Cornell University Library SF 290.C207 Report of the special investigation on h iii 3 mann OF THE Special Investigation ON orse Breeding in Ontario 7 1506 (PUBLISHED BY THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TORONTO) PRINTED BY ORDER OF i THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO TORONTO: Printed by L. K. CAMERON, Printer to the King’s Most Evicted Majesty 1907. REPORT OF THE Special Investigation ON Horse Breeding in Ontario 1906. (PUBLISHED BY THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TORONTO) PRINTED BY OxDER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO TORONTO: Printed by L. K. CAMERON, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. 1907. cs or ago GS GF ee ee WARWICK BRO'S & RUTTER, Limited, Pmnters, TORONTO. \ To the Honorable Wi1ti1am Mortimer Criarg, K:C., LIieutenant-Governor of Ontario. May 17 Pieasr Your Honor: The undersigned begs to present herewith, for the consideration of ‘Your Horor, the report on the Horse Industry of Ontario, 1906, which has been prepared by the Live Stock Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculiure. Respectfully submitted, Newtson Monvettu, Minister of Agriculture. Toronto, March, 1907. [3] CONTENTS. PAGE TNPRODUCTION dou coon dc coeds csadess detedasdd sausechaasalppans tenauenns HOHE MRNE TE Hebd Rdawtner ns sedrennneede’ 5 TTR CES, ares sctcznslesyttce noes ceecestoresstn olscratbssnsia-sisetan ch acaseag Ss wala sc Sb Sk ORRESTNE Ha detect See ele aa nia arene 7 TWSPECHORS: 2f sccies say sccinesa ieee stsear decane suite abreast mae useless SER a nRS| aie FAM Sr aiceieinet i eae t. Public. Meetings: sey aah carunegauses sceneades naps tos hersoseseiadalages te qn te EAN SETS ae ec 7 Districr 1: Middlesex 9 VOSSOX; ~ 5, coucaceaiies Moaciulsadaicunele uvadeatianesccdak canted Seaueee nA aotarss Frau iem meted 8% 13 AGGIE: any acewuan ones : 15 SFOS aN ye vstentescrapevcen tie aototeaeenitate hav age Salo dea geeta svat teta ne niet ia Ais ais odie mA TONES 18 Lambton 21 Special Report of Inspectors ............cccceee cece eee eee eens e cect eee eee ne tense eee een eeeres 24 District 2: PRaltann ac22se se Seating Ma hace ade Sesadiob ae yaisioaae oe MR ON Se eapaae Seeme eeeae TEs Satna nes 26 Wentworth * ; 28 Brant. xcsisnilccnnwnaosasger see 31 Oxford scsncssvacsacssieudwetesseavsen deep, 34 IN OTRO DIES Seeiecdtve of teknnnn sretarserns wiyataiese ay bene ee feces cytes cetera lelotiareaieuceec oarbmecetaytned te Stee eacaee 30 Haldimand 39 Welland sic snide doh ce tiie dsisteaissann Sesate clue tead asta vaweiqnes eeammeoten saeiyauts centoeenede ve Adare cece 42 TAM CON: sas cea ccs hrs Geesincie nticeiba eased ea bs ascinsoje sesh gla wad le Tei AISMRRS Selanneanon oe apeeeemeedaws Ake a t4 ~ Special Report of Inspectors ..............0e cece reece eee Erdem MaGieectaacanaye a eeeee eae 46 District 3: Huron : 48 Bruce scape 51 Grey 64 Special, ‘Repott: Of UMspecvors: x cassta vase qenceenda cies ag gnads savgane tae cass aeons Wak 58 Disrricr 4: Ghai. spe paenslic ae esta eras cee as ecsan ec tneeec en gaenae ne ned aaa eR a Eke ee oc seroa teas : 59 WW BGS] Oeste gissta tavnvcs uisiwiaccl ay sts stivetnave Sixteanncecataversarztne cu wieaserunpatarvele iprecstbonhseal a eeaitepeatarces aioe ae ahctreateesern 61 Wellin @ ton, cwesassiseccasevetadeusnsdinccidiiecs adbialeatina sivsalvire snap daleriainaios eel oe web Mane siereeceseoalbait He Pol eOY 63 Dutbe rin. a -aanenc tenuis areneee capsaatan aianinaaen aniasconterds an tahictes tysscumtadie’ Seuanmeebaaeheas eid aes 67 Special Report of Inspectors sccoscinevgsscnesoeice wes wes sea tees ci cauteots owes ve emon aS ¢ 69 District 5: Oe, tamale eee acad seas acd Seed Good Aaah DARGA ANG Ma SER ameinte ste mine enn am ene s 71 SCOOT crscern oor Guiariasde eae enee Sat RE Ma nian aa cemiannatam sad: jelsiyea oases Bis shacee eects eo feclert 73 PM re gtk Sie eat tescs yn ncncaeee neater erste: 8d eastdep he URP Dee ERE eG ostastlat orev eee Slo POPE ee RICR Geccsestel 78 Gy ene Ten oa oat ate ee hepa ae aor ect wage ha eye epee beech est ca ac ele Kets open bak a 81 Special Report of Inspectors : 83 District 6: NR casita epee ir al ice ah ea morn aig OL artes Mes REN de Su Td ea Tah ae uta 86 PetePbOLOU BE sa .acgi ce sp ceusiiadenapsaieiet vcbatucuem sdaced Baiamedeasee dace 89 Wictoral,” axseicenlohh leak sae! BOb OTD ie cide Wan ale hn et atd 91 DUTTA oss xe cla severe eSe arse avers lac va abbatetoruacterneesge inate age sccamnecced eepcecleotie iN aaT cial ply kasd atelectasis ho 95 Northiumber lard): Sscacec ctuascne Scniarine sctncanonts duelgabes netenremn atic Me Mecaactiteedi ican tne sin 97 Prince: Md ward aves evcderse aesseenneiitscehsonemanteeueacemeraies SUNN AGH ie ceaeoee gee ted oes deeetere 99 Spicial’ Report of Tnspectors: jacks ye esocsns secdeeuh ans ccasnesAashabcdcics natmmncumeontian ages 101 District 7: IPTesco tt. Qhnceiasecnsaaina cengemtctes yea mies dace dalannea mana teamente tee uctnat ae Seeeanoe we mendes uae 102 Russel . 14 Carloton 106 Renfrew 108 Lanark 110 Special Report of Inspectors 2.2.0.0... ceccecec cece cece cece e cece ee eesebe cece cece 113 Districr 8: Gleneanty . Buccudeatentamalegie chemin hard oi Bin vied hha neo Fee RAG Yencate ge Na 114 TDs ais sages seetcics enierdesae aa aitenscina ee pylaie np otruatanseercleclletu etetlnagt Del aes Yeres ata scowl a eye tbanarontter tious 116 GeV TS: cacieas 4 shnentar enieer sccm Henan gan dimuneren a selmi anasal a he Medwains as vasklondaleecato a 120 Thc@ds:. vac: vesaee tistentinraas noninnas ewamiseeeeeabion awasertens wtings an gages dass kAnomorcels nekasaetietn 121 PRON GOIN C ahaa east causa ce Seiepacuneen deem ema eee gecko datas kai dvadsscot vata dy nbabemmnaenttnm dati. J2t Lennox and Addington ..... ia evasion a cion eamtterettebchaa made ere niGa tw cee dy lt 16 Special Report: of Inspectors: saucers vunswacwndiads ac igmneaeine gic csede\-seolshiaguautannce 129 SEOr mont: cee: enste a seem iner ieedan cranes arenreaaain sommenemionein auch seewunnaniiraoueg uegaons 131 Susrarres: * Showing number of each class of stallions in “ach County... oc... 133 Showing percentage of each class of stallions in each County .. .................. 134 Showing number of each breed in Province ........:ceeececeeeece es en be Gut weiteny o E BS [4] REPORT OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION ON Horse Breeding in Ontario. INTRODUCTION. The question of improving the quality of the horses bred in the Prov- ince has been considered at different times at annual and others meetings of live stock associations, as well as being a subject of concern to persons individually or officially interested in the promotion of the horse indus- try. No unanimous and satisfactory scheme calculated to improve cordi- tions could be decided upon, and when the matter was carefully inquired into, it was found that the reason, apparently, was‘a-lack of accurate and de- tailed information as to the exact conditions throughout the Province which affect the quality of the horses produced. It was therefore decided by the Minister of Agriculture: that before undertaking any compre- hensive plan for the improvement of horse-breeding, it would be wise to procure more complete information upon which conclusions might be based. It was felt that detailed and accurate information along the following lines shou!d be obtained before any comprehensive policy should be adopted looking to the general improvement of the horse industry in Ontario. 1. What conditions have affected or are affecting the quality and num- ber of stallions and brood mares, in the various sections of the Province, and if the effect is for good, whether or not the same conditions could be applied in other sections; and if the conditions have not a good effect what could be done to remove them. 2. What class of horses can most profitably be raised in different sec- tions of the Province, under the natural conditions found in those sections. 3. The system of syndicating, and any other plan at present adopted ‘ in Ontario, other than private ownership. 4. The views of horsemen generally as to the advisability of a Stal- lion Inspection Act. 5. Suggestions from those interested in the horse business, as to what can be done to improve conditions of the horse business generally. For the purpose of obtaining this information, the Legislature was asked to make an appropriation, which was done at the session of 1906, and the following plan of work was adopted :— The counties of the Province were divided into eight districts, and two Inspectors, one to represent light horses, and one to represent heavy horses, were appointed to investigate and report on the conditions in each district. The Inspectors were instructed to inspect each known stallion located in their district, and to obtain from the stallion owner and others with whom they came in contact, such information as might be possible regarding the mares. The information obtained in this way is practically accurate, re- [5] 6 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 60 garding the stallions, and approximately correct regarding the mares. The Inspectors were instructed to make a report on the stallions covering the following points: . Owner. Post office address. . Breed or breed most favored. . Pure-bred or grade. . If pure-bred, imported or Canadian-bred, and registration number and name of Record. . Average age. . Weight. . Sound or unsound. . If unsound, what disease. . Conformation. . Action, . Approximate value. . Number of mares served, . Service fee. . Per cent. of foals. . If sound, score out of possible 100 points. . Remarks. nm TDOOND ORWMNE Ree PE orm wNe He NO The following points are covered in the report on the mares: . Number in township. . Average number kept by each breeder. Type. . Average weight. . Average quality. Average age. Average value. . Remarks. Information regarding matters of a general nature covered by the in- vestigation were obtained bv meeting with those interested in the horse indu-try in each district, either individually or at the public meeting held in each county for this purpose. It was not the intention that at this meeting, or at any other time, the inspectors should endeavor to direct public opinion to obtain certain results or decisions, nor was the work un- dertaken with the object of conducting an educational campaign. This latter point might be a natural result of the investigation, and form part of a general plan to be adopted for improving conditions, but it was not a part of the work of the inspectors. What was required was a full and in- telligent discussion of the different matters covered by the investigation, and to give every one interested an opportunity to express his opinion as to how the conditions relating to the breeding of horses could best be im- proved. In order to facilitate the work of the Inspectors, the Secretary of the Farmers’ Institute, in each institute district, was requested to organize the district, obtain the names of the stallion owners in his institute dis- trict, arrange the most convenient route for rnspecting these stallions in their own stables, and also in order to avoid loss of time to drive with the inspectors throughout the district. The stallion owners were notified by circular letter as to the probable time of the visit of the Inspectors. The local offie-rs also advertised and made the necessary arrangements for hold- ing the public meeting in each county. The result of the investigation in each institute district depended to a great extent upon the preliminary work being properly done, and the report will show that this work was well done in most cases by the local institute officers. DIOP Wwe 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 7 The list of Inspectors, the districts visited by them, and the counties comprising each district are ‘given below: Districts. District No. 1.—Counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Elgin, and Lambton. Wm. Smith, Columbus; J. ). Graham, Toronto. District No. 2.—Counties of Halton, Wentworth, Brant, Oxford, Nor- folk, Haldimand, Welland, and Lincoln. John Gardhouse, Highfield; Wm. Cain, V.S., Perth. District No. 3.—Counties of Huron, Bruce and Grey. H. G. Reed, V.S., Georgetown; John Bright, Myrtle. ' District No. 4.—Counties of Perth, Waterloo, Wellington, and Duf- ferin. Wm. Jones, Zenda; Peter Christie, M.P., Manchester; John A. Boag, Ravenshoe.’ District No. 5.—Counties of Peel, Simcoe, York, and Ontario. Thos. McMillan, Seaforth; Wm. Mossip, St. Mary’s. . District No. 6.—Counties of Hastings, Peterborough, Victoria, Dur- ham, Northumberland and Prince Edward. J. G. Clarke, Ottawa; Jas. Irving, Winchester. District No. 7.—Counties of Prescott, Russell, Carleton, Renfrew, and Lanark. W. F. Kydd, Simcoe; Geo. Gray, Newcastle. District No. 8.—Counties of Glengarry, Dundas, Grenville, Leeds, Frontenac, and Lennox and Addington. H, S. Arkell, B.S.A., O.A.C., Guelph; Jas. Sinclair, V.S., Cannington; Arthur Thom, Elma. _ ,Note.—Where more than two inspectors are given for one district, the work was divided so that but two inspectors were in the district at one time. The work of in- eee a Stormont County was done by George Gray, Newcastle, and A. R. Walsh, erth. The following list shows the place and date at which it was arranged to hold the public meeting for each county. Pusiic MEETINGS. County, Townor city. Date. County. Town or city. Date. Brantc epcsaaa ees Brantford ....... Oct. 20. |} Lincoln .......... St. Catharines ...}/Nov. 17. Bruce. se sscs cares ee Vaislev .......... ‘« 26. || Middlesex ........ London ......... Oct. 19. Carleton.......... Stittsville........ ‘30 || Northumberland ..|Brigbton ........ Nov. 15. Durham.......... Orono .......... Nov. 9. || Norfolk .......... Simcoe .......... a 3. Dufferin ......... Shelburne ....... “12. || Oxford ........... Woodstock Oct. 27. UNAS! 5 2.5 so ase anes Winchester...... Oct. 18. |] Ontario .......... Port Perry. ..|Nov. 13. FERRER i cvccs. vd dececeenses Esgex .........4. ‘© 26. || Perth ............ Mitchell .. ../Oct. 16. 111 eres St. Thomas....../Nov. 9. || Peterborough ..... Madoc .......... a8 DE Frontenac ........ Harrowsmith ....| ‘ 5. || Prince Edward....|Picton........... Nov. 20. GROW se scoe gitar bes Markdale ....... ie 8.) Rel sice oe ee geenies Caledon East ..../Oct. 12. Grenville ........ Kemptville...... Oct. 25. |) Prescott .......... Vankleek Hill...) ‘* 18. Glengarry ........ Alexandria ...... ‘e138. !! Russell ........... Russell ......... PR 59, -Hastings.......... Madoe: 2225 ince ‘17. || Renfrew .......... Cobden.......... Nov. 8. Huron ........... Clinton.......... “© 11. ||/Simeoe .. ...... Barrie .......... Oct. 26. Halton ........... Milton i226 cece es «11. |] Victoria .......... Lindsay ......... 31. Haldimand....... Fisherville ...... Nov. 8. || Wellington ....... Fergus .......... Nov. 7. Rents. citerr cn cae Chatham ........ es 2. || Waterloo ......... Berlin .......... Oct. 22. Lanark. e2c3ccox Carleton Place...| ‘6 12. || Wentworth....... Dundas.......... «16, Lambton ......... Petrolea ..... ...| 19. || Welland.......... Welland......... Nov. 14. TGO0S: jo saci acoed ans Lansdowne ...... Oct. 31. || York..........0-- Richmond Hill...| ‘ 5. Lennox and Ading- TOM! sere eee ee Napanee ........ Nov. 13. 8 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 It was practically impossible to procure the name of every stallion owner in the Province, and in a very few of the townships it may be found that this may slightly affect the report on that particular township, but it will not affect the report of the county to any appreciable extent. In some few cases also, the owners would not allow their horses to be inspected, and wherever a stallion was not inspected, the report of the mares in the tabu- lated statement for the township in which such stallion is located will also be affected. It should also be borne in mind that stallions are credited to the townships in which they were located at the time of inspection, when. they may possibly travel through the surrounding townships during the season; this may give a somewhat erroneous impression regarding the town- ships not credited, if this fact is not noted. It should also be specially noted that the number of mares credited to any township in the tabulated statement is the number of mares bred to stallions inspected in that town- ship, and will not necessarily denote the number of breeding mares actu- ally owned in the township. The information regarding the amount of ser- vice fees, and the number of mares bred to each stallion was supplied the Inspectors by the owner of the stallion. The Inspectors did not always have an opportunity of verifying this information, and referring specially to the service fees, it has been suggested that the advertised service fee was not always adhered to. In this report standard-bred horses and pure-bred horses are classed together, the standard-bred horses being termed pure-bred as a matter of convenience in preparing the report. The ame is also true of the term grade being applied to denote non-standard-bred horses of roadster type. Roadster stallions (Canadian-bred) include standard-bred horses bred in Canada and stallions of Roadster type bred in Canada, but registered in Records other than the American! Trottmg Register. Roadster grade stallions include grade stallions of Roadster type not registered in any record, The report following is compiled from the statistics and general in- formation supplied by the Inspectors, the report from each district being given separately. The report on each county in the above districts is given by townships, with a summarized table and general information regarding the whole county, given at the end of the county report. The remarks of the Inspectors regarding the work generally are given at the end of the report of the district which was under their charge. The report for each district after being finally prepared was submitted to and approved by the Inspectors for that district. A summarized report and statistics covering the Province, in accordance with the above districts, completes the report of the investigation. lioy UN: ut! sm) ab, edi rhe mt, f 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. % DISTRICT NO. 1. Counties.—Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Elgin and Lambton. Inspectors.—Wm. Smith, Columbus, and J. D. Graham, Toronto. MIDDLESEX. The township of Biddulph was first gone over. Two Clydesdale stal- lions, two Shires, a Percheron, a Standard-bred, and a Roadster, were seen by the Inspectors. All of these were registered, and all the Clydes- dales, Shires, and the Percheron were imported animals. The Clydesdales were of an excellent type, one weighing 2,100 lbs. and both had been used on a large number of mares. The Roadster was of good conformation and action, while the rest were described as fair. All were sound. It is estimated that there are 1,000 breeding mares in the township, being mostly of Clydesdale and Roadster tvpe, and averaging about 1,350 lbs. in weight. Their average quality is described as fair, and the average age 8 years. Service fees ran from $10 to $15, and in one instance was given as $25. In McGillivray township, Clydesdales largely predominate; out of the nine stallions seen, five beng of that breed, all imported but one. Their quality ranged from good to fair. One aged grade Clydesdale was seen, and one of the three Standard-breds and Roadsters was also a grade. Most of the stallions were sound, two coming under the head of ‘“‘fairly sound.’’ The average weight of the Clydesdales was about 1,750 lbs., and of the Stan- dard-breds, about 1,050 lbs. Mares of Clydesdale type, averaging 1,200 lbs., are most generally found, and some 723 were bred, being of fair quality, their average age being 7 years. From $8 to $15, are charged as service fees. In the township of West Williams, there were seen two Clydesdales, a Shire, a Roadster, and an Arabian (the latter a grade), standing for ser- vice. The four registered stallions were all sound, the two heaviest, a Clydesdale and a Shire, being reported at 2,000 lbs. Service fees ranged from $8 for the grade to $12 for one of the Clvdesdales and the Roadster, the low fee for the grade evidently affecting adversely the average of the fees throughout the township. The Roadster was described as of very good conformation, that of the others ranging from fairly good to fair. The number of brood mares in the township is 500, being of Clydesdale and Roadster type, of fair average quality, and in weight 1,300 lbs. Average age was 6 years. East Williams has fewer stallions than. its sister township, only three being located by the inspectors, and of these, one was a grade. The Clydes- d-le, an'imported horse, scored well, and had been used on a good number of mares. The Hackney was of good conformation and action, and had been used on a large number of mares, of which a very high percentage were in foal. All three stallions were sound. As regards mares, they are of good quality, in number about 600, of Clydesdale and Roadster type, and average in weight 1,250 lbs., and in years, 8. From $10 to $15 are the service fees, the higher fee being for the Hackney. Two Clydesdales and a Percheron, all sound, and two of them of good conformation, comprised the sires seen in Adelaide township. The aver- age value of the three was $1,200. All three were imported animals. As in the other townships of this county, the mares were mostly of Clydes- dale and Roadster type, of good average quality, weighing about 1,200 Ibs., in age averaging 8 years, and numbered some 600. $10 to $12 are paid for service fees. 10 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Middlesex—Coutis ued. Out of the eight stallions in Lobo township (one of which was a grade), four were registered Clyde:dales, three being imported. The German Coach stallion seen was of excellent conformation, and had good action, and had proved a successful foal getter. Of the two Roadsters, one was good, the other being undersized, and only fair in conformation. Service fees were from $9 to $15. The average quality of the mares in this town- ship, which average 1,200 Ibs. in weight, and are of the Clydesdale and Roadster type, is fair, and average age is 7 years. ; Caradoc township makes a good showing in point of numbers of stal- lions. Out of the thirteen inspected, six were Clydesdales, four Roadsters, one a Percheron, one a Thoroughbred, and one an Arabian. Of these, four were grades or unregistered. A large proportion were out for their first season here, so that no record of their value as sires could be obtained. With one exception all were sound. The mares kept in this township are of the draught and general purpose type, weighing about 1,100 lbs., and are fair in quality, with an average age of 7 years. Service fees are from $8 to $15. Metcalfe township is fairly well provided with sires, fairly equally divided between light and heavy breeds, the light somewhat preponderat- ing. Three Roadsters, three Clydesdales, and one Coach stallion make up the list. The Clydesdales score highest in conformation and quality, and all are sound or fairly so. Here, again, the majority of the sires had put in their first season, and so no idea of their breeding abilities could be secured. Of those that had been standing for service more than one sea- son, the percentage of foals was fairly good. The stud fees were from $10 to $15. The average weight of mares was no higher than 1,100 lbs.; qual- ity fair, they being of a light or very slightly Clydesdale type. About 750 is the number of mares kept. ‘Their average age is 8 years. Mosa is a township with horses of a distinctly light type, hence the sires used are mostly of the lighter order. One Thoroughbred, two Road- sters, a grade Roadster, a German Coach, two Percherons, a Clydesdale, and a Clydesdale grade constitute the list. All but one are reported sound. Here, again, the service fee ranged from $10 to $15, the majority charg- ing the lower fee. The mares in this township are described as partly general purpose, and partly Roadster in type. Their average quality is fair. Their average weight is about 1,100 lbs., and age, 8 years. Ten to fifteen dollars is also the range of service fees in Ekfrid town- ship, where there are only four stallions, two apiece of Roadsters and of Clydesdales, all sound and, as far as tested, fairly reliable sires. About 600 mares are kept, being of a Roadster type, with some inclined to a general purpose conformation. Their average age is 7 years, and weight, 1,100 Ibs. West Nissouri with its 1,000 mares of Roadster and Clydesdale type, averaging 1,200 lbs. in weight, leans towards the heavy type of sire, no less than 7 out of the 11 visited being Clydesdales, four imported, and three Canadian bred. There is also a Hackney kept for service for the first season, two Roadsters (one a grade) and a French sire. While most of the sires are young, one is 20 years old, and another 11. Most of them are re- ported sound. The fees are as low as $8, and up to $15. The average age of the mares is 7 years. In North Dorchester township, while the type of mare is of the gen- eral purpose, Roadster and Hackney style, the tendency is to use mostly Clydesdale or Shire stallions, while two Hackneys have also put in their ‘ 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 11 Middlesex.— Continued. as first season. In addition to these there is a Roadster. All are sound, and the conformation is fairly good, two scoring as very good. In age, the oldest is 11, and the youngest 3 years. Four are newcomers; the percent- age of foals for the rest being good. Mares, which are of average quality, number 800.. Their average weight is 1,100 lbs., and age 7 years. The city of London is the headquarters for 12 stallions, being 7 Clydes-. dales, a Thoroughbred, and four Roadsters, one of these a grade. Six of the Clydesdales were newly imported, and the ages of the twelve ranged from 2 to ‘“‘aged.’’ All ranked as sound, and the service fee charged var- er a $12 to $15, while for three Roadsters the fees are quoted at $20 to : ; Westminster township excels the average of the surrounding town- ships, except that of London, in the total number of mares kept, 1,500, also in the average quality which is good. They scale about 1,200 lbs., and are of draught and roadster type, averaging In age 7 years. Of the sires kept, two are registered Clydesdales, and one a grade, and there is one apiece of the Shire, Percheron, and Roadster breed, the latter not be- ing used for service. The oldest horse is 13 years, and all are sound. - Ser- vice fees are placed at $8 to $15. London township is the banner one of Middlesex county as regards the number of stallions and mares kept, there being 16 of the former and 2,000 of ihe latter, which the inspectors describe as mares of good quality, weighing 1,250 lbs., averaging in age about 7 years, and in type partly draught ard partly roadster. The conformation of the sires does not seem to be in all cases as good as it might be, although a number scored well. The ages varied from 4 to 15 years. The list includes four Clydesdales, four Shires (two being grades), four Roadsters, two Hackneys and two Percherons. Eight to fifteen dollars are the service fees paid, and in the case of a Roadster stallion a fee of $20 is given. STALLIONS. o . 9 an > a a 2 : ; sa] s a. g 2 > 4 Breeding. 8 wee & se SS 6 8 ao SoS g HDS u i 5 BR A So | gi Bh 3 2 BAY 2 a @ e os g0a 2 a a < < nD < Zz < $ Clydesdales, Imported ............ 44 1,743 6 | All....| Good. « 3,443 2 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred.. ie 7 | 1,380 5 | All....| Fair.. 432 | 10 Grades, Clydesdale ......... es 5 1,580 8 | All....| Fair.. 348 9 Shires, Imported ................. 8 1,812 7 | All....| Fair.. 547 | 12 Grades, Shire............ stare saseuaanl 2 1,450 9 1....| Fair...... 65 8 Percheronstes sccatae- atone 8 1,744 6 | All ss ee 921! 1 | Fairl Hackneys, Imported.............. _ 5] 1,350 6 | All . Saud 543. | 13 Standard-breds, Imported......... | 14] 1,053 8 | All....| Good..... 590 | 15 Roadsters, Canadian-bred......... 7 |. 1,000 6] All.... voce sates 358 | 14 ‘Thoroughbreds, Imported......... 8} 1,184) 15] All.... sees wel u German Coach Horses ............ 2 1,325 12 | All Good..... 251 | 13 English Coach Horses...:......... 1 1,300 9 | All Fair...... 50 | 10 Grades.—Hackney, Roadster, Ar- abian and French Canadian (1 . Hackney, 11 Roadsters, 2 Arabian, ; 1 French Canadian) ........... 15 | 1,095 Go) AAW ews | Fade cy cacais 704 | 10 Rabahiadlelerslsahaiiee 121 8,309 12 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Middlesex.—Concluded. Mares, $8 ; | 5S s 2B | ee i: ee Townships. of oe Type. Ew aT noe oy 2 @ o_os aoe op , Bo Qy as ees Se Ss BRO 5L o on) 5o.5H > AH Bo he z, < = | Biddulph iss aA even tamsaea sed 467 Clydesdale and Roadster .......-.- 1,350) Fair 8 McGillivray Weabie ischPetaael aes 723 Clydesdale... cc... ccc cece eee 1,200 Fair 7 West Williams Saag eiaue 445 | Clydesdale and Roadster .......... 1,300! Fair. .. 6 East Williamg .......... 334 | Clydesdale and Roadster .......... 1,250) Good .. 8 Adelaide ............... 311 | Clydesdale and Roadster .......... 1,200; Good .. 8 Hobo suas cess encores 644 | Clydesdale and Roadster .......... 1,200; Fair. .. i Caradoc ...... 00.002... 676 | Draught and General Purpose...... 1,100) Fair...) 7 Metealfees :ccncan sacs 605 | Light and others half light Clydes- . dale. eane co etas paren (4 each e ae 1,100) Fair. .. 8 Mosa3363: a Gicivarniaces 668 | General Purpose, Clydesdale and : : some Roadster ................ 1,100} Fair. .. 8 MOREA pcos 4-c-cacgehe ayers 185 | Roadsters and Grades inclined to : : General Purpose. .........-.... 1,100; Fair. .. 7 West Nissouri........... 606 | Roadster and Clydesdale........... 1,200) Fair. ..| 7 North Dorchester ....... 872 | General Purpose, Roadster and HACKDCY -. st acndavieGy Seana 1,100) Fair. .. 7 London City............ 231 Westminsters.cs.. 443 f| Draught and Roadster............. 1,200] Good . . 7 TONGOW siseisissl nn caeses 1,189 | Draught and Roadster. ............ 1,250) Good ..| 7 Potal noniaisengaeece 8,399 Mazes Brep To DirrereNnt CLAsses oF STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. ae ee) 8 om oe & ‘o8 Or 8.8 § 3> 8.8 6 So & @.g 63> & a [gee ea 'SEB| fe | 4a (Sab) fs BS (825) $8 | 885] 38 | 88 | 885) 88 Z q Z a Fey > hw por 5°8 > @2 a4 |< 4 | a < 4 < $ Clydesdales, Imported ............ 4 1,725 52 | All..../Fairly good 340 18 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred:....... 8] 1,644 8 | All....j/Good. .... 722 11 Grades, Clydesdale. ............... 4 1,425 7% | All..../Fair....... 301 9 Shires, Imported, and Grades (1 pure-bred, 2 grades) ............ 3 1,760 53 | All ...|Very fair.. 305 ll Percherons, Imported............. 8 | 1,650 8. AN) ic50/Mait v6.2. 586 12 Percherons, Canadian-bred........ 2 1,500 33 | All..../Good ..... 125 10 Grades, Pereheron................ 2) 1,400 Go esos astes Fait sso ss3 100 10 Hackney, Imported............... 1 1,300 6) AN 24.2 (Excellent) siseous veclnugee Standard-breds, Imported, and Roadsters, Canadian-bred, (6 im- ported, 1 Roadster, Canadian-bred) 7 1,084 | 10 | All....|Fair...... 371 l4 Grades, Roadster 8 1,130 6 7 ../Fair ...... 333 10 Thoroughbreds ................... 2 1,125 | 10 | All....|/Fair...... 165 ll German Coach Horses and French Canadian (1 German Coach, 2 French Canadian) .............. 3 | 1,475] 13 | All ...|Pretty good 279 10 Totalercsveee ew aeaes 52 3,627 Mares. od a 2 og a = é 3 Townships. SSB Type. Eg = 2 53268 os o o BSRE oo] 2 | 2 Bone aL 5 a 52-5 qa = Ay > = A < < < Maidstone.............. 345 | General purpose and a few draught and roadsters ............. 0.02. 1,100|Just fair, 9 Sandwich East.......... BBE) Bik i headscarf eae Sm neo 1,050/Poor ... 9 Sandwich West......... 100*) Bad wisuvexess cre aeuetecees eee -| 1,050/Poor ..) 10 Rochester .............. 1,042 | Some draught and light kinds..... 1,100|Just fair) 8 MePeaicicewceset eeaeses 505 | Some draught, general purpose and TORGRCERS hci in uia ohtbamanedly 1,100/Medium; 8 Gosfield South.......... 488 | A good many Percherons and some POAQSUETS oes en eb edn donee 1,100/Only fair! 8 IMAL EM soit: scion tit a ctnzespapced i adeaanal General purpose .................. 1,100/Onlyfair| 8 Gosfield North.......... ..... ++| Mostly Percheron................. 1,100|Fair.... i Colchester South........ 320 | Mostly light kinds ................ 1,050/Onlyfair) 8 Colchester North... .... 541 | Inclined to draught, with some road- : sters and Percherong............ 1,150/Fair....! 8 DOtalaceks eas 3,627 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 15 Essex.—Concluded. Margs Brep to Dirrerent Cuiasses oF STALLIONS. \ Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. Sg We Seah | ee Si | See. 3 = oe bese || 2 jeee ie ies | see) ¢ 25 |25% BS | S83) F, as S53 2 Bo |ses) 88 | 885) 2 ) $8 | fas] zs a A a a < 4 a < $ $ Registered Stallions. . 36 2,728 36 2,728 2 All ieearsates nomlele vies aaocarteaed Grade Stallions...... 16 899 15 834 9 at 65 12 Totals........ 52 3,627 51 3,562 |...... 1 65. |. oeeaat The meeting held at Essex was not large, but it was enthusiastic over the future of the horse trade of this Province. The roads were bad, and a number of the breeders who came in by train had to remain all night. The meeting was unanimously in favor of a Licensing Act and also regis- tration. The only point upon which there was any difference was the amount of licensing fee, a fair majority wanting a moderate sum, and the balance going to the extreme. Kent, Some sections of, Kent County seem to favor heavy horse breeding more than others, but the main type is the lighter breeds. The city of Chatham is a great light horse centre, and of the sires owned by horsemen in this city, ten in number, four are Roadsters, one a Hackney, two Percherons, two Clydes, and one a Shire. The Roadsters are mostly a good class, and also the Hackney, while the two heavy breeds are fairly well represented. Two of the stallions are fifteen years old, and stud fees vary from $10 to $15, while for three Roadsters $20 is the fee stated. : The township of Raleigh inclines somewhat to the heavier breeds, there being two Clydesdales (one a grade), two Shires, a Percheron, and two Road- sters available here. The fee for a Roadster, $30, heads the list, the general run of fees being $10 and $13. All the horses are reported sound, and all have stood to.a good number of mares. Of these latter there are in this township about 1,500, weighing about 1,100 lbs., and of fair average qual- ity. They vary in type from Percheron to Roadster and general \purpose. and are of an average age of nine years, Tilbury East is mainly a heavy horse centre, there being five Clydes- dales (two grades) and one Coach stallion. The average quality is not es high as it might be, and three of the horses are getting on in years, one being reported as unsound. Stud fees come at $9 to $15. Draught, general purpose, and Roadster are the three prevailing types among the mares in this section, which average in weight 1,200 lbs., and are fair in quality, age averaging seven years. There are four Roadsters (two of them grades) and one Thoroughbred to a single Clydesdale stallion in Romney township, which indicates fairly well the type of mares kept, which are general purpose, Roadster, and some of heavier type of draught. Two of the stallions are aged, and with but twn exceptions did not rank as high as they might. From $10 to $13 are the 16 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Kent—Continued. general fees charged for service, but for one Roadster the fee is $20. Mares are fair in quality, in weight averaging 1,150 lbs., and in age seven years: With the exception of one Clydesdale all the stallions in the township of Zone are Roadsters, two of these and the Clydesdale scoring well as re- gards conformation and action. All are sound but one. Fees range from $10 to $20, Roadsters topping the list, as elsewhere. Mares of general pur- pose and Roadster type, of about 1,100 lbs. weight and medium quality, constitute the breeding stock of this township. Their average age 1s 8 years. Howard township is well represented in the number and variety of sires kept for service, which include two Hackneys, a German Coach, a French horse, two Cleveland Bays, a French Canadian horse, three Roadsters, two Coach horses, and six Clydesdales. Seven of these stallions are grades. They are mostly a good lot and the majority are sound, but two are 14 and 19 years old respectively. Ten to fifteen dollars is the range of fees for ser- vice, with one given as $20. In all there are some 1,800 mares of fair quality in the township, of an average weight of 1,200 Ibs., about a third being of the draught type, the rest general ‘purpose and Roadsters. Their average age is eight years. All the six stallions inspected in Camden township were young horses and sound, three of them having been out for their first season. The average quality is fairly high, and the service fees follow the general rule from $10 te $15. There are 1,200 mares in the township, of Clydesdale, general pur- pose, and Percheron type, whose quality is fair, and average weight about 1,150 lbs., average age being seven years. Harwich township possesses what is rather a rarity in Ontario now, viz., Suffolk Punch sire. The heavy horse interests are served by two Clydesdales and two Shires, while there are in addition three Percherons, a Coach horse, and three Roadsters. Two of the stallions are grades. The majority are reported sound, but some are well up in years. The service fee is the usual range from $10 to $15. The percentage of mares bred out of the 3,000 in the township is about 35 per cent. They average 1,250 lbs. in weight, and are mostly general purpose, with some draughts and Roadsters. Their average quality is fair, and age seven years. No stallions appear to be located in Chatham township. There are about 1,000 mares, chiefly of Percheron and hight type, weighing on an aver- age 1,100 lbs., and only fair in quality, average age being seven years. Of the two stallions inspected in Dover township, one is a Percheron, the other a French Canadian, both pure-bred and of fair conformation. The fees are respectively, $15 and $11, and to them were bred rather more than a quarter of the 800 Percheron type of mare found in this township, their average weight being 1,100 lbs., quality only fair, and average age eight years. Orford township has one Percheron stallion four years old, sound and well rated, and has a good percentage of foals to its credit. There is also a Clydesdale and Coach horse. Service fees are from $8 to $10. About 800 mares are kept by farmers, being mostly of general purpose stamp, with a very few of heavier build. They average about 1,150 lbs., and rate fairly well as to quality, age averaging about eight years. 