124 American Cattle Marlcefs and the Dressed Beef Trade, 
District Class J. 3 Entries. 
[Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, and District.] 
No. 
* 35. (Reserve No. 1 in Class D) rremium of 200/. to G. P. Finch, for 
J:!cli2)se. 
District Class K. 2 Entries. 
[Roxburghsliire, Berwiclcsliirc, and District.] 
89. Premium of 200/. to Robert F. TrenLolm, for Omega. 
Note. — Only one horse was chosen for a Premium from the entries in 
Class C, and no selection was made from the entries in Classes 11 and J. 
The vacancies in these districts were therefore filled up from the Reserve 
horses in the other classes. 
VI. — American Cattle Marl-ets and the Dressed Beef Trade, with 
some Statistics of the Live-Stoch Trade in the United States. 
By John Clay, Jun., 115 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 
The North American Continent consists politically, socially, and 
to a great extent commercially, of three countries. British 
North America, the greatest in extent, lies on the north, Mexico 
lies on the south, and betwixt the two are situated the United 
States. The nature of the climate, and the vast tracts of barren 
land contained in the British Dominion, will never allow it, at 
least for many years, to become an important factor in the beef 
trade of the woi'ld. It is true that it has, and probably will, 
export more or less cattle from favoured districts, more especially 
Ontario and portions of its North- West Territories ; but its sub- 
arctic winter will always be an obstacle in the line of great 
improvement in strictly beef production. In the dairy products 
of the world it is certain that the old Canadian provinces will 
always take a leading part. The quality of the soil and the 
habits of the people lead to this end, and the rapid development 
of the cheese industry in various parts of the country proves 
pretty conclusively that the business is a success. On the other 
hand, in the Southern Republic there is not much to fear in the 
way of competition so far as cattle-growing is concerned. If to 
Spanish indolence and a deplorable government is added the 
fact that the climate is semi-tropical, it is apparent that not much 
advance can be made in the direction we are treating of Great 
herds of cattle roam over the dry plateaus of this vast Mexican 
Republic ; but they are poor in quality, and totally unsiiited for 
anything but " canning." Occasionally they are driven across 
