16 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 



Kent — Continued. 



general fees cliarged for service, but for one Roadster tlie fee is |20. ilarea 



are fair in quality, in weig^kt averaging 1,160 lbs., and in age seven years. 



With the exception of one Clydesdale all the stallions m the township 

 of Zone are Roadsters, two of these and the Clydesdale scoring well as re- 

 gards conformation and action. All are sound but one. Fees range from 

 flO to 120, Roadsters topping the list, as elsewhere. Mares of general pur- 

 (pose and Roadster type, of about 1,100 lbs. weight and medium quality, 

 constitute the breeding stock of this township. Their average age is 8 years. 



Howard township is well represented in the number and variety of sires 

 kept for service, which include two Hackneys, a German Coach, a French 

 horse, two Cleveland Bays, a French Canadian horse, three Roadsters, two 

 Coach horses, and six Clydesdales. Seven of these stallions are grades 

 They are mostly a good lot and the majority are sound, but two are 14 and 

 19 rears old respectively. Ten to fifteen dollars is the range of fees for ser- 

 vice, with one given as |20. In all there are some 1,800 mares of fair 

 quality in the township, of an average weight of 1,200 lbs., about a third 

 being of the draught tjpe, the rest general purpose and Roadsters. Their 

 average age is eight years. 



All the six stallions inspected in Camden township were young horses 

 and sound, three of them having been out for their first season. The average 

 quality is fairly high, and the service fees follow the general rule from |10 

 to |15. There are 1,200 mares in the township, of Clydesdale, general pur- 

 pose, and Percheroni type, whose qualitj is fair, and average weight about 

 1,150 lbs., average age being seven years. 



Harwich township possesses what is rather a rarity in Ontario now, viz.. 

 Sufiolk Punch sire. The heavy horse interests are served by two Clydesdales 

 and two Shires, while there are in addition three Percherons, a Coach horse, 

 and three Roadsters. Two of the stallions are grades. The majority are 

 reported sound, but some are well up in years. The service fee is the usual 

 range from |10 to |15. The percentage of mares bred out of the 3,000 in 

 the township is about 35 per cent. They average 1,250 lbs. in weight, and 

 are mostly general purpose, with some draughts and Roadsters. Their 

 average quality is fair, and age seven years. 



No stallions appear to be located in Chatham township. There are 

 about 1,000 mares, chiefly of Percheron and light type, weighing on an aver- 

 age 1,100 lbs., and only fair in quality, average age being seven years. 



Of the two stallions inspected in Dover township, one is a Percheron, 

 the other a French Canadian, both pure-bred and of fair conformation. The 

 fees are respectively, fl5 and |11, and to them were bred rather more than 

 a quarter of the 800 Percheron type of mare found in this township, their 

 average weight being 1,100 lbs., quality only fair, and average age eight 

 years. 



Orford township has one Percheron stallion four years old, sound and 

 well rated, and has a good percentage of foals to its credit. There is also a 

 Clydesdale and Coach horse. Service fees are from f8 to |10. About 800 

 mares are kept by farmers, being mostly of general purpose st^mp, with a 

 very few* of heavier build. They average about 1,160 lbs., and rate fairly 

 well as to quality, age averaging about eight years. 



