DOMINION OF CANADA. 543 



Number of each class of thoroughired cattle in Ontario, ^o. — Continued. 



Conn ties. 



Peel 



York 



Ontario 



Snrliam 



ITortlitimberland 



Priiice EdV^ard 



Lennox and Addington 



i'rontenac 



Leeds and Gieny ille — 



Dundas 



Stormont 



Glengarry 



Prescott 



Unssell 



Garletou 



Itenfrew 



Laua^rk 



Victoria ^ 



Peterborough 



Halibnrton 



Hastings 



Algoma 



Mnakoka 



Parry Sound 



Total , 



Thoroughbred cattle. 



462 



741 



707 



457 



328 



142 



151 



158 



280 



106 



85 



133 



89 



60 



127 



70 



109 



193 



173 



15 



176 



17 



38 



25 



15, 385 



Devon. 



Hereford. 



1,438 



841 



Polled 



Angus. 



Gallo- 

 ■way. 



Ayrshire, 



20 

 127 



17 



88 

 121 

 173 

 117 

 123 

 545 

 263 

 307 

 203 

 202 



70 

 139 



03 

 140 



31 



80 



Total. 



552 

 948 

 847 

 ?59 

 538 

 375 

 326 

 335 

 908 

 452 

 447 

 501 

 329 



lot 



321 

 183 

 287 

 306 

 427 

 29 

 406 



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68 

 40 



MILKING QXTALITIBS OF THE POLLEB ANGUS. 



With regard to the milking qualities of the Polled Angus, my obser- 

 vation does not lead me to speak authoritatively. On this point I may 

 quote Lord Airlie, of Scotland, the owner of a herd of Polled Angus 

 cattle. In his reply to a writer in North British Agriculturist he says : 



I observe that the writer of the article states that the Polled Angus cows are bad 

 milkers. It is the fashion to say so ; and no doubt, if you breed exclusively for show- 

 yard purposes and for beef producing, you may havOja number of indifferent milkers. 

 The same might probably be said of any herd, certainly of the Shorthorns. But if 

 you want dairy cows, and select the right animals, you wiU have nothing to complain 

 of. 



He further says : 



I have at present seventeen Polled Angus cows in my dairy. The greater number 

 of these give from 12 to 14, and sometimes 16 Scotch pints tor a considerable time 

 after calving.- 



The milk is admitted to be much richer than that of either the Short- 

 horn or Ayrshire. As regards the length of time for which they will 

 continue to give milk, Lord Airlie says : 



My cow, Belle of Airlie (1959), dam of Belus (749), as pure a Polled Angus as any 

 in the herd-book, used to be milked all the year round. 



TEANSPOETATION OP STOCK TO THE UNITED STATES. 



By a glance at the map of Ontario, it will be seen that nearly every 

 township in the province is in close proximity to a railroad. The Grand 

 Trunk and Canada Southern with their numerous branches, furnish ex- 

 cellent means for the transportation of stock. These roads connect at 

 both the eastern and western frontiers of Ontario with the various 

 American lines which lead to every State and Territory of the United 

 States. Of course the cost of transportation depends upon the distance. 



