390 
Canadian Agriculture. 
CattL?. 
Sheep. 
Pigs. 
Ontario .. .. 
286 

878 
19 
Quebec 
244 
117 
3 
North- West Territories 
23 
Nova Scotia 
8 
"s 
New Biunswick . . 
1 
574 
99S 
22 
The following is a summary of the breeds imported in 
1882 :— 
Cattle. 
lortborr 
c c 
t 
C 
o 
> 
*l 
yrsUlro, 
>> 
c 
«0 
00 
li 
-< 
E; 
~<! 
< 
■-3 
For Canada .. 
90 
31 
323 
7 
10 
19 
5 
17 
16 
574 
For TJnited States 
14 
142 
263 
166 
•• 
50 
635 
All these cattle underwent a quarantine of ninety days from the 
date of sailing from the European port, and no disease of a 
contagious nature was found to exist amongst them. 
Sheep. 
Oxfonl 
Down. 
Shropshlro. 
c 
o 
■3 
C 
rr. 
c ^ 
S5 
Cheviot. 
•c 
_ c 
"S ~ 
|| 
Leicester. 
o 
C 
a 
"o 
u 
c 
Total. 
163 
512 
33 
10 
110 
12 
17 
50 
91 
998 
For United States .. .. 
u 
2. 
20 
126 
Thus, almost a thousand pure-bred sheep, many of them prize- 
winners, were imported in 1882. Ontario takes the lead both 
in importation and in exportation. 
• The cattle called " Holstcin " on the American Continent are really Dutch. 
The true Holstein breetis are ke pt on the Marshes of Holstein, and very much 
resemble our unimproved and unpedigreed Shorthorns. — Edit. 
