DOMINION OF CANADA. 



575 



but, from observation, I consider it superior to the general average of 

 Quebec. 



I doubt if the feeding of cattle receives the same amount of care that 

 is given to the system in Ontario. During the summer the island is 

 admirably adapted for grazing, and it seems as thotigh a trade in cattle 

 with the United States might be of as much importance as is the trade 

 in the other products of the i)rovince. The Boston market would seem 

 to present a favorable opening for this branch of industry. At present 

 no cattle are sent to the United States from this consular district. A 

 few buyers of sheep and lambs find their way to the island. 



W. A. WOEUEN, 



Consul. 

 United States Cowstjlate, 



Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 7, 1884. 



Special staiislics concerning Prince Edward Island cattle. 



Name of breed. 



ADnnal 

 average 

 of milk. 



Milk to 1 



ponnd of 



butter. 



MUktol 

 pound of 

 cLeese. 



Live weight. 



Cow. Bull. 



Ox. 



Weight 

 of meat at 

 maturity. 



Shortboms 



Ayrsliires 



Grade Shorthorna 



other grades (crossing between the 

 Ayrshire and Gnmsey hulls and 

 the native cows) 



Pounda. 

 3,000 

 5,800 



6, mo 



5, 500 



Pounds. 

 30 



Pounds. 

 10 



Zhs. 

 1,400 

 1,000 

 1,300 



1,000 



Lis. 

 1,800 

 1,400 

 1,700 



Lis. 

 1,000 

 1,400 

 1,500 



1, .900 



Pounds. 



800 

 COO 

 780 



BemarTcs: The Shorthorns are -well shaped; colors, while, roan, and red. They 

 were originally imported from England, and have been bred pnre seven to twenty-five 

 years. The Ayrshires and Grade Shorthorns are similar to the Shorthorns, except 

 that they are of mixed colors. Other breeds are of mixed colors, medium shape, and 

 have been bred pure for one hundred years ; origin not known. 



Topography, 4'c.: Altitude, 36 feet. Mean temperature, 39.33° ; summer, 47.58° ; win- 

 ter, 31.07°. Soil: Loam, clay, and sand. Substratum: Sandstone, clay, and gravel. 

 Cultivated grasses : Timothy and clover. 



Housing, feeding, ^c: The cattle are kept tied up or in loose boxes during winter 

 of six months. Hay, timothy and clover, roots ; turnips, mangels, potatoes, grain, oats, 

 and barley are fed. Grain is housed or stacked, and thrashed in barns ; hay chiefly 

 housed. 



