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W ellingtcm — Continued. 



are rot as good as they might be, and one reason given is that larniers 

 have sold their best mares. Of the 683 mares none are above medmni m 

 quality or fair in type. Of the fifteen stallions standing for service, eight 

 are imported Clydesdales, two imported Hackneys, one a Thoroughbred, 

 and four are Eoadgter grades. There is only one unsound, and sorae^are 

 considerably above the average stallion. Fees in general, run from •'^10 to 

 |15, with one quoted at .?25. 



Of the stallions in Eramosa township, with few exceptions the In- 

 spectors do not speak very highly, most of them being deficient m type 

 and not likely to improve the class of horses found there, the mares, too, 

 being of no special type. The sires include an imported Hackney, two 

 Clydesdales (one a grade), two Thoroughbreds, and five Standard-breds, of 

 which three are grades. |8, .|10, |12 and .|13 are some of the fees charged. 



Seven stallions were inspected in Pilkington township belonging to 

 the following breeds: Pure-bred Clydesdales, four; Standard-bred, Coach 

 and Percheron, one each, and one Eoadster grade, the latter standing at 

 an fS fee, the others from |10 to |15. All but one are sound, and the 

 geneial average of conformation is fair, one Clydesdale being highly 

 spoken of. The mares here are of fair average quality, those of Clydesdale 

 breeding averaging 1,400 lbs., and light mares about 1,100. 



Niclinl township contains three pure-bred Clydesdale stallions, a grade 

 Shire, and a grade Standard-bred, all qualifying as to soundness, but 

 under the average -as regards general conformation. One of the Clydesdales 

 has only recently been brought in, and had not done any service at the 

 time of the inspection. Ten dollars and twenty dollars ^re charged as 

 fees, the latter for a heavy sire. The average of the heavy mares kept is 

 rather higher than in other parts of the county, being l,-500 lbs., and 

 averaging well as to quality. 



While all the stallions in West Garafraxa township are pure-bred, 

 there is some unsoundness among them, to the extent of two-sevenths. 

 Clydesdales make up three, Standard-breds three, and there is one Per- 

 cheron. There are no stud fees lower than fl2, a.nd the highest is $20. 

 As this proportion of heavy sires would show, there are a number of fairly 

 heavy mares in the township; also a good percentage of light ones, the re- 

 spective weight averages being 1,400 to 1,100 lbs. 



Of the stallions in East Garafraxa, the Inspectors state that their 

 standard is not as good as it might be, and mares also are below the aver- 

 age of those in other sections of the county. It was the opinion of farm- 

 ers met with here that something should be done to weed out inferior sires. 

 The list of sites is made up of four imported and one Canadian-bred Clydes- 

 dales, and two grade Standard-breds. No less than three stallions are 

 standing for as small a fee as |8, for the rest the fees are |10, |12 and 

 |15. Unsoundness is again in evidence here. 



In Erin township the general purpose mare is the rule, with an aver- 

 age weight of 1,200 lbs. The quality is poor. They total 736. The light 

 breeds predominate among the stallions. There are three imported Clvdes- 

 dales and one grade, a cross-bred Shire and Clydesdale, four pure-bred 

 Standard-breds and a grade, and two imported Hackneys. There are two 



