1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



27 



Halton — Continued. 



Inspectors' Remarks: "In the county of Halton your committee think 

 thalt the heavy horse is the most suitahle one for the average farmer to breed. 

 We find that there are very few good mares to breed from, and no system 

 followed by most of the breeders, some mares with one, two and even three 

 heavy crosses in them being bred to poor light stallions, and poor light mares 

 being bred to heavy horses. We also found that too often when a farmer has 

 a mare that is used up and no good, he at once breeds her and tries to raise 

 a colt. Suggestions were made' that the Ontario Department of Agriculture 

 distribute some Bterature that would impress on the farmers the advisability 

 of breeding to type, and only breeding 9uch mares as are suitable to raise 

 colts that are sound, and that this would help the. horse industry very much." 



Stallions. 



Breeding. 



Clydesdales, Imported, Canadian 

 bred and Grades (4 Imported ; ! 

 Canadian-bred, 1 Gradel , 



Shires, Imported and Grades (1 

 Pure-bred ; 1 Grade) 



Percherons, Imported 



Grades, Percheron 



Hackneys, Imported and Canadian 

 bred (1 Imported ; 1 Canadian 

 bred) 



Standard-bredf", Imported 



Roadsters, Canadian-bred 



Grades, Roadster 



Thoroughbreds, Imported 



German Coach Horses and Grades 

 and French Canadian Grades (1 

 Grade Coach ; 1 Grade French 

 Canadian ; 1 German Coach 

 Horse) 



Totals . 



is ? o 



34 



1,635 



1,800 

 1,800 

 1,575 



1,0.50 

 1,100 

 1,060 

 1,160 

 1,170 



1,345 



> 



11 

 5 

 5 



4 



9 



6 



12 



14 



3 . 



M a] 



All. 

 All. 

 All. 



1... 

 All. 

 2... 

 All. 

 All. 



All... 



So.S • 



S^ s 



83 o.S 



Fairly good. 



Fairly good. 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Fairly good. 

 Fairly good. 

 Good 



Good 



® . 



SI'S 



rj O CD 



485 



210 



90 



170 



90 



65 



140 



183 



179 



347 





1,959 



10 

 12 



io' 



14 

 11 

 9 

 10 

 20 



10 



Mahes. 



Townships. 



Trafalgar 



Esquesing. . . 

 Nassagaweya 

 Nelson 



Total . . . 



Type. 



Some Clydesdale, Carriage and a few 



Roadsters 



Light mostly 



General Purpose as a rule 



Heavy, with a few light 



is O 



1,150 

 1,050 

 1,100 

 1,100 



Fair... 

 Very poor 



Poor 



Poor. . . . 