1906 Kent—Continued. ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 17 STALLIONS. vo i v Breedi | : a8 = a j 5 E 3 reeding. be 2 o so oe wg : o : 2) P92 2 | 22 | Pag |222) PE FE leee| € |] £2 | gee | bse | es | Zz < Za < < < City of Chatham........ 522 | Light Roadster .................... 1,050/Fair .... 9 Raleigh: i .s.cviessasses ves 525 | Percheron, Roadster and General Purposes. 5.2 gon aunci ua ves Shh 8 1,100|Fair....) 9 East Tilbury ........... 548 | Draught, General Purpose and Road- BLOT: 25, 2.23 suber crtcheetsee s caetuns aishens 1,200|Fair....; 7 ROMMNEY-.2 2c seeenesn ces 310 | Strongly General Purpose, Draught and Roadster ................., 1,150/Fair....) 7 DONG: ssicgicescvasnstay are. eenice 289 | General Purpose and Roadster...... 1,100/Medium!) 8 Onion sinccsitaygiacaiscets a Ye 215 | Mostly General Purpose, balance Roadster’ 3 sissuacs. one ss ase eeie ie: 1,100/Onlyfair| 9 Howard ...........00-6- 1,002 | One-third Draught, balance General Purpose and Roadster .......... 1,200/Fair....| 8 Camden.4 vicianiokis e: 389 | Clydesdales, General Purpose and PORCH GLO fivico ais. bpsiteinst sere atoe nena J,150|Fair.... 7 RAT WAICHY ie tieese ne teieoy 786 |Mostly General Purpose, a few Draught and some Roadsters...... 1,250/Fair.... 7 Chatham ss seisiiuavsrs sce leaicares A good many Percherons and light kinds) o:cehaterehed voces eess 1,100/Onlyfair| 7 Dove cccsccintiiw cds ye: 230: | Percherons:<3s2245 seseeeyyeseva ss 1,100,Only fair} 8 TOGA cn datinnniiecaen 4,816 18 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Kent—Concluded. Mares Brep to DirFERENT (LANES OF STALLIONS. Total. | Serviceably sound. || Not serviceably sound. oe 7 - : Stallions. oe iS 3 Og |= 2 | My © z fe = g2 (ge | 32 |gf2' 8, | 22 28g! &, aa eae es (eee, GS | 8 2f5, 22 5.0 | 5 Bo o@ 5 Ac | pa 53 @ 5 [ee Bee ee | a | | 3 Registered Stallions . 52 | 3,673 48 | 3,469 10 | 4: 204 ; 10 Grade Stallions. ..... 9 | 114s j| 18 ais; 1] tt ® | 20 Totals ........ 71 | 4,816 | 66 | 4,587 | ene ae: | 29 |... | : The public meeting for the county of Kent was held at Chatham on November 2nd. Representatives were present from nearly every part of the county. The meeting was unanimously in favor of an Inspection Act in regard. to pedigree and individuality, and also expressed an opinion that syndicating of stallions was all right provided good individuals were pur- chased at proper prices. It was suggested that more attention be paid to subjects relating to the horse industry at Farmers’ Institute meetings, and that Agricultural Societies should provide a separate class for each breed of horses. Eain. Southwold Township has nine stallions, made up as follows: Three Clydesdales, one Shire, a Percheron, two Roadsters (one a grade), a Thorough- bred and a coach horse. All are sound, and rate about the average, with two considerably above. Two were far advanced in years, and of the rest, five had travelled for the first time. Ten to sixteen dollars are the service fees, with one standing at $20. Draught, generdl purpose, and Roadster are the general types of the mares kept, which have an average weight of 1,200 Ibs., an average age of 7 years, and being in quality fair. Dunwich Township has some 1,200 mares of a heavier type, weighing 1,350 lbs. on the average, about 2 per cent. being lighter in build. Their quality is reported good, and age averages 5 years. The heavier type of mares is responsible for a corresponding increase in the proportion of sires of that stamp kept, which is 5 Clydes, a Percheron, a Hackney, and two Thorough- breds (one a grade). Two of these horses are aged; the ages of the others range from 2 to 8 years. All pass muster as sound. Three of the horses are oe to this district. Fees charged vary from $10 to $17 with one at Ten stallions are on the routes in Yarmouth Township, where the pre- vailing type of mares is general purpose and Roadster, with a few draughts. The average weight of mares is 1,100 lbs., average age 8 years, and the num- ber 1,200, their quality being only fair. The sires run pretty much to the lighter types, there being only one Clydesdale to seven Roadsters, a Thor- oughbred, and a French Canadian. With two exceptions they are all sound, but some are up in years. $25 are the service fees in two cases for Road- sters, $12 to $15 being the usual fee charged. Malahide is another township that favors the lighter breeds, the average weight of the mares being not more than 1,000 lbs., and they are of Hackney 2a H.B. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 19 fe See Elgin—Continued. and Roadster type, and in quality fair. Their average age is 4 years. Road- ster sires predominate, being five in number, but of these three are grades; Hackneys are four in all, one being a grade; Percherons number two, and Thoroughbreds one. No information could be obtained about one horse whick with its owner was away from home. Most are sound, but two were very old. Fees are $10, $11, $13 to $15. The average quality is fair. The Inspectors’ report as to the mare stock in Bayham Township is not at all favorable, the 500 mares there being in quality bad, in type the same, and only averaging 950 lbs. in weight, their average age being 10 years. Roadster stallions number four out of six sires in use, und of these two are grades. There is also one Thoroughbred and a Percheron. Fees are as low as $5, $12 being the maximum sum. In Aldboro’ Township mares are of a somewhat heavier type, the greater number being general purpose, with others of a Clydesdale type. About 1,150 is the average weight, quality being medium. The number kept is about 1,200, the average age being 9 years. Two Clydesdales, two Roadsters, a Hackney and a French Canadian (two being grades) form the total of the sires kept. With one exception they are sound. One is well on in years. Conformation and action of four are good. As, low as $7 is charged for fees, but the maximum is $15. ‘ v STALLIONS. : | Bg es Se ly 8 ‘Bees ‘ 3 Se DE Sn aD reeding. oq o | 3 3 ra & . B|RSE| F BE Be | SEE | BF ef fee | 2) es ge Sau) es a << < oa) < aq < Clydesdales, Imported ............ 10 | 1,740 6 All Good . 847) 14 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred ....... 3! 1,650 7 =; All Fair...... 354 | 10 Shires, Imported ............... a 1 1,900 5 | All Fair’ ieccceiscs 110 | 15 Percheérons s+ i.06 36450 seen ss 5 1,780 5 | All Fair...... 484) 15 Hackneys, Imported.............. 3 1,300 93 | All....; Good 196; 15 Hackneys, Canadian-bred .. ... ee 2; 1,200 AY | Ales: Oe 135 | 15 Grades, Hackney ...... ame teen Gets To] alsin alice me euler Ales gs seedy Metenuresene| ie eeletees Standard-breds, Imported .. ...... 10} 1,100} 8} | All... Es 209 | 15 * Roadsters, Canadian-bred .. ...... 3 1,060] 6 | all....| Medium 160) il Grades, Roadster ...............45 7{ 1,100; 10 | All....) Fair. ..... 154° 10 Thoroughbreds, Imported......... Bo D100 | 10: PAR eee MAIR tds 232. 10 Grades, Thoroughbred ..... ore 2} 1,050{[ 11 | All....| Fair. ..... 40, 10 German Coach Horses, and French Canadian and Grade French } Canadian (1 German, 1 French, | Canadian, 1 French Canadian . GAGE) iiss ois ait are ceaiauolsr amhauerg aseetes 3 1,325; 13 | All....; Medium. 229 | 10 ! | Total 2 sccieawe easier 2 55 3,150 : 7 20 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Elgin—Concluded. 25 = Mares. 7 gg - Je | 48 g 2 | e 5 a 3 g ig Townships. CG's Type za) = 2 ,Soe ype. s | o v as, DE 80 oo Q3as a5 | s re ar@2oe a6 q & 5.0.68 2a, | S > Z << . 4 < Southwold.............. 650 | Draught, General Purpose and - on Roadster ccsciuseveeas oes cence 1,200, Fair... 7 Dunwich’............... 741 | Two per cent. light, rest Draught ..| 1,350 Good. . 5 Marmouth cr ocetcainns~ 324 | General Purpose, Roadster and a 1.100, ae : few draught ...... ........--- ed aD. 8 Malahide ..3. seco ees: 751 | Inclined to be light Hackney and i ROA ster i ssiciscsic:sesasscacav geass avs os 1,000: Fair. .. 8 Bay Paty ssc. woncan eee 288 | Bad, very light ................06- 950, Bad ...| 10 AIGDOFO waists e324 ox a wanes 396 | General Purpose and leaning to Chy dead ale: ciiiccasduiaes cht anne 1,150 Me lium 9 WGA oewiae cae 3,150 Mares Brep To Dirrerent Cuasses oF STALLIONS. Total. , Serviceablv sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. og Js. 4 og} | Me ‘Sg | ky Biare we |seill sf ieee) e BS gel 2g as Sey | £2 (S83) 2, £5 SE3! 2, BG | 585) Be | ses) 22 || Ge | bes 8 4 A Az z < A 4 < CS = eee eR 2 | ae = 5 = Registered Stallions.. 44 2,845 43 2,775 13 ht 70 | 10 Grade Stallions ..... 1 305 11 305 © Meee aay essamand elie ce Totals........ 55 | 3,150 54 | 3,080 |........ 1 | 10: sieossncint | Public meetings in the County of Elgin were held at Aylmer on October ‘th, and at St. Thomas on November 9th. At the Aylmer meeting the majority of those present were in favor of ‘stallions being licensed and registered, and it was also the opinion of the meeting that if an Inspection Act was enforced by the Government, there would be no difference whether a horse were syndicated or bought by a pri- ‘vate individual. It was suggested that more time be devoted to questions relating to the breeding of horses at Farmers’ Institute meetings, or that a special series of educational meetings should be held. It was stated that the sale of too many good mares, the use of too many poor stallions, the indiscrim- inate breeding of horses, and the importation of western horses, all contri- buted to the depreciation of the quality of our horses. At the St. Thomas meeting it was resolved that the report prepared and presented by the St. Thomas and Elgin Horse Association be -adopted. This report stated that resolutions had been passed favoring the syndicating of stallions, in favor of a Stallion Inspection Act, and in favor of the Gov- ernment giving prizes for mares at horse shows and fairs in the County of Ligin. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. | 21 LamMBron. In Brooke township, heavy breeds are to the light as 5 to 4. Three Clydesdales and two Shires, all pure-bred, and four Roadsters (one a grade), compose the list of sires. All are rated sound. Two are 13 years old. Their standard, as regards conformation, action and general worth is very fairly good. Ten dollars is the lowest, and fifteen the highest fee charged. The 1,200 mares kept are somewhat of the draught type, others are gen- eral purpose, and a few Roadsters. Average weight runs about 1,150 lbs., while quality is medium, and the average age 7 years. The breeding stock of mares in Euphemia township, totals 700, are gen- eral purpose in style, and average 1,100 lbs. Their quality is only medium, and average age 9 years. Two Clydesdale sires, and one Hack- ney are kept for service; two of these have only been standing for service for one season. No unsoundness is reported, and the average rating is fairly good. For one Clydesdale, a grade, the service fee is $8, for the pure- bred, $12. As the 1,800 mares kept in Warwick township are mostly draught, with some Roadsters, we find Clydesdale sires in the majority. The mares average 1,250 lbs., their quality is good, and average age is 6 years. No less than 8 out of the 13 stallions in service are Clydesdales, only o e be- ing a grade. Roadsters come next in point of numbers with four, two of which are grades, and there is one Carriage stallion. Four of the total are newcomers. The average for conformation, and action is fairly good. Starting with $8 for a grade, the service fees run up to $12. In Plympton township there are about 1,200 mares of very mixed type, averaging 1,100 lbs., and only fair in quality, with an average age of 8 years. Stallions number 18, 12 pure-breds, and 6 grades. Service fees are as low as $7, and as high as $12. Most of the stallions are sound, and barring some very aged horses, scored fairly well. Roadsters lead with eight. Clydesdales number six, and there is one each of Shires, French Canadians, German Coach, and Thoroughbreds. Bosanquet township favors Clydesdales, 3 out of 4 of the sires being of that breed, and the other a German Coach. All are sound, but the aver- age quality is not as high as it might be. There is considerable of a Clydes- dale type in the 1,500 mares in this township, their average weight being 1,200 Ibs., and quality fair, and average age 7 years. Service fees are $10 to $15. In Sarnia township breeding proceeds largely on Roadster lines, there being four sires of this breed to one Clydesdale, one Percheron and a Hack- ney. Three of the Roadsters are grades; all the sires are sound. In con- formation the average is fair, but the percentage of colts is small. Ten to fifteen dollars are the fees charged. The report on the mares describes them as of general purpose type, and not very good, averaging 1,100 lbs. in. weight, and in quality not as good as they might be. Their average age is 9 years. Considering that in Moore township there are about 1,100 mares of fair quality, weighing 1,200 lbs., and mostly of Clydesdale and Shire draught type, the balance being Roadster and Percheron, the proportion of 5 Clydes- dale stallions to one Percheron, a German Coach Horse, and three Road- _ sters is not excessive. Of the stallions, three are grades, and all are fairly sound, while four are well up in years. Four rank well as to conformation and action, and others are about the average. Service fees are comparatively small, $7 to $12. 22 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Lambton ~ Continued. Two Roadsters, a Clydesdale, and a Percheron represent the breeds as sires in Sombra township, which contains 700 mares, general purpose and mixed in type and not very good in conformation or quality. They aver- age 1,050 Ibs., and average age is 9 years. The stallions are all sound, and are fair in conformation and action. They are all grades. Fees are low from $7 to $10. i Medium is the quality of the mares in Dawn township, which average 1,150 Ibs. in weight, and are of a medium Clydesdale type, some having Roadster and Shire characteristics. Their average age is 8 years. There are only three stallions in the township, two Clydesdales (one a grade), and a Shire, the latter in his first season. They do not average very high in rating, und service fees average from $8 to $15, the former for the grade. In Enniskillen township, sires of the heavy breeds are in the majority, there being five Clydesdales (two being grades), one Shire, two Roadsters, and a French Canadian. With four exceptions the quality is not extra good, but all are fairly sound. In ages, they range from 2 to 9 years, and service fees from $8 to $12. The percentage of foals is fairly good in most cases. Mares total 1,200, and are of Clydesdale and Roadster type. Their average weight is 1,200 lbs., quality fair and average age 7 years. STALLIONS. 5 . 1 o sie cael (vee a 8 = . : re a eG » . oe nko ® o penne Bil eea| | 82 | S82 | BE2| Ss ga )seco! & | £8 BSS | das | Ss 3 LEA = a @ 5 OS 50a > @ z% | < a < zZ < $ Clydesdales, Imported ............ 16 | 1,760 8 | All....) Medium good....}| 1,650 11 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred. ...... 11; 1,740 10 | All....| Fair...... 1,287 10 Grades, Clydesdale ............... 9} 1,475 % | CAE 23 RIE saps 542 8 Shires, Imported ...1............. 3 1,930 9 | All....| Good..... 393 12 Grades; Shire. ...55+cosnrsaeves oes 2/ 1,625 8 | All....| Fair...... 155 10 Percherons, Imported and Grades. Medium (2 Pure-bred, 1 Grade)........... 3, 1,460 9) All....; good.... 272 9 Hackneys, Imported...... ....-.-; 2: 1,250 + 53] All....| Good..... 189 12 Standard-breds, Imported.........; 9. 1,167 10 | All....) Good..... 675 12 Roadsters, Canadian-bred. ....... 5° 1,150 7 | All....} Fairly good... 245! 10 Grades, Roadster ....... -.-..---> i US 1,050 7 | All....) Very Fair. 661 9 Thoroughbreds, Imported. ........ ! 1 1,300 20 | All....| Fair...... ; 75 10 German Coach Horses..........-- 3. 1,350 13} All....|Medium : | good... | 225 i French Canadian, and Grades andi Cleveland Bay (1 French Cana-; dian, 1 Grade French Canadian, | | | Fairly | 1 Grade Cleveland Bay)......... 3 1,375 6 All... : good... 196 10 | ares Poldlevs vaunenden vest p< 80 | | « 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 23 Lamnbton.—Concluded. Margs. ‘i i m 2 oa | : o Sa | a 2 Townships. S pase Type. F o e iO Fo | o oD oO Bye ea; & |P 4 2S) HO be ee g556) Pa, © 9. Az | < < 53a 54a 2k a Z Z a < z z < $ $ Registered Stallions.. 53 5,096 53 5,096 ee We as divascneuil aces tghck nena atta hanes Grade Stallions...... 27 1,469 27 1,469 DI eussercacn coset ia tastehs oe Negra aeaeera Total 2 j.2ecene 80 6,565 80 6560 ies waetaAll bane dee ieate ae eted adapts docs The public meeting for the county of Lambton was held ‘at Potralea, on November 19th. There were present about thirty breeders ' and others interested in horse breeding. After considerable discussion, those present put themselves on record as favorable to an Inspection and Licensing Act, and that after a reason- able time, there should be compulsory legislation. Some of the reasons given at the meeting for inferior quality among the horses were the sale of the best mares to outside buyers, the syndicating of inferior stallions, and the inability of the average farmer to detect: unsoundness. The use of in- ferior sires, owing to cheaper fees charged, was also one prominent cause of deterioration of stock. An informal meeting was held in the Council Chamber, Forest, No- vember 13th. It was unanimously agreed that an Inspection and Reg- istration Act would help the horse industry. The holding of spring shows for stallions, under the auspices of the Agricultural Society was highly recommended. 