what they never can expect to where they are, viz., the 

 privilege of being their own landlords, with, as I have before said, 

 the law and liberty of the Old Country. 



