642 



CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



Mr. Hall adds farther on : 



For the purpose of getting good grades I would recommend your farmefs to cross 

 your native cattle with Shorthorn, and only to cross once. I would also recommend 

 the Polled Angus as an animal for improving your stock; I think the Polled Angus 

 crossed with the Shorthorn would give you an excellent animal for the butchers — that 

 is, one cross. I would take a thoroughbred Shorthorn cow and cross her with a Polled 

 Angus hull. I would also cross the Polled Angus with your native cows. I do not 

 think thoroughbred steers sent over to England would fetch any more than other 

 cattle. Whetber you would succeed in making anything better than a Shorthorn I 

 would not venture to say, because you have sent some extraordinary cattle into Eng- 

 land. 



The evident merit of the Polled Angus breed (writes the secretary 

 of the Ontario agricultural commission) has induced the commissioners 

 to notice them quite fully. One writer says, with reference to crossing 

 the Polled Angus with the Shorthorn : 



It is probable that the size of the Shorthorn would be somewhat reduced, which 

 might not be a disadvantage, but his quality would not be impaired ; indeed there can 

 hardly be a doubt that the quality of the meat would be improved. On this point, 

 however, we ate not left to reason or conjecture, for the cross has been tried with 

 most happy results. A distinguished Scotch authority says : "Of all the varieties 

 of cross-bred cattle there is none more satisfactory or remunerative than the Polled 

 Angus, or Aberdeen, and the Shorthorn. It grows to a large size, shows great apti- 

 tude to fatten, and when killed the fat and lean are found to be distributed through- 

 out in the most desirable proportions. 



My object in making special mention in the present report to the 

 Polled Angus breed is to call the attention of the American stock- 

 breeder to a breed of cattle having many excellent qualities, and a breed, 

 too (as compared with many other kinds and qualities of cattle), Of 

 which but little is known. 



NUMBEK AND BREEDS OE BLOODED CATTLE IN ONTARIO. 



By reference to the following table it will be observed that for the 

 year ending May 31, 1882 (which is the last available information upon 

 this point), there were but two hundred and seventy head of Polled 

 Angus cattle in this province : 



Number of eaoh class of thoroughbred caitle in Ontario, by county municipalities, as rei- 



turned May 31, 1882. 



Counties. 



Essex 



Kent 



Elgin 



Noriolk 



Haldimand , 

 TVolland..., 

 Laml>ton . . . 



Huron 



Brucu 



Grey 



Simcoe 



Middlesex . , 



Oxford , 



Brant 



Perth 



Wellington 

 Waterloo .-, 



Dufforin 



Lincoln 



Wontworfcli 

 Haltou 



Thoronfilibred cattle. 



Durham. 



246 

 391 

 321 

 433 

 394 

 190 

 4Bg 

 688 

 496 

 507 

 587 



i,Hl 

 648 

 691 

 433 



1,125 

 670 

 139 

 272 

 316 

 429 



Devon. 



33 

 67 

 60 

 23 

 37 

 71 

 60 

 33 

 42 

 51 

 151 

 51 



8 

 30 

 36 

 13 



8 

 24 

 30 

 37 



Hereford. 



36 



32 



35 



28 



50 



19 



3 



7 



125 



18 



7 



5 



10 



1 



Polled 

 Angus. 



Gallo. 



way. 



17 

 37 

 24 

 50 

 48 

 14 

 34 

 40 

 41 

 51 

 54 

 65 

 24 

 10 

 23 

 77 



5 

 12 

 34 



9 

 12 



Ayrshire. 



79 

 48 

 54 



130 

 11 

 28 

 54 



136 

 89 

 37 

 67 

 77 



166 

 16 

 48 

 52 

 42 

 9 

 5 



119 

 49 



Total. 



434. 

 550 

 498 

 724 

 49.0 

 281 

 660 

 983 

 699 

 678 

 794 



1,468 

 913 

 628 

 551 



1,424 

 754 

 184 

 340 

 486 

 529 