2+ REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 63 SpeciaL Rerort or INSPECTORS. In the first place we wish to say that it is not possible flor us to give a8 full and comprehensive a report as we would have done had more time been placed at our disposal. We were not able to inspect every stallion in each district, and therefore did not come in contact with the breeders and users of such animals. However, we are of the opinion that the Department could not have made a more popular move than to give consideration to the adoption of an Inspec- tion and License Act. Resolutions in favor of these points have been unani- mously adopted at all our meetings, and in fact by all individuals with whom we had the privilege of talking about these subjects. _ As to the condition of the horse breeding industry, we might say that it certainly requires some directing. There are many causes for the present eondition. The first and greatest has been indistriminate and careless breed- ing. In the second place we hear complaints from the owners of! stallions, of the great scarcity of good mares of all breeds or types to breed from. Dur- ing our trip this was a very noticeable fact. Some attribute it to the high prices being offered by farmers and breeders of Manitoba and the other west- ern provinces. This may be partially true at the present time; still we can- not but think that carelessness and lack of interest, or, in other words, lack of foresight on the part of the farmers and breeders, is to a great extent re- spousible for the present bad conditions of our brood mares. As a Province we are peculiarly situated, having perhaps better facilities in this country than in any other for the breeding of high class, well bred horses of any type or breed. Our surroundings are such as to bring us in close proximity to the best markets of America. In fact, some years ago the great republic to the south of us were purchasers of a great number of high class horses which were bred in our Province at that time, namely, the draught horse, and the high class harness and saddle horse; and we venture to say if the people of this Province had been more careful to breed along the lines of the foundation laid in this country thirty or forty years ago, we would to-day be head and shoulders above any other country in being able to produce the best of the above mentioned classes. The existing evils can partially be remedied by education, but the gen- eral opinion is that an Inspection Act will have the greatest tendency to im- prove the present conditions, from the fact that no stallion inferior in breed- ing and individuality would then be given a permit to go into commission. Therefore the breeders and users will not have to withstand the solicitations of wily horse owners inducing them to use undesirable animals, which, coupled with a desire for a cheap fee, has been one of the chief factors in bringing about the present low standard. It is impossible to buy a first-class horse for commercial use from the farmers of this Province. Another cause which stands out prominently as a factor leading to the present conditions is the syndicating system. This fact has been impressed upon us for a number of years, and we found on our trip over five counties that in nearly every case animals sold by this system were of a very inferior quality, and cost from twenty to thirty per cent. more than a first-class ani- mal of the same breed cost private individuals. This has also been the opin-~ ion of most of the people we met, and we believe that it is high time that this kind of unscrupulous plundering was stopped. Another reason why an inspection placed in competent hands would be of great service, is that it would have a tendency to make importers and speculators more careful in making their selections, knowing that individuals 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 25 Report Inspectors District 1—Concluded. or companies would not purchase unless the animal or animals had passed inspection. Licensina FEEs. In considering what fee should be charged in connection with licensing, it would be well to have as low a rate as possible, so that the horsemen might not consider it a hardship. In discussing this point at our meetings the con- census of opinion was that the fee should be large enough to make the Act workable. Some are of the opinion that five dollars should be the outside charge. We also think that this amount would be quite within the bounds of reason, and would be satisfactory to all concerned. This fee, of course, would cover the cost of issuing the license and inspection permit. Pusuic MEETINGS. Public meetings were held at Chatham, Aylmer, St. Thomas, Forest, London, Essex and Petrolea. In each place the meetings were small in num- bers, but made up for that in enthusiasm. Each meeting entered heartily into the discussion of the several points in question, namely, the licensing and inspection. of stallions, together with a recommendation for registration. In every case we endeavored to encourage discussion on the part of those attending the meeting, our part being to receive the views placed before us. In each meeting we asked for a vote coupling together the license and inspec- tion, taking up the registration separately. Hach meeting gave an unani- mous vote in favor of each of these votes. From the apparent feeling of those we came in contact with in the district visited by us, we are firmly of the opinion that public opinion is ready for regulations of this nature. As to Conpitions Found In Eacu County. Middlesex and East Lambton have probably the greatest number of good stallions in each and every class; they have also the best class of brood mares. Hast and West Elgin come next, having a few as good as any we have seen in the.above mentioned counties. west Lambton being a comparatively new district, is somewhat behind, but breeders seem to evince a desire to improve their conditions. Hast and West Kent seem to pay more attention to the producing of speed, irrespective of conformation and quality, yet in these ridings we met a few extra good types of the standard-bred trotting horse. North Essex is away behind in all classes. We only saw one fairly guod atallion in that riding. South Essex has a mixed breed of a very poor quality. As to the conditions predominating in each county, we find that they have all equal facilities for breeding any class of horse required for the market, of this or any country, In our opinion the horse industry is one of the greatest, if not the great- est, branch of live stock, and we, together with all interested in the industry, are glad that the present important step has been taken, and trust, and in fact know, that you will receive the strong support of every right thinking man. : 4 In conclusion; we think it would be well for the Department to place before the breeders of the Province the real requirements of our existing markets, what they are at present, and also the great expectations in connec- tion with the development of our country. (Signed) Ww. Surru, J. D. Granam. 26 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 DISTRICT NO. 2. : Counties.—Halton, Wentworth, Brant, Oxford, Norfolk, Haldimand, Welland and Lincoln. Inspectors.—John Gardhouse, Highfield; Wm. Cain, V.S., Perth. Hatton. In the township of Esquesing the.majority of the sires are of the lighter breeds, but two Clydesdales are kept for service. The different breeds re- presented are Roadsters, four (two being grades), Carriage, two (one a grade), and Clydesdales, two. In one instance the stallion was not seen owing tu his owner being away from home. The average of soundness is low, only about one-half, while conformation also averages only fair. The service fees are correspondingly low, from $6 to $10, with one of $15. The Carriage stal- lions are among the best of those seen. Mares number but 262, of an aver- age weight of 1,050 lbs. and average age 9 years; they are poor in type, and average quality is very poor. In commenting on this township the Inspec- tors say: “A large percentage of the stallions in this township should never be used for breeding purposes. Your committee are of the opinion that the horse industry would be very much improved in this township by the intro- duction of a few good stallions, as well as a large number of mares.”’ In Nassagaweya township there are four stallions, and only one pure- bred among them,—a Percheron. The rest are grades of Percheron, Road- ster, and the French-Canadian type respectively. All are sound, and their conformation is generally good, the pure-bred being reported as of good type. $10 is the fee generally charged for service. There are 358 mares in the township, poor in type and average quality, average weight being 1,100 \bs. and age 9 years. Most of the mares in the township are bred. There are a few very good mares, but most are of no breeding, and not of good qua- lity. One of the stallions would have made a good gelding. Trafalgar township has long been noted as a breeding ground for light horses, of which some good specimens have been bred in the past. The lean- ing is still towards light horses, as is seen by the list of sires, among which are three Thoroughbreds, two Carriage horses (one a grade), two Hackneys. a German Coach, a Standard-bred, two Percherons (one a grade), two Clydes- dales (one a grade), and a Shire grade. Eleven out of the list are sound and with the exception of four are of a good or fairly good type. Service fees are from $10 to $15, but in the case of a Thoroughbred the fee is given as $50. \[eres number 784, and are of fair type and quality, averaging in weight 1,150 lbs. The Inspectors state: ‘Farmers in this township appear to be paying a little more attention to breeding, and also to the selection of sires, though, perhaps using more light sires than is in the best interests of the horse industry in a township like Trafalgar. A few young pure-bred mares have been purchased by farmers in this township for breeding purposes.”’ Nelson township runs a little more to heavy horses than Trafalgar. There are four Clydesdales and a Shire, all pure-bred, standing for service here as against two Standard-breds and a Roadster. Of the eight sires, six are sound or serviceably sound, and their type and conformation is mostly good. Two are 16 years old. There are a few very good registered mares in the township, but the type and quality of the majority, of the mares are poor. They average in weight, 1,100 lbs., and in age 7 years. More atten- tion is paid to the breeding of heavy horses in Nelson township than in any of the other townships in Halton county. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 27 Halton—Continued. Inspectors’ Remarks: ‘In the county of Halton your committee think that the heavy horse is the most suitable one for the average farmer to breed. We find that there are very few good mares to breed from, and no system followed by most of the breeders, some mares with one, two and even three heavy crosses in them being bred to poor light stallions, and poor light mares being bred to heavy horses. We also found that too often when a farmer has a mare that is used up and no good, he at once breeds her and tries to raise a colt. Suggestions were made that the Ontario Department of Agriculture distribute some literature that would impress on the farmers the advisability of breeding to type, and only breeding such mares as are suitable to raise colts that are sound, and that this would help the horse industry very much.’’ STALLIONS. © Bs 4 a Breedi |ead| 2 | 3 E Bs | 8 reeding. w | oe © rd © we o 8 B\ feo | 2 | $8 | #2e | B82) Pe Be) feo | 2 | Ef | p88 | Boe! ee a | < n 4 Zi < : $ Clydesdales, Imported, Canadian- bred and Grades (4 Imported ; 3}: : Canadian-bred, 1 ge srapleseacee 8 1,635 6 | Bi vcac Fairly good. 485 10 Shires, Imported and Grades (1 Pure-bred ; 1 Grade) ..... etre 2} 1,800 11; All....} Fairly good. 210 12 Percherons, Imported............. 2: 1,800 5 | All.. Good....... 90 |...... Grades, Percheron..............-- 2) 1,575 5 | All... | Good....... 170 10 Hackneys, Imported and Canadian- bred (1 Imported; 1 Canadian- Dred). skews cere ias cee eaten 2 1,050 BW Aectee als Good....... 90 14 Standard-breds, Imported......... 2) 1,100 9 | All Good....... 65 11 Roadsters, Canadian-bred.......... 3 | 1,060 Oo Dowarass Fairly good. 140 9 Grades, Roadster......- # lgibhel Shara dae, 8 4| 1,160 12 | All....) Fairly good. 183 10 Thoroughbreds, Imported......... 3 1,170 14 | All....) Good....... 179 20 German Coach Horses and Grades and French Canadian Grades (1 Grade Coach; 1 Grade French Canadian ; 1 German Coach FIOTSO) a nae Seis eS eee eee 8 1,345 7) All....) Good....... 347 10 Totals nce sneeeeares 34 1,959 Mares. & s . s 2 249 a 3 = $58 ‘3 g 2 Townships. 668K Type. Ea o x pi 38 ge! & | & 25 268 23 % a dae a & 3 5.0.84 oH > > za < <4 < A ee Trafalgar...... esses ys 784 | Some Clydesdale, Carriage and a few 7 Roadsters). 26.66.65: sasscaeewe es 1,150) Fair.....) 8 Esquesing......-...---++ 352 | Light mostly..................00 0 1,050) Very poor} 9 Nassagawey@..........--. 358 | General Purpose as a rule.......... 1,100} Poor..... 9 Nelsomivs cep cipeesenacie os 465 | Heavy, with a few light ........... 1,100} Poor....:} 7 TS, cosiitatdes meek 1,959 28 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Halton.—Concluded. Mares Brep to DirFerent CLassEes oF STALLIONS. | Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. S a Ss é Ps & Sg | sa ! Oho aes | jou hme i i | Oo tn | | 82 |E8,| £8 [B82 8, | £2 (Bie! ? a2 822] BE | S22; 52 | 88 g85 82 ‘ sm ; Ss) AS 3 a S a= | 2 | = @ nn So ; a | a 4 Zi | 1 Oe <4 | re oe : { Registered Stallions. 21; 1,216 15 986 | 13 6 | 230 10 Grade Stallions...... 13| 7743 12| 708; 10 te 10 —| tis SS Totals......... 84 | 1,959 i. oe | Gf, Bb aeaea ce The public meeting for Halton was held at Milton on October the 11th. All the speakers recognized that there was room for great improvement in horse breeding in Halton county. The syndicating of stallions was very strongly condemned, and those present thought that there should be an in-- spection of all stallions before they were allowed to stand for service, some favoring a license fee, while others seemed to think that the stallion owner had enough expenses at present. WENTWORTH. In the townships of East and West Flamboro nine stallions are standing for service, and out of these there are two Thoroughbreds, both of excellent type, two grade Roadsters, two pure-bred Percherons, a grade Carriage horse, a Shire and a German Coach horse. Seven are serviceably sound, and the conformation and quality of most of them is wp to the average. $8 to $10 are charged for service fees in most instances. Mares are poor in type and quality, averaging 6 years old, and 1,150 lbs. in weight. The Inspectors speak highly of the Thoroughbred sires, but think that some of the other sires should have been gelded. About twenty registered mares were found in the township. There is pot one sire heavier than a Percheron to be found in Beverly township. The list is made up of two Thoroughbreds, three Carriage stal- lions, a French-Canadian, a Roadster, a German Coach, and a Percher- on. Only one case of unsoundness is reported, but quality and conformation is below what it should be. Fees for*service range from $8 to $15. There are about 20 registered Clydesdale and Shire mares in this township, the bal- ance being of a rather common type, averaging 1,150 lbs. in weight. Re- porting on this township the Inspectors say: “We only found one imported horse here, and the stallions in general are not a very good class for the farmers to breed to. Ag there are a number of registered heavy mares it is important that there be good imported stallions of the same breeds to mate witn them.”’ Out of the nine stallions in. the City of Hamilton and surrounding town- ship of Barton, one-third are not sound, while one is 21 years old, and another 11 years. Two are Thoroughbreds, three Standard-breds, one a Shire, one a Percheron, and the remaining one a grade. Their average for breeding purposes is low. The mares in this section are not of good type or quality, 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. | 29 Wentworth—Continued. | not over 1,100 lbs. on the average. One reason for this given by the Inspec- tors is that breeders are paying too much attention to race horses. The gen- eral run of service fees is $10 to $15, with one owner quoting $25. A Percheron, a Roadster, and a Standard-bred comprise the sires in Saltfleét Township, the last named being of good type, and others fair. Two are reported sound, and their service fees run from $8 to $12. As regards the mares, these are of a poor light type not fitted for farming operations. “There seems to be very little breeding in Saltfleet Township”’ is the report of the Inspectors. The Inspectors state: ‘‘We found a rather better class of horses in Bin- brook Township, but there is still room for improvement. Farmers seem to have no fixed type. More heavy horses could be bred with advantage here. Mares are fair in type and quality, averaging 1,100 lbs. in weight.”’ It is creditable that all the stallions standing for service are sound. Among them are a grade of Clydesdale blood, and another of French-Canadian. The breeding of the rest is: Standard-breds, three; English Coach, one; and Hackney, one. In couformation they average fairly good. The fees for the two grades are $7 and $8 respectively and for the pure-breds from $10 to $15. Not one heavy stallion was inspected in Glanford Township, and farm- ers apparently are paying very little attention to horse breeding. The In- spectors report that some good heavy stallions and mares would be a good in- vestment for farmers and breeders here. At present the mares are of no special breeding, aud only average fair in quality, having an average weight of about 1,150 lbs. The rating of the stallions used is, on the whole, rather medium, but all are sound. They include a Hackney, two Standard-breds, a grade Germau Coach, and a grade Carriage horse. Fees vary from $10 to $15. Breeders in Ancaster Township are turning their attention more to breed- ing heavy horses and three Clydesdales were among the seven sires on service here. One is a Welsh pony, rated good, one a Percheron, one a Carriage horse, and two Roadsters (one being a grade). They are nearly all sound and score fairly well; service fees range from $10 to $15. There are twenty- one imported mares in the township, besides several registered Canadian- bred Clydesdale mares, and the general type and quality are fairly good. Inspectors’ Remarks: ‘In Wentworth farmers seem to have no fixed type. Far too many are breeding to light sires for the best interests, of the horse industry. While we think that this county is one in which light horses can be raised with profit, yet too many farmers are making a mistake in breeding mares of a fair farm type to light road horses, some of which have very little breeding.”’ 30 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Wentworth—Continued. STALLIONS. 7 E i a Te ole | ele? . : re} el 3 eo oa Breeding. Zjeks' ei | gh | Be we Ee |ScE: s | £5 | EE aS =e Bites § | 8 Se EE 32 rod Bees > | e gL | ro | 2 s a (i | | Clydesdales, Imported, Canadian- | $ bred and Grades (3 imported; 4 : 1 Canadian-bred; 1 grade)........ 5} 1,640 6 (All..... Fair....... _ B22 10 ali, Imported. ................. 2! 1,800 4 All..... tails Beod | ae i CY CNETONG ca cea eau eke ae Se 6 1,800 7 All.....:Moetly gooc ‘ 2 Hackneys, Imported and Canadian- ee | bred (1 imported ; 1 Can.-bred). 21 1,875 5 jAll. ...: Fairly good} 195 «12 Standard-breds, Lmported and Road- : sters, Canadian-bred (1 Standard- | bred ; 7 Roadsters.............. 8, 1,190 9 7... . Fairly good) a 3 Grades, Roadster. ................. 7: 1,125 SPAT eng SRAM ee ces 24 Thoroughbreds, Imported... ... CO ae SOG! SNM ede coal Fairly good .....0.. 0.000. Thoroughbreds, Canadian-bred.... 3 1,100 DA hie ox are jean’ ee ofa : i. Grades, German Coach............ 3 1,370 | 8 |2 |/Fairly good. 27 English Coach Horse and Grades (1 | pure-bred ; 6 grades)............ 7 1,350 13 6eccess ad Regess 366 9 Grades, French-Canadian and no ' | particular breeding.............. 3.) 225 10 (All .|Fairly good! 27k 11 Welsh Ponys.cses:e: es stean gases Ll ceses v.deantr autaaeernshs,earreacind iGood...... 7 joven Gaba scpm crash elaine a 50, | | 2,490. Mares wegen eee ! oes eee Sy RS Ses ee r == |g23 Ss: re BERS eh ce . = ea oe 2s ¢ Townships. S28 B Type [ce o =< be Dee 4 ERAS e @ 5 1 |< < < East and West Flamboro. 410 ee a a few good registered VC CBG AICS nc cored ee miaea ere uers 1,150 |Poor....: 6 Beverlyivs:s sca pag meen 538 | A few registered Clydesdales and i eae a | Shires, balance light............. 1,150 |Fair..... 7 ity oO amilton an Haman Canes TES cares | 193 | Light and rather poor ........... 1,100 |Poor.... 7 Saltfleet.......0......... | 120 | Light and rather poor............. 1,000 |Poor....) 8 Binbrook ............... | is ee eeaeee to general purpose...| 1,100 |Fair..... 8 Glanford ............05. 28 ight asarule..............0.00... 1,050 |Fair..... 8 Tanto uleiy ementaein otats Aeteas ees 415 , Some Imported and Canadian-bred | 8 heavy mares, others general Fairly | purpose and light........0...... 