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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



General siatisUcs. 



■Annual increase, 10 per cent. ; for the dairy, 75 per cent. ; 

 home demand exported to England and United States. 



for the butcher, 25 per cent. Excess of 



Topography: Altitude, 300 feet; mean temperature, 42.31°; summer, 6C°; winter, 

 1 ?5.44°. Soil : Onc-Lalf loam, ouo-fourtli clay, and one-fourth sandy, &c. Substratum : 

 One-third limestone, one-third granite, and one-third gravel, &e. 



Cultivated grasses : Two-thirds timothy and one-third clover. 



Methods of liousing, feeding, ^o : Wooden stables ; a stall for each animal. They 

 are cleaned and carded daily. Good beds, sawdust being freely used as an absorbent. 

 Grazing in summer ; hay, oatmeal, and barley meal in winter ; sal t three times a week. 

 Cah es come into profit at fifteen months to two years of age. Very little butter ex- 

 ported from this district. Local demand for milk and cream is large. Raising of 

 calves is extensively engaged in. Cheese is exported. 



CHEESE DAIRYING IN HASTINGS COUNTY, ONTARIO. 



BEPORT BY CONSUL PEINCE, OF BELLEVILLE. 

 CATTLE AND THEIR IMPORT AND EXPORT. 



There are very few pure-bred cattle in this district. I could find but 

 two or three persons who made any pretensions to raising a better than 

 ordinary grade. There are now, however (having been introduced 

 within a few months past), several fine Durhams and Ayrshires, claimed 

 to be absolutely pure, and a movement is being made for the introduc- 

 tion of some other breeds, and more interest in and attention paid to 

 the breeding of pure stock, all of which, in the future, will materially 

 change the character of the cattle here. 



I lind that in the county of Hastings, comprising the largest part of 

 my district— population nearly 50,000— the census returns show live 

 stock as follows : 



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