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Norfolk. 



In Townsend township there are only two pure-brejd sires out of thir- 

 teen, and with few exceptions they are not of a very good standard although 

 there is only one case of unsoundness. The pure-breds are a Percheron and 

 a Hackney. Grades are of Clydesdale, Hackney, Eoadster, and general 

 purpose stock. A Clydesdale grade is giving service for |5, the highest 

 fee 's |15. for the Percheron. "Too many farmers are using gi'ade sires. 

 A few good heavy mares have been bought by breeders during the year." 



Woodhouse Gore towEship is fortunate in being in close proximity to Sim- 

 coe, where a number of very good imported horses are owned. These are for 

 sale. Some good fillies, too, have been imported and will make useful brood 

 mares. Otherwise the quality of the average mare is fair. Weight 1,200 

 lbs., and type very fair. ^There is only one grade sire, a Hackney, out of 

 nineteen kept. Of the eighteen pure-bred, nine are Clydesdales, two Shires, 

 three Hackneys, three Perchei'ons and one Standard^bred. Fees run from 

 $10 to |15. All 'are isound and no less than eleven were imported last July. 



In Windham township are a pure-bred Clydesdale, a registered Stand- 

 ard-bred and a Percheron grade, and strange to say, the grade earns a 

 larger fee than the second named. f9 to |10 are the fees charged. All 

 sires are sound. Mares are a very poor lot, with only a rare exception. 



While the soil of Middleton township is light, and light breeds can be 

 profitably raised, there is room for great improvement in the quality of the 

 horses found here. There are very few good mares, the type and quality 

 being described as poor. The average weight is 1,050 lbs. There are 

 kept for service three pure-bred Roadsters, a Clydsdale, a Hackney, and a 

 Roadster grade, and a general purpose grade. As high as $15, and as low a* 

 $8 is charged for fees. No unsoundness is reported. 



The stallions in North Walsingham township are not of a very high 

 order, tnere being too many inferior horses in service, and there is some 

 unsoundness among them. Out of the thirteen, eight are grades of Clydes- 

 dale, Roadster, Hackney, and French stock.. Among the pure-breds are 

 four Clydesdales and a Sufioli Punch, one of the best. A Hackney grade 

 and a Roadster grade have the lowest service fees, f 5 ; other fees are |7, 

 $8, |9, flO and f 12. There are practically no good mares in this township, 

 and their average weight is about 1,100 lbs. 



Charlotteville is another township that has a poor class of mares, and 

 as many of the farmers are breeding to inferior grade stallions, prospects 

 are not very bright for raising the standard of horse flesh here. There are 

 only two pure-bred sires, Clydesdales. The rest are two grade Clydesdales, 

 a grade Percheron, and a grade Roadster, and fees are from |6 to $12. 



With two exceptions the average of the sires in Woodhouse township 

 is not high, and also there are very few good mares in the section, the gen- 

 eral run being poor. Among pure-bred sires kept, are a Hackney, a Tho- 

 roughbred, a German Coach horse, and a Percheron, while grades are of 

 Clydesdale, German Coach, Hackney, and Standard-bred blood. 'Five to 

 twentv-five dollars are the fees for service. , 



The only representatives of registered stock m Houghton township 

 arp a Hackney and a Suffolk Punch. Other sires are a Belgian, Clydes- 

 dale, and Roadster, all grades. Service fees run from $8 to |12. Mares 

 are a very poor ^ot, and there is room for some good heavy stallions. 



Ijispectorx' Femarhs : "The County of Norfolk is very well supplied 

 in some townships with a very good class of stallions, there having been a 

 numbsr of good imported horses brought out this year, a number of them 