1,150 | good... 8 Total ......00.0 0008. | 2,490 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 31 Wentworth—Concluded. . Mares Brep to Divrerent CLASSES OF STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably Sound. Not Serviceably Sound. os “wD wD : oar aD ‘ OF ie ov tet ov o OF se ov o Stallions. p Fa og a & # a ea B= (58 | BE | BB & B= | 58 % og |\232) So \eee| 2 lee lea.) & | #2 |ess| 28 | es] 5 BS | Ess] § | 4 Z Z z < Za Z < $ $ Registered Stallions.; 30 | 1,271 28 | 1,262 13 2 9 8 Grade Stallions...... 20 | 1,219 18 | 1,091 9 2 128 9 Totals .......... | 50 | 2,490 46 | 2,353 |........ 4 | 137 | Saas The public meeting for this county was held at Dundas on October 16th. Those present were in favor of the Government taking some steps to prevent poor, inferior, and unsound stallions from being used for breeding purposes, and if the time is ripe to have all stallions inspected. Some of the speakers stated that the stallions now used for breeding are not as good as those that used to travel some years ago. Brant. While South Dumfries township favors the heavier sires to a consid- erable extent, having two Clydesdales, two Percherons, a general purpose grade, a French Canadian grade of a heavy type, and a grade Carriage horse, there is plenty of room for improvement in the ratings of the major- ity of them as regards soundness, conformation and quality. There are a number of very good mares in this township, some being newly imported Clydesdales. The general run of mares is of fairly good type, and very good quality, being young and of good average weight. From $8 to $15 is the run of service fees. Brantford township has a fair representation of sires, consisting of five Clydesdales (of which no less than three are grades), two Hackneys, a Percheron, a general purpose horse, and a grade French horse. While some are of pretty fair type, the Inspectors state that some should not be used as sires. As regards soundness nearly all qualify as serviceably sound. Service fees vary from $7 and $8 for grades, to $15 for pure-breds. The general run of mares is rather poor as regards type and quality, 1,150 lbs. being the average weight, and 10 years the average age. A few Hackneys of a oe type have lately been imported. Not many heavy mares are being red. Nothing but grade stallions, two Roadsters, a Carriage horse, and a general purpose horse were seen on the Indian Reserve, $10 is charged for service fee. The number of mares kept is 175, and out of these the In- ‘ spectors only saw two that looked like being useful brood mares. They re-. port this section as being one in which many useful horses could be raised, and that something should be done to raise the standard of the horses, especially as to introducing heavy horses, as most of the land is heavy. Brantford city and neighborhood, are well known as a centre of Stan- dard-bred breeding, almost to the exclusion of other breeds. In the heavy , 32 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 68 Brant.—Continued. line, nothing better than two Clydesdale grades are found, only one of which was seen by the Inspectors. They were also unable to see several of the others. Besides eleven Roadsters and Standard-breds (five of which are grades), and the two grade Clydesdales, there are, a Hackney, a Hackney pony, a Shetland pony, and a German Coach horse. A few are rated high, but several are below the average, and some are unsound. The fees for services are in general from $9 to $15, with one quoted at $20, one at $25, and one at $50, all three being for Roadsters. Mares are on the whole a very inferior lot, but there are a few very good light ones. Their average weight is 1,000 lbs., and age 10 years. The Inspectors think that too many trotting bred stallions are being used for breeding purposes, and that the horse interests would be served by the introduction of a few good pure-bred heavy stallions. The stallions located in Burford township are a very poor lot, being all grades, one of Hackney blood, one Roadster, one Belgian, and the other general purpose. Service fees are $8 to $10. Mares are also a very poor class, not exceeding 1,000 lbs. in weight. The Inspectors comment as fol- lows: ‘‘We understand that a few fair horses made stands in this town- ship from adjoining townships.”’ Inspectors’ Remarks: ‘‘The county of Brant is well supplied with stallions so far as numbers are concerned, but there are not enough of the right kind. Brant is well adapted for the raising of heavy horses, and we think that if farmers and breeders would pay more attention to the breed- ing and raising of heavy horses, it would be a great advantage both to themselves and to the horse industry of this county.” STALLIoNg. 3 ad ! be cog te ae BS |e. 4 | Sy a i|sge| § | 3 | §5 | aes | BS 3 2 za 4 52 Ba Ss ea > a < <4 a < Zz BO 5 & SOD aed Lz Zz Son 4 = ees 5 3 5 g Township. ‘S 235 Type. = a ¢ HH Ow 2 2 > Eeit cle ie q o 2 o 28S > ES Z 6-2 < West Oxford............ 736 | Some good heavy mares, but many Fairly light ones..........6-- 0+ eee eee 1,200 good...) 8 North Norwich ......... 262) FWair ces nominee ear nt Che es ees 1,150 | Fair..... 7 South Norwich.......... 420 | Some good heavy mares and others . of lighter type..........2-----6- 1,150 | Fair...../ 8 Dereham................ CAO. RARE esd aincracaeeop uated Pa ceeumuled 1,050 | Only fair.; 8 North Oxford. .......... 273 | A few good Clydesdales, others ; MECIUM ..ccinceddccaneeesees eh 1,150 | Fair+,...; 9 Blenheim .............. 520 | Fair stamp of mares, including some : Blandford and town of good ones .........e eee eee eee 1,250 | Fair ..... 8 Woodstock ........... 521 | A few Clydesdales, others medium .) 1,200 | Fair..... 7 East and West Zora..... 505 | Very good, including many imported Clydesdales.............+------ 1,300 | Very good] 6 East Nissouri ........... 224 | Fairly heavy, with some good reg- istered Clydesdales............. 1,150 | Very good! 6 Total ic dale: 4,191 Mares Brep To Dirrerent CLassEs oF STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. Oe 1s ae ho TSS se ,s | ss |esil sé lssé| a | so lege) es 2a 2k oo aa ak S S aa ae 3 3S Be | S85] 8% | 885] 88 | #e | B85] ss qa a A 4 < A Zz < Registered Stallions . 47 2,734 47 2,734 Sis |e caeeilesnaslhaee nes Grade Stallions...... 35 | 1,457 28 | 1,359 9 7 98 8 Totala......0.05 82 | 4,191 G5: | 008 Wecee once 7 98 | Neer: At the public meeting held at Woodstock, October 27th, attendance was not large, but most of the speakers seemed to think that stallions should be inspected. Some claimed that all stallions: used for breeding purposes should be registered, while others asserted that it would not do to shut out stallions which had proved themelves good sires, although they could not be registered, claiming that really good individuals should be allowed a permit. It was thought that there should be an Act passed giving the stal- lion owners a lien on the mare as soon as she is bred. With regard to syndi- cating stallions, opinions were given that in some sections, if a syndicate was formed of four or five men and they selected a first-class stallion, better sat- isfaction would be given than the present system of syndicates which include too many men. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 37 NorFo.k. In Townsend township there are only two pure-bred sires out of thir- teen, and with few exceptions they are not of a very good standard although there is only one case of unsoundness. The pure-breds are a Percheron and a Hackney. Grades are of Clydesdale, Hackney, Roadster, and general purpose stock. A Clydesdale grade is giving service for $5, the highest fee *s $15. for the Percheron. ‘‘Too many farmers are using grade sires. A few good heavy mares have been bought by breeders during the year.”’ Woodhouse Gore township is fortunate in being in close proximity to Sim- coe, where a number of very good imported horses are owned. These are for sale. Some good fillies, too, have been imported and will make ‘useful brood mares. Otherwise the quality of the average mare is fair. Weight 1,200 Ibs., and type very fair. ‘There is only one grade sire, a Hackney, out of nineteen kept. Of the eighteen pure-bred, nine are Clydesdales, two Shires, three Hackneys, three Percherons and one Standard-bred. Fees run from $10 to $15. All are sound and no less than eleven were imported last July. In Windham township are a pure-bred Clydesdale, a registered Stand- ard-bred and a Percheron grade, and strange to say, the grade earns a larger fee than the second named. $9 to $10 are the fees charged. All sires are sound. Mares are a very poor lot, with only a rare exception. While the soil of Middleton: township is light, and light breeds can be profitably raised, there is room for great improvement in the quality of the horses found here. There are very few good mares, the type and quality being described as poor. The average weight is 1,050 lbs. There are kept for service three pure-bred Roadsters, a Clydsdale, a Hackney, and a Roadster grade, and a general purpose grade. As high as $15, and as low aa $8 is charged for fees. No unsoundness is reported. The stallions in North Walsingham township are not of a very high order, there being too many inferior horses in service, and there is some unsoundness among them. Out of the thirteen, eight are grades of Clydes- dale, Roadster, Hackney, and French stock. Among the pure-breds are four Clydesdales and a Suffolk Punch, one of the best. A Hackney grade and a Roadster grade have the lowest service fees, #5; other fees are $7, $8, $9, $10 and $12. There are practically no good mares in this township. and their average weight is about 1,100 lbs. Charlotteville is another township that has a poor class of mares, and as many of the farmers are breeding to inferior grade stallions, prospects are not very bright for raising the standard of horse flesh here. There are only two pure-bred sires, Clydesdales. The rest are two grade Clydesdales, a grade Percheron, and a grade Roadster, and fees are from $6 to $12. With two exceptions the average of the sires in Woodhouse township is not high, and also there are very few good mares in the section, the gen- eral run being poor. Among pure-bred sires kept, are a Hackney, a Tho- roughbred, a German Coach horse, and a Percheron, while grades are of Clydesdale, German Coach, Hackney, and Standard-bred blood. ‘Five to twenty-five dollars are the fees for service. 5 The only representatives of registered stock in Houghton township are a Hackney and a Suffolk Punch. Other sires are a Belgian, Clydes- dale, and Roadster, all grades. Service fees run from $8 to $12. Mares are a very poor Jot, and there is room for some good heavy stallions. Inspectors’ Remarks: ‘‘The County of Norfolk is very well supplied in some townships with a very good class of stallions, there having been a number of good imported horses bronght out this year, a number of them 38 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Norfolk—Continued. being held by the importers for sale. If two or three good men would join together and select a good first-class stallicn at a reasonable price, and a number of these were kept in the county it would help to improve the standard of the horses veiy much, as some of the townships have a very inferior lot of stallions.’’ SraLLions. . | : ¢ by & i Breedin K ot Z a = = o A . ae = 2 | See) Se Pee See ee 2 |522| § . FS ! 85 € 1 oe 5 See > Ee wee 56 OD = 1 oe Z = 4 wh 6S |x 5 a 3, li a Ss o O.5 ) : ao Breeding. me oes ® rg os wet | of . 2 }eps| P|) 88] #2 | SEE] #2 : (2m) 8 | 2s Bo | S68 | ee Za id = n = Z 4 / $ Clydesdales, Canadian-bred and | Shires, Imported and Canadian | (1 Clyde, 1 Shire Imported, 2 Shires Canadian-bred) ...... ... 4) 1,710 4; All. Bait asc). 307; 11 Percherons ..... Biseeite teat Shaan tua 2 1,650 4 | All Pair secs 160 | 13 Grades, Percheron................ 3 1,530 GE | AM ee sel Maitectecten 215 9 Suffolk Punch and Belgians (1 Suf- folk Punch, 1 Belgian)..... pivereh 2 1,725 Oe Ml ics Baits crite 148 | 11 Hackneys and Grades (1 of each).. 2) 1,150 5 | All ARE xiesaeals 130 | 12 Standard-breds and Thoroughbreds Imported “(3 Standard-breds, 1 | Thoroughbred)................. 4 1,135 13° | ADD cose] Haiti cnss 204) 12 Grades, Roadster................. 7 | 1,045 6 | All Paine 23 177. 9 Grades, Coach.................... 2} 1,150 4} All Fair...... so] 7 General Purpose..............0... 1 2{ 1,200 T |All ogee) Bair cece: ee TORATS enhibn otanwinaboe ns (2S 1,443 | f MARES ‘ge & yt = oS + ea ; Ams ce = | See 1's gS lane Townships. cos 24 Type. | 2) = | & ge ge | & i & | & ee ate Nee dee E (ae So S o oD 5c.8e Rou. ae | > Z tp eae pa oo < | Le | Wainfleet................ 157 | General purpose ........ 0.0.02... | 1,150 Fair...} 10 Pelidintecs tre acctemens | 417 | A few heavy, mostly light. ....... | 1150 Justfair) 9 Humberstone ........... 230 | Poor, light kind................... | 1,000 Poor...: 10 Bertiens.. a A a a > a @Q > Oo 5°00 > @ 4 |< < WD > Zz < < < Grantham .............. 146 | Rather light ...................... 1,150) Fair ..... 10 Niagara: 2:22 iecassesscs 410 | Rather light .......... Ritiaeeiiaeeae els 1,150} Fair ..... 9 Louth, vice cdeadesdeses 42 | Undersized ............... cece cea 1,100} Poor .... 9 Gainsboro .............. 354 | Smalland poor.................... 1,100| Rather p’r} 8 CHBCON sth ots ck vehonees 58 | Poor and light ...........--.....04 1,150) Poor ..../ 9 Grimsby ..............-. 241 | Poor and light ..................4. 1,150) Poor ....| 9 \ Total. «csivrcieuexaun es 1,251 46 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Lincoln—Concluded. Mares Brep to DirrERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. ! Serviceably sound. | Not serviceably sound. t t ; Total. [ pan Meee ete hash Ah cree | i es ella Stallions. ‘S@ 3 i Sea |S 6! ; c# 18 gs gS | ses] 38 eae) @. | ee aw ee: oe 25 eo || oe coat Seg ON ee a ee ae SS ~g28 > 8 | Se cf | 22 ' EEE te 5% 552 | sa BAS oa | Bu aaa oes Zz Az |Z a < | 4 A |= - { es } i ‘ ; i | Registered Stallions. . 11 756 10 | 716 5 $15 | 1 | 40 | 8 12 Grade Stallions ..... 13 495 13 495: 11 pees Poh nade Hise egies a Petals vives sexes | 22 | 1201 | 3 OU cae j ee There were a fair number present at the meeting, held at St. Cathar- ines, November 17th. The majority of the speakers seemed to think that something ought to be done‘to try to improve the present condition of the horse industry, and a motion was carried in favor of an act being passed by the Government, giving the stallion owner a lien on the mare, and also on the colt until the service fee was paid. They also passed a motion in favor of an Inspection Act, and the majority appeared to be in favor of not allowing any stallion to stand for public service that was not registered in the recognized stud book of the breed to which it belonged, one speaker stating that all horses should be put out of business which would not reg- ister, pass a proper inspection and have a license. Another speaker thought that that would be a difficult measure to put into effect in a country like this, where most men like to be their own judges. Some thought that mares should be inspected as well as stallions. > SPEcIAL Report or INSPECTORS. In submitting our report, we keg leave to say that we tried to keep our own counsel on all occasions, and to gather what information we could from the owners of stallions, and others who were interested in the horse busi- ness, without influencing them in any way by expressing our own opinions. In most sections, quite a large interest was taken in the investigatiua by most of the stallion owners, the large majority expressing themselves very freely as being in favor of the inspection and licensing of all stal- lions allowed to stand for service. We were rather surprised on some occasions to find men who were in favor of this system, whose stallions would be emong the first to fall, giv- ing us the impression that they had not given the subject that serious con- sideration, that in our opinion it requires. At most of the public meetings held we found those present quite ready to express their views; but with very few exceptions the opinions offered did not appear to your Inspectors to have received that due consid- eration and forethought that an important matter of this kind demands. In some sections we found those who were very much opposeZ tu inspec- tion and al-o licensing, claiming that while the class of sires that is being 966 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 47 teport Inspectors’ District 2,—Concluded. ised is uot what it should be, it would be much better for the Department f Agriculture to conduct an educational campaign by the distribution of iterature on horse breeding throughout the Province, through the short ourse in judging at tue Ontario Agricultural College, the Agricultural Socicties and Spring Stallion Shows; and at Farmers’ Institute meetings o have up-to-date and successful horse breeders as lecturers. We found in some sections several stallions owned by syndicates, and yn inquiring as to the success of said system learned in most cases that it had not proved to be very satisfactory; in many cases it was claimed that she stallions had been put in at very much more than their actual value; ind in some cases it was claimed that the horses were not breeders, and should not have been sold for that purpose. While the system on the vhole appears to have given very poor satisfaction, and should not be en- souraged, we think it could be adopted with advantage in some sections, if three or four good farmers would join together, have a meeting, and decide just what kind of a stallion they should have in that section; then select two good judges to purchase said stallion at a right price; get *he proper guarantze and then several first-class stallions might be used where there are nove at present. We found far too many inferior sires being used throughout the dis- trict. Unfortunately many farmers look at first cost only and use these sires. We also found a large number of inferior and unsound mares which in our opinion should never be used for breeding purposes. And in con- sequence it is important that more educational work be taken up along this line, in order to impress breeders with the idea of using a better class of females as well as sires. In many sections we found a large number of breeders had no fixed type, some with very good heavy mares with two or three Clydesdale or Shire crosses in them, using a Percheron or some breed of light stallion, which can only have one result, and that is to injure the horse breeding in- dustry of the Province. We trust that the information received from this investigation may ke of value to the Department in the effort to further the horse breeding in- dustry, one of the most important branches of live stock development in the Province at the present time, and while at nearly every public meet- ing the majority appeared to be in favor of inspection and licensing, as already stated, we are of the opinion that the time is not yet ripe for such legislation. We feel that the Department might by some well directed means en- deavor to educate the people, so that in the near future they may be able to see the advisability of an Inspection Act at least, and probably a license act also, and trust that the labors of the Department may accomplish the desired end. (Signed) Joun Garpuovss, Ww. Carn. DISTRICT NO. 3. Countrtes.—Huron, Bruce and Grey. Inspectors.—H. G. Reed, V.S., Georgetown, and Jno. Bright, Myrtle. Huron. The township of Stephen in Huron county is a great centre for the heavy horse industry. In the list of sires are three imported Clydesdales, and two grades of that breeding, four imported Shires, a Percheron, an imported Hackney, two Standard-breds, and a Theroughbred. With on: exception there is no unsoundness, but some are up in years. The aver- age conformation is fair, and the percentage of foals is pretty good. Fees run as low as $8 in two cases for unregistered stock, but the general run is from $10 to $15. The draught mares in this township are of a fairly good quality, although only a small percentage of them are registered, but the average mare would be likely to produce good draught horses when mated with good draught sires. The number of mares in the township is 1,360, about three-fourths being draught, and the balance general purpose and light. The township of Hay is one in which the Inspectors found more Shires than Clydesdales, the proportion of the former to the latter being as six to four sires. The other sires are two Percheron and four Standred-bred. All are imported, and only one case of unsoundness was found. The gen- eral average, too, is good, and service fees vary from $10 to $20. As re- gards mares they number 1,585, about three-fourths being heavy draught the rest general purpose and light. Their average weights are draught, 1,400 lbs.; general purpose, 1,200 Ibs.; and ght, 1,000 lbs., about 5 per cent. of the draughts are registered, and the balance are good draught brood mares. Only a small percentage of the light mares are really good, their average type being poor. Tuckersmith township runs to Clydesdales, there having been no Shires brought in lately. Two pure-bred Clydesdales and one grade, and one Standard-bred and two grades constitute the sires for service, and two of these are reported as unsound. The average quality and conformation is only fa'r. Service fees are $10 to $20, the latter for a Standard-bred. There are about 200 heavy draught mares in the towrship averaging 1,500 Ibs.; 195 agricultural, about 1,300 lbs., and 265 of light type, all of fair quality. Clydesdales also predominate in McKillop township, where there are six imported Clydesdale stallions, one Shire imported, and two Standard- breds. Here, again, there is one case of unsoundness, but the average con- formation is fairly good. Service fees have the usual range of $10 to $15. Out of the 640 mares 200 are heavy, 300 of the agricultural class and 140 light, the average weights being 1,500, 1,300 and 1,000 respectively. There seems to be a larger percentage of light mares in Grey township than *n those previously considered, and here the sires stand three Clydes- dales, a Shire, all registered, avd three Standard-breds, which include a grade. The average conformation is fair, and two are rated as unsound. Fight to fifteen dollars is the range of fees. Heavy mares number 150, [48] 1906 REPORT ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 49 Huron—Continued. averaging 1,500 lbs.; agricultural are most numerous with 300, and light total 260. tn Turnbury and Morris townships the Inspectors found a large percentage of good heavy draught stallions, consisting of six imported Clydesdales and a grade, two imported Shires, and two Percherons, while the lighter breeds were 1epresented by a Hackney and four Standard-breds, one being a grade. There is some unsoundness among both heavy and light sires, and while there are some excellent horses, including a sweep- stakes winner at Toronto in 1906, the average rating is only fairly good. No service fees fall below $10, and the highest is $25 for a Standard-bred. Mares of agricultural type are most numerous, 400 in all; then come heavy mares, 395, and light, 270. The average weight are the same as given above. Six imported Clydesdales, an imported Shire, and four Standard-breds, one a grade, make up the total of the stallions in the east part of Hullett ~ township, and it is satisfactory to know that all are sound. Average con- formation is fair, and the percentage of foals is satisf ctory. Three of the sires are new arrivals, but for the others the fees are $10 to $15. In Hul- lett, as in the last two townships under review, the agricultural type leads among the mares, with the draught and light maies next respectively. In the west part of Hullett township heavy sires are most numerous, there being five pure-bred Clydesdales. a Shire. and three Standard-breds. Tn this section draught mares total 210; agricultural, 300, and those of light type, 205. Contrary to the other townships passed in review, the township of Goderich leans more to the lighter breeds, as is seen by the fact that the light mares outnumb.r the draught and agricultural type, taken individ- ually, and also by there being six Standard-bred sires and a Hackney to one Clydesdale and a Percheron. One sire is reported unsound and aver- age quality and conformation is only fair. One grade out of the three standing for service has as low a fee as $7. The highest fee is $25. In Colborne and Ashfield towzships the Inspectors state that they found a good average lot of mares numbering, draught, 505; agricultural, 700, and light, 75, and averaging in weight as high as in the other town- ships; but there was a smaller percentage of really good draught stallions here than in the other parts of Huron county. There are three Clydesdales imported, one Canadian-bred, 3 grades of that breeding, four imported Shires and a grade, two Percherons, a Suffolk Punch, and a Standard-bred. There is a percentage of unsoundness, and conformation averages scarcely fair. The maximum service fee is $13 and minimum §8. Inspectors’ Remarks: ‘In Huron county we find the Clydesdale the popular draught horse, there being also a fair percentage of Shires and a few Percherons, one Belgian and a Suffolk Punch. The draught type of mares greatly predominates. Only a small percentage are registered, but the balance are a good average lot; there are very few really good light mares in this county. “Our investigations have led us to conclude that very few really good mares are bred to any but Clydesdale or Shire sires. “With regard to a Stallion Inspection Act, we find that the views of horsemen generally are that it does not go far enough. They are very much 4 HB. a0 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 63 Auron—Continued. opposed to allowing grade or unsound stallions to be used at all. A very strong feeling prevails against stallions, because they interfere class and higher priced horses. oppo ed to syndicating stallions; means.”’ the cheap, mongrel, cross-bred and grade so much with the business of the high- We find hreeders in general very much very many poor animals are sold by this SVALLIONS, oe H,-i REA. ese =a es iets ee eee SS ee ep ne £ : : =e S = a tee Breeding. 5 yo e ae & Ses ol eee | oS 25 z roars = Co Une a Bey s (eee t = Le g8 Ete Zz) a £ = “ j 3 Clydesidales, Imported ............ 35 1,900 hg Dates a Fairly good.) 3,011) 13 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred ....... 5 1,730 Gor Biass Paine. ssee ‘ 424 10 Grades, Clydesdale... ... 0.0... 00.0.. 7 1,600 5 | 6...... Pairs 5 ¢ senses 431; 11 Shires, Imported and Grades, (21) ¢ Imported Shires, 1 Grade)....... / 22; 1,665 Bre MSS, dees Pauiiann gate / 2340" 71 Percheron so $6 5. 3 ee ee We saae chante’ ' 9) 1,880 0 Bor ces Fairly good. S40 re Hackneys, Suffolk Punch and | ' Grades (2 Hackneys; 1 Suffolk ‘ i Punch, 1 Grade Hackney) ..... 45 1,390} Of AUG oie) HAs ous 234, 13 Standard-breds, Imported ......... DAG) ATO) Ry, Dh scuaasy PaiPiecctes s | 1,504 13 Roadsters, Canadian-bred......... 5 1,140 . Dl Alcatel Haire. gains 280 10 Grades, Roadster..........0.0.000- 71 1,085 Bia eenteh ea Fairly good.! 36 10 Thoroughbreds, Canadian-bred....| 1 1,200 TSU |ya a scree Haiti scoeivs 54 30 | 8 Ritalin acral Ldn te el the ee Ieee all ecm cogs OS aa ss ALARES. jn 8 | a — us | a oe fae | So ee = agcal le = 4g Townships. ose = bE ee = Sf page: Le ;}#2 & & Sies, ge 2 lee = E zsce: ¢2 = | ee £ z A = ote a - | Stephen .............04. 1,359 935 WO), / 305 | 1,900, Fair...1 8 TAGs dai lava deositgistone 1908 | 4900) tices, aes | 225 | toon Fairs Tuckersmith............ 663 | 200. | ucion 195 | 265 | 1,280 Fair...) 8 MeKilopiccuet ost sas 639 | 200 j......., | 300 | 140 | 1,250 Fair... 8 Glove cer aicdecas also 714: TAOS) sos ; 300) 260] 1,250, Fair... 8 Turnberry and Morris...) 1,089 | OD: lb wsloccvteche 400 | 270 | 1,250 Fair... 8 Hullett. 7.0.0.0... 0200. 1,382 | B20) peinaceie 600-855. | 1,280 Fair... 5 GOW EriChe ke act RNa ei 745 TOSS Pe asvcteeinsic 200 | 39D | 1,250 Fair... s Colborne and Ashfield...! 1,282 505 |o.. 700 | 75 | 1,250 Fair... 5 ee 9,458 | . | * The figures under this heading are proportion of each class of mares in each number of mares bred. da HB only for the purpose of showing approximately the township. The first colunin of the table gives the 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 51 Huron—Conaladad. ' Mares Brep ro Dirrerent Ciasses oF SraLLions. ! i { Total. i Serviceably sound. | Not serviceably sound. ian oil | | eae J Stallions. ef |s ¢ Oe 1S 6 oe oe eS 1 33> og s3| & 1g 8 Ge) Sy aes 2H, aS QED on I eee | ee eee ee, ek aa gee Bo | “ee |e sz Ey | Bi ig he au BAS | 22 . Ba | ES oe Ro la alee hag | Foie gee | ! | 8 | ! 8 Registered Stallions..' 98 | 8,604 86 7,492 | 12 | 12 1,112 11 Grade Stallions. ..... 16 854 4 s9| 9 2 235d . | : Totals........ | 4 9,458 |) 100 | 8,121 | RR KP Gs, TBE cacao > | The public meeting for the county of Huron was held at Clinton on October 18th. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the meeting was not so largely attended as would otherwise have been the case. However, each riding in the county was represented. After about two hours’ dis- cussion on the horse question, the meeting came to the unanimous decision that some steps should be taken to pievent a grade or unsound stallion standing for service. Those present also resolved that ‘“‘In the opinion of ihis meeting a License Act would be preferable to an Inspection Act.’ BRUCE. The townships of Kinloss and Culross in Bruce County have a number of heavy sires, there being no less than 11 imported Clydesdales, 2 Canadiau- bred ones, a Belgian and a French Draught, while the only representatives of the light breed« are 2 Standard-breds. There is not a single grade horse standing for service. With three exceptions they are all sound and one of these is not now used in the stud. The Inspectors state that the Clydesdale were the best average lot they saw in their investigations. The minimum fee is $11 and maximum $16. The mares are mostly agricultural in type number- ing 1,000 of this class, 730 of the draught class and 153 light. They are of fair average quality. In the township of Carrick the inspectors found only two draught horses, a Clydesdale and a Belgian, the rest being Standard-breds, one of them a grade, and two of the sires are unsound. Eight to sixteen dollars is tbe range of service fees. As a matter of fact over 20 stallions, from Huron County principally, covered a part of this township, and a number of the mares credited to that county should really be included in Carrick’s and Brant’s list. The number of mares as given to Carrick and Brant townships is draught 166, agricultural 200, and light 187. The mares of draught type are as numerous in these townships as in any of the other townships of Bruce. Brant township has two imported Clydedales and a grade, all sound and standing for fees as follows: grade $8, pure-breds $15. While Eastnor and Lindsay townships have a fair percentage of heavy sires, three Clydesdales, a Shire and a Percheron, two of these of Clydesdale 52 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Bruce—Continued. and Shire breeding are grades, and there is also a French Canadian grade and a Stardard-bred grade. All are sound except one, but the average quality and conformation is only fair, and services are given for as low a price as $5 with a general run of $9 to $15. Mares are not numerous, and are chiefly of the agricultural type and in quality poor. No draught stallions were seen in Amabel township, sires being Stand- ard-breds and grades, one-half being unsound. Fees range from $8 to $10. The rating is not high. There are some draught mares in Amabel township and heavy stallions come in from Grey county, and consequently will be credited to townsh‘ps in Grey where these stallions came from, the Inspec- tors being largely dependent for their information on the stallion owners themselves. In Saugeen and Arran townships the Clydesdale is the predominant breed, there being five imported Clydesdales, five Canadian-bred, one grade, an imported Hackney, and two registered Standard-breds. There are four cases of unsoundness, all among the heavy ones and the average merit of these is only fair. Eight to seventeen dollars is the range of the fees. As in several of the other townships the agricultural type of mare is in the wajority, but there are a good many draught and some light mares. One Clydesdale, a Hackney, a Standard-bred and two grades of that breeding constitute the list of sires in Bruce township. Here, again, was found unsoundness in the proportion of two-fifths. Conformation is good in three-fifths and very bad in the remainder. Service fees are quoted as §7, $10 and $15. Mares average about 1,250 in weight. Kineardine township contains no less than nineteen stallions, the majority being of the heavy type. Among them are five pure-bred Clydes- dales, four grades of that breeding, five Percherons and five Standard- breds, of which three are grades. The grades, as usual are the cause of service fees heing put as low as $5 and $8, but the owners of pure-bred sires get from $10 to $14. The average quality and conformation is only fair. Agricultural mares again lead in number with 600, draught come next with 433, followed closely by light mares 410. The average weight is 1,250. The four stallions inspected in Huron township were two Clvdesdales, an imported and a Canadian-bred one, respectively, an imported Shire and a Percheron. One-half are reported as sound. Service fees charged are $8, $10 and $12. Out of the 430 mares in this township, 300 belong to the agri- cultural and 130 to the draught type. In Greenock township there are five pure-bred Clydesdale stallions, 3 imported and 2 Canadian-bred, an imported Shire, a Standard-bred, and 2 grades of French Canadian and German Coach blood respectively. The lowest service fee is $9 and the highest $15. No less than three out of the nine are not sound, and their standard of excellence is but fair. Mares average about the same weight as in the adjoining townships, viz.—1,250 Ibs., and in point of numbers they stand agricultural 500; draught 255, and light 160. Their average quality is fair. Inspectors’? Remarks: “We find in Bruce county (and especially im the Centre Riding) a larger percentage of Percheron stallions than any other district that we have visited on this commission. These horses are in a 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 53 Bruce—Continued. number of cases ‘‘syndicated”’ at high prices, above what we consider their value as regards merit.’’ STALLIONS. .| & | & 55 s 2 Breeding m eit | o ae os a oe 28 A | ERE] f | 26) fh | S52] PE 6 |) eee | & | 2S oS Fe? | o$ 4 |x > 4 Qa < 4 oO < <4 . ' a a 3 @ Ge tk ge ne eT Stallions. e138 sa | 5 Slee See i 38 So. Wie) Spe ah Be mp L Be j28 | $8 |28 | & | 8 £8 . # as '88s5'! SS | 285 5 aE =2¢ c 5a rs ae om BRP > ae Se 5 a az A 1 “a «4 Zz % wl os ‘ 2 : ae eel . ¢ Registered stallions. . 66 5,971 © 50 | «4,563 | 13 16 1,408 10 Grade stallions...... 22 1,399 18 | 1,162 10 4 237 8 Pola veces 88 | a ee a A The public meeting for the county of Bruce was held at Paisley on Friday, November 2nd. One hundred horsemen were present, representing all parts of the county, some having driven over 30 miles to be present. After a lengthy discussion of the horse breeding industry in general it Was unanimously resolved: ‘‘That this meeting strongly approves of some drastic legislation in favor of horse breeding, and is in favor of the compul- sory inspection and licensing of all stallions standing for service; require- ments for license to be freedom from hereditary unsoundness, and registra- tion in a recognized record of the Dominion of Canada and a reasonably good formation.’’ Coupled with the above, the meeting also voted in favor of a Lien Act, giving the stallion owner a lien on the mare and foal until the insurance was paid. GREY. Sires of the heavy breeds have a monopoly in Bentinck and Normanby townships in the county of Grey. In Bentinck there are just two stallions an imported Clydesdale and a Percheron, both sound, and of fair merit. Fees are $13 and $12, respectively. Normanby has three more than Bent- inck to its credit, viz., four Clydesdales (of which one is a grade), and a Percheron. There is one case of unsoundness, and the standard is fair. For the grade $9 is the fee charged, but two pure-breds have even lower fees $7 and $8, while the others stand at $12 and $13. Mares are mostly of the agricultural type, with some 185 of ight, and 100 of heavy draught class. Only three stallions are located in Glenelg township, an imported Clydesdale, a Percheron and a grade Roadster. Two out of the three are sound and conformation is fair. Hight, ten and eleven dollars are the fees charged. Of the 204 mares, 130 are agricultural in type, 50 draught and 24 light, with an average, weight of 1,250 lbs. and of fair quality. In Egremont, as in the other townships of the south riding of Grey, the Inspectors found a smaller percentage of draught mares than in the other districts through which they travelled. In this township the agricultural type is strong with 700 in number, the draught type comes next with 420, followed by the hight with 320. The average weight of the whole is 1,250. and they are fair in quality. The percentage, on the other hand, of heavy draught stallions is very large as compared with the light breeds, being 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. or De Grey—Continued. fourteen to four, viz.,—eleven pure-bred Clydesdales, one grade Clydesdale, a grade Shire and a Percheron. Light breeds are represented by one import- ed Hackney and three grade Standard-breds. Three are unsound, and no high ratings as to conformation are given. Fees charged are all the way from $8 to $13. With the exception of one Standard-bred, Clydesdales have a monopoly ot Sullivan township. Two out of the seven stallions found here are grades and six are sound. The average conformation is fairly good. Thirteen dollars is the maximum fee charged and $7 the minimum. Out of the 430 mares here only 10 are described as of light type, 80 of the draught type, and 340 agricultural. The proportions of the mares in Derby township are very similar +o those in Sullivan, viz.,—draught 50, agricultural 200 and light 25. Three pure-bred Clydesdale stallions, all sound and of fair conformation operate in this township, one of them putting in the first season. No fee is less than $10 and $15 is the highest charged. There are a few more light mares in Keppel township, so we find two Standard-bred stallions (one a grade), to one Clydesdale. All are rated sound and of fair conformation, and earn fees of from $10 to $12. Draugh+ mares are not numerous, only 4() being located, while light kinds number 60 and agricultural 160. The number and average weight of mares in Sydenham township runs as follows: 100 draught, 1,500 lbs.; 600 agricultural, 1,300 lbs.; and 270 light mares, 1,000 Ibs. The Inspectors explain the large percentage of light mares in chis tcwnship by the fact that in Owen Sound there are a large number of light stallions. As a matter of fact there are twelve light sired’ made up as follows: five registered Standard-breds and two grades of that breeding; two pure-bred Thoroughbreds, a pure-bred Hackney. and a grade, and a grade French Canadian. The heavy breeds are represented by three imported Clydesdales. Conformation is fair in all cases, but there! is unsoundness in four of these animals. A Standard-bred grade is at the bottom of the list as regards fees, viz., $6, while a Thoroughbred heads it with $15. In St. Vincent township, on the other hand, the heavy sires are the rule. almost to the exclusion of light stallions, there being only a solitary Stand- ard-bred to five Clydesdales (one a grade), and three Percherons of which one is also a grade. Out of nine sires two are reported as not sound. For the two grades the service fees are $8 each, for the pure-breds from $10 to $15. Draught mares are given as 100, agricultural as 420 and light as 100. in this township. In average weight, quality, and age they are on a par with those in adjoining townships. Heavy sires are also in the majority in Holland township where breed- ing interests are looked after by three Clydesdales, a Belgian, a Thorough- -bred grade and a grade of Standard-bred stock. Nearly one-half are rated as wanting in soundness, and the average conformation is only fair. Ser- vice fees are about the same as elsewhere in this county, $8 for grade and $10 to $15, for the others. The agricultural type of mares predominates to the number of 350, light mares being next in number with 150 and draught with 120. The proportion of light to heavy sires in Euphracia township is as four te five consisting of two imported and one grade Hackney, a Standard-bred and three imported and one grade Clydesdale. No cases of unsoundness were reported here, but conformation is only fair. Service fees are the same as 56 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Grey—Continued. given for the previous township. Agricultural mures 500 in number; heht 200, and draught 130, make up the tota] mares reported, 2 In Collingwood township light sires are not much in evidence, as 18 shown by the fact that there is only one grade Standard-bred to represent their interests, while there are five pure-bred Clydesdales. There are 200 agricultural and 100 draught mares kept in the township. The stillions have fair average conformation and all are sound, and they stand for $9 in one case and $10 in the rest. Proton township is again « great district for the heavy breeds. of which there are the following representatives: ten Clydesdales, and a Shire, while other reeds are Thoroughbreds two, Standard-breds one and Peeach Cana- dian one. Al} are pure-bred and all sound except one, and conformation is fair on the average. Stud fees are from $8 to $10. The mares found here are of about the usual fair quality and weight, the agricultural type lead- ing in number with 500, draught come next with 250 and ght last with 200. Artemesia township contains a representation of several breeds varying from Clvdesdale, Shire, Belgian, Hackney, French Coach, and Standard- bred, toa Shetland pony sire. While there are some good sires here there is still room for improvement, both as to conformation and soundness, no less thaa two-sevenths being reported as not qualifying for soundness. We tinda pure-bred Clydesdale standing for S6, a grade for $8 and the balance for fees varying from $10 to $25, the latter for a Hackney. As regards purity of blood, the standing is eleven registered and three grades. Mares number 1,182, being composed of 600 of agricultural type, 382 of draught, and 200 of light mares. STALLIONS. | ¢ “ j | & wv BG : Bes besa S = or) — Sa iz a Breeding 2g a = ee | Ss, % : = vy © sc aa 2 ea w 2) @e7 B ged Be ise | ey Z = aE = ie = : | oe Clydesdales, Jinported............ 33 | 1,850 hOB és | REIT 2 cytes 8,532 11 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred....... 23, 1,630 6 1 20o PPE icons 1,341 9 Grades, Clydesdale.......... SS ial ae 7 1,470 4 | All Fair’ 2325. | 445 8 Shires, Imported................. 3 | 1,975 ed Ui Neeser Fair...... | 810 9 PETCHETONSsccicecac ig Aihanciece oda paowaren 5 1,820 5 All....) Only fair..; 9 405 11 Percherons, Canadian-bred........ 1 | 1,600 5 | All....|Good..... 85 12 Grades, Percheron and Shire (1 Percheron, 2 Shires)............ 3 1,550 bs an ere ee Poor...... 187 8 Hackneys, Imported.............. 5 | 1,310 9 | All....| Fair...... 500 ; 12 Grades, Hackney ................ 2 | 1,250 6 | All....! Fair ...... 110 9 Standard-breds, [mported......... 7 1,080 TBS | iO cecatees Pair evans 570 12 Roadsters, Canadian-bred ......... 3} 1,100 ale ea eer Fairly good} 130 li Grades, Roadster................. 11 1,130 8 | 10 AIP 5, secu 510 9 Thoroughbreds, Canadian-bred.... 4 | 1,050 7 Siivaices Bair 2 es sets 45 12 Grades, Thoroughbred............ 1 | 1,300 7 | All Good ..... 100 12 Frenen Coach, French Canadian, and (+rades, (1 French Coach, 1 French Canadian, 1 Grade)..... 3 1,330 6 ANL.652| GRala cee 350 9 Belgians and Grades (2 Pure-breds VP GTA e oss cian a4 enn oke ss 3 1,875 Gi Dee ata Onlv fair. . 225 10 Shetland: Pony c.suscwaed xc saey ees 1 | 350 4 | All...., Fairs... 12 10 TRO TANS ss octal Savers eters ccnp teat elas nae | 115 | 8,857 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 57 Grey—Continued. Mares. 1 ££ @ re: ype 2 | 2 a5 4 a 5) ae Bile Suc = s g g Townships. io Se 3 q Eg a op see 5 = eT 2 2 i; SERE BE = : aS 2 2 (aoage > Ss 2 5 HO & x (so8£) ge | & | & | Be | B | 8 1A x < 4 < 5 @ 545 | So Zi zi Zz A < | 2 A So ne 8 | | 3 Registered Stallions.. 89 | 7,295 74 | 5,892 Ty 15 | 1,403 11 Grade Stallions...... 26 | 1,562 | 21 | 1,290 9 ! 5 1 272 9 Totals .........- 115 | 8,857 | OB) | TBO \ lesa 2 i 90 1,675 | Preeti : u | The public meeting for the county of Grey was held at Markdale ou November 15th, about,one hundred being present, representing nearly every township in the county. A discussion of a most lively kind took place last- ing over three hours, when the following resolutions were carried : “That this meeting is in favor of the compulsory inspection and licens- ing of all stallions standing for service.” ; “That all unregistered stallions be prohibited from serving mares.”” “That all stallions suffering from hereditary unsoundness be prohibited from serving mares.”’ “That a Stallion Zien Act be passed.”’ 58 REPORT ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. No. 63 Grey—Concluded. A very lengthy and spirited discussion took place as to the amount that should be charged as a license fee, the suggesticns varying from no charge to one hundred dollars. Finally, it was decided not to offer any suggestions as to the amount of the fee, but to leave that to the consideration of the Government. The first resolution was carried almost unanimously ; many, however, were opposed to the second and third, thinking it quite impossible to carry into effect such legislation. The minority were in favor of refusing a license to undesirable stallions and letting it go at that. There was also consider- able opposition to a Stallion Lien Act. SpeciaL Reroxt or Inspgécrors. We, your Inspectors, beg leave to report that after investigating the horse indusiry in the counties of Huron, Bruce, and Grey, and inspecting the stallions in the above named counties, would strongly recommend the com- pulsory inspection and licensing of all stallions kept for service, the require- ments for licensing to be freedom from hereditary unsoundness and regis- tration in a recognized record of the Dominion of Canada; and we would also recommend a nominal license fee, sufficient to defray expenses in con- nection with said inspection. In reference to the Stallion Lien Act, we do not feel like recommending the Government to pass such legislation. While we have no doubt it might be some protection to the owners of stallions, yet we feel in many cases, it would be a hardship and an encumbrance to the owners of mares, and we believe there would be a good deal of opposition from farmers generally against such an Act. While we believe that much good has and can be done by the syndicating of good horses in many sections, yet we feel that there should be some protection to the farmers against being swindled by glib tongued salesmen, who sell inferior stallions, perhaps in the best of condition, to men who are not judges of horses. We would recommend that stallions about to be syndicated be compelled to pass inspec- tion before being offered for sale. We believe the horse industry could be greatly benefited by holding a meeting of horse breeders in each riding, to be addressed by practical up-to-date horsemen, on the kind of horses required for the market to-day, and how to breed them. (Signed) H. G. Resp. Joun Bricut. DISTRICT NO. 4. Counties.—Perth, Waterloo, Wellington and Dufferin. Inspectors—Wm. Jones, Zenda; Peter Christie, M.P., Manchester, (Perth, Waterloo, South and Centre Wellington) and John A. Boag, Raven- shoe, (East and West Wellington, and Dufferin). PERTH. Perth is a county in which there are a number of breeders and importers of good horses, mostly Clydesdales. There are also several Hackneys, Per- cherons, Belgians and Standard-breds. In Downie townships, St. Paul’s is the centre of a good horse district, and there were found five Clydesdales, a Standard-bred and a grade Shire. The effect of the presence of good sires is seen in the fact that even for the grade the service fee is not lower than $10, and it ranges from $12 to $15 in the other cases. There is one instance of unsoundness. The Inspectors report of the mares found here, 345 in number, that many of them are registered and are of a good class of Clydes- dale type. The good stallions kept here have been of, great value to the heavy horse business in Downie. Mares average 1,400 Ibs. in weight: Blanshard is another township well known as a good horse centre, especially for heavy horses. It is gratifying to find that of the nine stal- lions standing for service here not one is unsound, and the average confor- mation is good. The majority of stallion owners charge a fee of $15, some $10, and one $20. There are five imported Clydesdales, an imported Hack- ney, a Percheron, and two Standard-breds. Mares in Blanshard are mostly a very good lot, especially those of the heavy class, although it is said that farmers have sold off their best mares, especially near St. Mary’s. The average weight of those of heavy type is 1,400 lbs., and of light type 1,100 lbs. While there are not quite so many stallions in Hibbert township, they are all Clydesdales, imported, of a good serviceable age, good in conformation and all sound and stand for fees ranging from $10 to $15. Mares in this township ship are, so the Inspectors report, improving in quality and conformation, quite a number of good young mares having been bred this last season. The average weight of the mares is 1,400 lbs. and their average quality is fair. Fullarton township has had the benefit of having brought into it an excellent class of stallions, some of which are also to be found in adjoining townships, where they are doing good service. Out of the 18 stallions here, ten are Clydesdales owned by one importer and there are two imported Clydesdales besides these. There is also an imported Hackney, an imported Shire, a Hackney grade, a Percheron, a Standard-bred, and a grade of the last named breeding. All are sound and mostly good in conformation and action and with three exceptions, in which the fee is $10, the standard fee is $15. In this township farmers are breeding the heavy mares to heavy sires and light mares to light sires, not as in some other districts breeding indis- criminately. Mares are in general of Clydesdale type, and average 1,400 lbs. in weight. ; Heavy sires are in the majority in Logan townshin as well, where there are three imported Clydesdales, a Percheron, a grade Shire cand a grade Roadster, standing for service fees from $8 to $15. All horses inspected are reported sound and of good conformation. Mares are of fair quality and average in weight the same as in the other townships of Perth. [59] 60 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Perth—Continued. Two imported Clydesdales, a Canadian-bred one and a Clydesdale grade, a Thoroughbred and a Standard-bred were all the sires located in South Easthope. All were sound, of good conformation and the maximum fee is $15 and the minimum $10. The mares average 1,500 Ibs. in weight and are of good Clydesdale type, with an average age of six years. : In North Easthope only two imported Clydesdales and an imported Hackney were found, and the latter was not seen, owing to its owner being away. For the Clydesdales the fees were $14 and $15. There are a good lot of mares in this section mostly of Clydesdale type and averaging 1,500 lbs. in weight. Among the sires in Ellice township are three pure-bred Clydesdales, au imported Shire, a Belgian, a Standard-bred and a grade Coach. Confor- mation is not so good as in the other townships visited, but all are fairly serviceably sound. Mares number some 430 of which the greater proportion are of Clydesdale type and the balance of light type. Fees vary from $10 to $16. Mornington is a township well provided with stallions, and as far as seen they were all reported sound and of fairly good average conformation. The general run of stud fees is $10 to $16, but one is given as $40. The list includes six imported and two Canadian-bred Clydesdales. There are 1,123 mares in this township of good average weight and quality. With seven Clydesdale stallions (one agrade),a Belgian, a Hackney, a Percheron, 2 Couch horses, and three Standard-bred grades, Elma township has a fair range of sires of various types, but there is much lacking in regard to soundness and in conformation in some cases. The stud fees range from $10 to $15. Mares are in number 1,220, each breeder keeping two on the average. The average weight of the heavy mares of Clydesdale type is about 1,400 Ibs. and the light Roadster mares 1,100 lbs. The average quality is fair all round. STALLIONS. ie Qe g ‘ OL de ae we out Breeding = SO eal aes Tbs Bee pa = x Se OS QED | Fs = 2 | Be BEE) 5s 5 co. be ,5e2 | Pa | 2 Au > } > ! 4 <{ q 4 | Downie ...... pitts haa 475 |\Clydesdale ............. 0. 0c eee eee 1,400| Good..... 7 Blanchard - sc.tccas eae 4 » 923 |Clydesdale ............ 2.002. 00-0 ee 1,400} Good....| 7 i ‘ ; Roadster ......- Gs Bi ewes ces 1,100; Fair 7....) 11 Hibbert 05 aagexusd ness 650 |Clydesdale ...... SEPP hiaaiea neces 1,400! Fair..... / 8 Fullerton: eeccss¢cccees 738 |Clydesdale........ 8 ........0.0000. 1,400| Fair......) 8 ROadSter co ha keg aoliaeae wed 1,100} Not good.) 10 TOP AN siecle aoe Stee + 659 |Clydesdale. .......... 0... 000 eee ee Baltics 7 Roadster Paitrics 3% | 10 South Easthope......... _ #74 |Clydesdale Good 1 6 North Easthope ........ 262 Clydesdale Good....! 6 Mice). crenaseeqcuaracs 403 [Clydesdale Fair...... | 8 ; Light) cS vesesqneueans) akeaese Not good.; 10 Mornington ............ 1,208 |Clydesdale. ......-.-.sssssecccccers 1,400] Fair......| 7 gilt IH acu naa uel seeeag end 1,100) Fair...... | 10 Bling) sca races ea ecke 1,220 |Clydesdale...............0.0005 ....| 1,400] Fair...... | 8 Phe idence 100 Path... | 10 Total. j.ciau8 deacon! 6,907 | Mares Brep ro Dirrerent Cuasses oF STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. 3a $ S218 6 Sa (3 sh |ss2] 58 | ae®| eg 58 | ses | % So | 883 25 |) 2k ae 22 | Sky ae gs Bao & as gage & 3 as ges 38 pe | 550 Bae | soo) Ss Be | 58=| os a a qa a $94 t 2 Os 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 63 Waterloo—Concluded. Mapes. Oo 4 Db Sao a = 235 - ‘S 3 Townships. S°5e Type. | oe 5 e we aS OG i o © Sg86 Bll yee We Bao ® ® ® tae iS > S Z = a “ Town of Berlin ......... 460 | General Purpose .................. 1,200|Notgood..) 8 : Light ........ cuidiahinks wearer etistanes \.| 1,000/Fair. ..... 7 WOOIWICH oe cca tars 267 | Clydesdale ...............0008. ...| 1,300/Fair. ..... 9 Roadster» causing seas + pei eae 1,100/Fair. ..... 9 Ww ellesley cavcnaenes evens 964 General Purpose............. ucsckees 1,200|Notgood..| 8 Waterloois 5 omurmweniontes os 613 | General Purpose ...............005 1,200|Not good..} 8 mee Standard-bred .................... 1,050/Good. ....} 8 Walmotetv cece cul aa 422 | General Purpose................-. 1,200|Notgood..; 8 North Dumiries... 22.02. 98 | General Purpose .................. 1,200'Notgood..| 8 OPEL sscrace cones 2,824 Mares Brep To DirrerRENtT CLAssEs oF STALLIONS \ I Total. Serviceably sound. | Not serviceably sound. s | — ; , —~_ Stallions. 624 /3 64 64 |‘e 64 'S6 -¢ coe a ae ee ome es | 223 / 86 | ats! & S2 ,S89; 2, as | 282] ee | 888, bs as | eae | BS 307 5340 37 540 >a 5 2 | Bes > A ZA A A a A | A < Registered Stallions.. 50 2,356 46 2,016 13 | 4 ! 340 | 14 Grade Stallions ..... 10 468, 10 468 , 9 | Malia ead an yaterieie ny eS peices Metals 22 sean _ 60 | 2,884 |] "56 | 2,484 ........ | 4 340 I ‘he public meeting for Waterloo county was held at Berlin on Octo- ber 22nd, but was not very largely attended. The majority of those pre- sent were in favor of an Inspection Act. WELLINGTON. , In the township of Guelph are four good Clydesdales, one of which is ‘Canadian- bred, and there is a Thoroughbred sire for ihe light mares. No instance of unsoundness is stated, and the general conformation is good. ‘The service fees run at about $10. There are many mares of Clydesdale ‘breeding, more or less, and a few light ones averaging about 1,100 lbs. ‘Quality is only fair. Considering that there are a number of good Clydesdale stallions for service in Puslinch township the mares of heavy type in this township 64 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 W ellington—Continued. are not as good as they might be, and one reason given 1s that farmers have sold their best mares. Of the 683 mares none are above medium a quality or fair in type. Of the fifteen stallions standing for service, e1g t are imported Clydesdales, two imported Hackneys, one a Thoroughbred, and four are Roadster grades. There is only one unsound, and ei a considerably above the average stallion. Tees in general, run from * 10 to $15, with one quoted at $25. Of the stallions in Eramosa township, with few exceptions the In- spectors do not speak very highly, most of them being deficient in type and not likely to improve the class of horses found there, the mares, too, being of no special type. The sires include an imported Hackney, two Clydesdales (one a grade), two Thoroughbreds, and five Standard-breds, of which three are grides. $8, $10, $12 and $13 are some of the fees charged. Seven. stallions were inspected in Pilkington township belonging to the following breeds: Pure-bred Clydesdales, four; Standard-bred, Coach and Percheron, one each, and one Roadster grade, the latter standing at an $8 fee, the others from $10 to $15. All kut one are sound, and the geneial average of conformation is fair, one Clydesdale being highly spoken of. The mares here are of fair average quality, those of Clydesdale breeding averaging 1,400 lbs., and light mares about 1,100. Nichol township contains three pure-bred Clydesdale stallions, a grade Shire, and a grade Standard-bred, all qualifying as to soundness, but under the average as regards general conformation. One of the Clydesdales has only recently been brought in, and had not done any service at the time of the inspection. Ten dollars and twenty dollars are charged as fees, the latter for a heavy sire. The average of the heavy mares kept is rather higher than in other parts of the county, being 1,500 Ihbs., and averaging well as to quality. While all the stallions in West Garafraxa township are pure-bred, there is some unsoundness among them, to the extent of two-sevenths. Clydesdales make up three, Standard-breds three, and there is one Per- cheron. There are no stud fees lower than $12, and the highest is $20. As this proportion of heavy sires would show, there are a number of fairly heavy mares in the township; also a good percentage of light ones, the re- spective weight averages being 1,400 to 1,100 lbs. Of the stallions in East Garafraxa, the Inspectors state that their standard is not as good as it might be, and mares also are below the aver- age of those in other sections of the county. It was the opinion of farm- ers met with here that something should be done to weed out inferior sires. The list of stres is made up of four imported and one Canadian-bred Clydes- dales, and two grade Standard-breds. No less than three stallions are standing for as small a fee as $8, for the rest the fees are $10, $12 and $15. Unsoundness is again in evidence here, In Erin township the general purpose mare is the rule, with an aver- age weight of 1,200 Iks. The quality is poor. They total 736. The light breeds predominate among the stallions. There are three imported Clydes- dales and one grade, a cross-bred Shire and Clydesdale, four pure-bred Standard-breds and a grade, and two imported Hackneys. There are two 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 65 Wellington—Continued. cases of unsoundness, but the general average of the conformation is fairly good. Stud fees have a wide range from $6 to $20, with most of them from $10 to $12. Mares in Luther township average 1,400 lbs. in weight for the heavy ones and 1,100 for the light. Their average quality is only fair however. The larger number of heavy mares is reflected in the proportion of heavy sires which are four Clydesdales to three Standard-breds, two of the latter being grades. All are sound and pretty fairly good in conformation and quality. The minimum stud fee-is $7, the maximum $15. Clydesdales again head the list in Arthur township, where six pure- breds of that breed and one grade, a grade Shire, a Thoroughbred, a Stan- dard-bred, and two Roadsters make up the dozen stallions standing for service at varying fees from $6 to $15. No less than one-fourth are re- ported as not sound, but the average conformation is fairly good. The heavy mares found here are principally of Clydesdale blood, and average 1,400 Ibs., light ones being 1,100 lbs. There are no less than a baker’s dozen of Clydesdales among the twenty stallions inspected in Minto township. The sires representing other breeds being Thoroughbreds, two; Hackneys, one; Coach grade, one; and Stan- dard-breds, three, of which one is a grade. Four of the Clydesdales also are grades. Competition must be very keen here, for we find service fees quoted as $3 in. one case and $5 in two others, but the better horses make $10 to $15. With one exception all are sound, but quality and conforma- tion are only fair. The benefits of so many heavy sires is shown in the in- crease in the average weight of the heavy mares which is 1,500 lbs., and their quality is good. There are seven Clydesdale stallions in Maryborough township, one be- ing a grade; three pure-bred Percherons, an. imported Hackney, a Tho- roughbred, and a Roadster grade, and while there are a few good sires among them, the general average is not high. From $8 to $15 is earned in stud fees. Heavy mares only average 1,300 lbs.; light ones being about the same as usual, with average quality fair. For the 618 mares in Wallace township there are four Clydesdales, a Belgian and a Standard-bred all registered and only one not sound. Con- formation is only fair. Fees range from $10 to $16. The heavy mares of Clydesdale blood are of good average quality and fair weight. Peel township, the last of the townships in Wellington to be visited, has a total of eleven stallions, made up as follows: Four Standard-breds, (two of them registered and two grades), three pure-bred Clydesdales, n im- ported Hackney, a Thoroughbred, and a Coach Horse. Nearly all are sound or serviceably so, and they have very fair average conformation and action. Some pure-bred sires stand at $8, while the average is $10 to $15. The average quality of both the heavy and light mares found here is des- cribed as not good, and the average weights are 1,300 and 1,100 respec- tively. In this township it was suggested that it would be an advantage if something could be done to secure the insurance of stallions at a lower rate than that now-charged by companies engaged in this class of insur- ance. 5 HB. 66 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 W ellington—Continued. STALLIONS. % Pe e onl 2 doa a ga Ieee ak net | es oO a 4 re a) eee) 2) 22 | fae [455 | #2 Pere | 2 | be S33 | Bea] 22 4 {/< < wa < 4 WAIT 25. b. dhe iace aemnlen aeaedls Sosetovasens or jeses 1,200] Medium 8 Eramosa........-0---00 585 | General purpose ...........0 0.008 1,200) Fair ..... 8 hight: . 3a i} 9.2 Se A a a a < A a B Ay > wa > OF 5 a > @ Z| a | aw < a < $ Clydesdales, Imported ............ 6 | 1,880 7 | All Fair........ 660 | 12 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred........ 3 1,530 4} All Fair........ 235 0 Grades, Clydesdale...............- 3 | 1,450 5 | All Bali c5c.5.2%5. 118 7 Shires and Percherons (2 Shires, 1 ; Percheron) sccieicis vecaas sa oa yee 3 1,925 5} All Fairly good. 260 | 10 Hackneys, Imperted and grades (3 . pure-breds, 1 grade)............. 4] 1,250 5] Alls .c.4 Bales ce one: 320 9 Standard-breds, Imported......... 1 1,100 7 {| All....] Good....... 78 | 25 Roadsters, Canadian-bred.......... 1 1,100 3; All....] Good....... 21) 15 Grades, Roadster.................5 3 1,110 9 | All....{ Fair........ 135 9 Coach Horses, grades of same and of : French (1 Coach Horse, 3 grades)} 4] 1,350 DY Sheen. AME se adeice 215 | 11 Totals cade4 gaekas 28 2,042 Mares. gs a= a is 2 Bas 3 ‘g g Townships. os Py Type. ez o 2 HPO o Ey he a) (e 2 ge ao ® @ 3 5.4 S > > > Zi 4 < < Melancthon. ..........- 830. | Clydesdalessseicctsnsse ssa ees 1,300) Not good| 6 Wi ghtins aria ya eves waka ees 1,100} Poor ....| 10 MUlMUn 32 odin eS ea eels 493 | General Purpose .................. 1,200) Not good 8 MONO: casa anna saniesd 450 | General Purpose .................. 1,200) Not good 8 Amaranth .............. 269 | General Purpose ...............04. 1,200] Not good 8 Total oincytt. nso tee 2,042 Mares Brep to Dirrereny Cuiasses oF STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. lions. S24 |S gs] 62 |S 5 ‘eg, ASS pe Pe age | oe eee de | oe Wie ell. x a5 o8o || 2a 1 See) oS ea | atyl af | ee He | sf) 58 gS |g#28) &e gj a 540 5a 549 be 3 548s be A Zz Zz a < zZ Zi < : $ $ Registered Stallions. . 18 1,604 18 1,604 Se: Wl evank ee esp hap sees Gao eeneeae Grade Stallions...... 10 438 9 403 8 1 35 10 Totals ........ 28 2,042 27 2,007 Yee ceive sie 1 35 Jo... ee. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 69 Dufferin—Concluded. The public meeting for the county of Dufferin at Shelburne, on Nov- ember 12th, was well attended, about 40 being present, mostly farmers who did not own stallions. The question of an Inspection Act was discussed by them for some time before a vote was taken. The result was that only two voted against an Inspection Act, the rest voting in favor of it. SpeciaL Report or INSPecrors. We the undersigned committee appointed by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for the purpose of investigating the horse industry in the district known as No. 4, composed of the counties of Perth, Waterloo, Wel- lington, and Dufferin, beg to report as follows: “That we have inspected 306 ‘stallions, Clydesdales :130, Standard-breds 40, Hackney 20, Thorough- breds 22, Percherons 17, Shires 5, Belgians 4, Coach horses 4, and grades 64. Of the pure-bred stallions we found 15 unsound horses. We found the stal- lions of Clydesdale blood a good lot, the mares as a rule not nearly so good. owing to what the breeders say throughout the district, that until just recently the farmers have, as a rule, sold quite a number of their best mares. and in this way have lowered the standard of the heavy mares in the district. We find, however, that this policy has been to a great extent discontinued. We also find among the heavy class of horses in this district that the Per- cheron stallions, the Belgian stallions, and the Shire stallions are not near- ly as good a lot as the Clydesdales; in fact, they were, with one or two excep- tions, poor representatives of the respective breeds. ‘ The Percheron and Belgian horses in this district have only been intro- duced recently. With few exceptions these horses have been brought in and sold to from six to fifteen individuals, in most cases farmers, under a system known as syndicating, and in every instance at prices away above their value. We found the universal opinion of those we came in contact with opposed to this system. The reason assigned was that it invariably places a.poor horse in a community at a very high price, and further that it intro- duces a breed of horses in a section quite frequently that has a tendency to impair rather than improve present conditions. For instance, in this dis- trict the heavy class of mares are almost without ‘exception Clydesdale-bred mares of from one to three crosses, and no greater mistake could be made than to breed such mares to either Percheron or Belgian stallions. The light horses in this district are not so numerous and with few ex- ceptions are not of nearly so high astandard. The Hackneys, asa rule, area very good lot of the right kind. We also find some excellent Standard-breds, but the greater part of them are very inferior individuals. The grades are far too numerous, and, in most cases are of a very poor class, which would scarcely make good-looking workers. Your committee are of the opinion, from what they learned and observ- ed in passing through the district, that the heavy horse can be raised most profitabl* in this district. From the information we received we are con- vinced that there is no other plan of ownership of stallions that is giving as much satisfaction as private ownership. We find that the views of horsemen generally favor a stallion Inspection Act with license attached that would permit of only pure-bred horses with registered pedigrees, free from all hereditary unsoundness and of reasonable 70 REPORT ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. No. 65 Report Inspectors’ District 4.—Concluded. merit standing for service. We also found that the farmers we came in con- tact with view this with favor, and we are of the opinion that this would be the most effective way of materially improving the class of horses in this district. We arrive at that conclusion for different reasons. In the first place it would weed out largely the undesirable sires which in this district amount of twenty-five per cent. of the whole. In the second place it would to a considerable extent prevent the breeding of these poorest mares that have been bred to these very poor stallions. We also believe that it would prevent to a large extent the importation of horses of an inferior class of any breed into this country. It would also puta stop to asystem which has been pursued, and is still in practice in this country, that of selling and taking back and reselling again stallions that are known to be unsuccessful sires. But while we are convinced that an Inspection Act with license attached would without doubt very materially improve all classes of horses in this district, we are of the opinion that legislation along that line should be deferred until the people have had ample time to be better informed on the subject. and with that objectin view we would suggest that the Department of Agri- ‘culture should by some well directed course endeavor to enlighten the peo- ple thoroughly on this question by disseminating information bearing on the subject, and by holding a series of meetings especially called for that purpose, and that an Inspection Act be passed making it compulsory for all stallions to be inspected, and that all stallions inspected be graded according to merit and breeding, with provisions attached that all stallion owners be compelled to give publicity to the certificates given. This conclusion is arrived at taking for granted that the conditions and feelings of the people are the same in other districts of this Province as in the districts visited by ourselves. (Signed) Prrer Curistie. Wu. Jones Joun A. Boag. DISTRICT NO. 5. é Counties.—Peel, Simcoe, York and Ontario. Inspectors.—Thos. McMillan, Seaforth; and Wm. Mossip, St. Mary’s. PEEL. While some of the townships in Peel county have a good proportion of heavy stallions, Brampton isa town that has long been known asa centre for carriage and saddle horses, especially the former, Hackney sires having been used here for some years, and also Thoroughbreds. The list includes four Hackneys, a Thoroughbred, a Clydesdale, and a Percheron. Some of the stallions are rather up in years, but all are sound, and the average confor- mation is certainly good. In one case the service fee is $12, while the fee for the other is $15. There are quite a number of pure-bred Clydesdales in this neighborhood, and their average quality and that of the light mares is very good. No breeding of old, unsound mares is reported. The farmers in Chinguacousy township are taking an interest in horse breeding, but a good many light mares are being bred to heavy stallions in the neighborhood of Mono Road. The general type of the heavier mares is of the agricultural or general purpose class, ranging from 1,250 to 1,350 Ibs. in weight. No less than eight pure-bred and two grade Clydesdale stallions stand for service here, one of the grades being a cross with a Shire. Besides these there are a Thoroughbred and three Roadsters, pure-bred and grades. The majority are sound and good in conformation. Stud fees are low, no He than five standing for fees of $8 each; for the rest the fees are $10 to $15. Toronto township is well provided with sires, there being no less than eighteen here, among which are five Clydesdales (one a grade), two Shires, a Percheron, two Thoroughbreds (one a grade), a Cleveland Bay grade, a Hackney and the balance Standard-breds and Roadsters. There was some unsoundness, but on the whole the conformation was good. The range of stud fees was from $10 to $20. The Inspectors report that most of the stal- lions are not given sufficient exercise. There are a good many imported Clydesdale mares in this township but no Shire mares. There are also some good carriage mares. The general average weight of mares is 1,350 lbs. In Toronto Gore there were just two stallions inspected, a Canadian- bred Clydesdale and a Hackney grade, by a Hackney sire out of a Standard- bred mare. Both are sound and the.fees are $8 and $10. Mares here aver-: age 1,500 lbs., and are good in quality and the heavy mares good in type. There is very little or no breeding of old mares. The stallions in Albion township are not as a rule of very good type or conformation. ‘The service fees average $10. The breeds represented are two Standard-breds, two grade and one pure-bred Clydesdale, and a French Canadian. Three of these horses do not travel, but stand for service at home. The mares found ‘here are a good class, good in type and quality, and aver- agie 11,400. lbs. Bolton township has seven imported Percherons. : These horses are all a very good class, and if bred to suitable mares would do good service.’ It is doubtful, however, the Inspectors report, if crossing them on mares with Clydesdale blood would be advisable. Besides the Percherons, there are an imported Hackney, an imported and a Canadian-bred Clydesdale, and also (71) 72 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Peel—Continued. a Canadian-bred Shire. All are sound and of good conformation; the aver- age service fee is about $11. There are a number of mares of fair quality. and good type in this township scaling about 1,350 Ibs. There are seven stallions in Caledon township, made up as follows: an imported Hackney that was syndicated for $2,400," three Clydesdales, a Clydesdale-Shire cross, a grade Belgian, and a grade French Canadian. While mostly sound their average conformation is not high. They stand at fees varying from $8 to $15. Mares are only fair and their average weight is not over 1,300 lbs. STALLIONS. g) mH 3 2 2 Breedin iB oi 3 oe ef ges e 8 : B\ees| 2¢) 28 | gee | BFE ee B) sea; & | Es © 8-5 fog (83 z |< < | a 4 az < $ Clydesdales, Imported ............ 12 1,745 64) 10..... Fairly good... 868 | 11 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred ... ... 8 | 1,585 BET seers se Fairly good... 517 | 9 Grades, Clydesdale ............... 6 1,430 § | All....| Fairly good... 188 | 8 DHITCRS 22 aces vende og Hea Paes Su ~...| 3] 1,465 2| All....| Fairly good... 71 | 10 Percheron) ccscue 32s wena ckend 9 1,670 4 AM | GOO vic sce. : 72 | 18 Hackneys, Imported... ............ 7 1,280 10 | All Good «sess. 485 | 15 Grades, Hackney and Belgian (1 Hackney, 1 Belgian)............ 2 1,250 5; All Good + wcsssas 16] 9 Standard-breds, Imported......... 4 1,085 8 | All G00 sasesue'< 147 | 15 Roadsters, Canadian-bred ......... 2+ 1,125 Te Me soe oye Fairly good... 224 | 10 Grades, Roadster ...........-...-. 5 | 1,080 8 | All....| Fairly good...) 170 | 9 Thoroughbreds. .................. 3 1,170 6.) Albee) GO0d) sen 5.02 | 20 | 13 Grades, Thoroughbred and Cleve- land Bay (1 of each)............ 2 1,185 12} All Good ........ 110 | 1t Grades, French Canadian ......... 2 1,275 15 | All Bair’ sss cass 70 ee ed TO tal: sca ssa idccssieienendibins 65 2,958 Marrs. so ao eb Bo vo ‘ Townships. 3 5S 3 Type. E bp =o ? Pm ge25 fe | ee |g sa pe es Sg a Bodo 5° noo 5 SPs: p> RH > oF > Zz < < < Brampton Town ........ 574 | Good. Quite a number of pure- bred Clydesdales............... 1,400 ; Very good Chinguacousy........... 545 | General Purpose and Agricultural, : and some light................. 1,300 | Good....| 7 TLOTOMOG, od keen a ioe eee OLS) Wi HaiTe cos 20 wits cohnskoriaed mucha ea 1,350 | Fair..... 7 Toronto Gore ........... 16 | Clydesdales; light ............. »..| 1,500 | Good....| 6 AMIDIOD: Avice xaviak zea BOA | GOO sod cc Sesvcatione bcinenn ot meamien viet andes 1,400 | Good....| 8 Bolton: oi< cvscrueenscniaces B20" i) (GOO ae sae ssiay sarc crteig-aicetec ten arose en Bile eee Bair 2 eee: 8 Caledon s .vcushierns sectes 626 FRAT E cSenn Gaeenteld ed a sean ameraace meses 1,300 | Fair..... 8 Total. ........ 2.000. 2,958 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 73 Peel—Concluded. Mares Brep ro Dirrerenr CLAsses or STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. ‘om |S .. Seba [ees ‘Sg Ae a 3 g 3 A 236 uo HM mr uO Hor o uO Hae oO 2 by | 32/85) 2, | 42 485 | 2, Be |86s] 82 | 885/88 | §2 | gas] ge za a A za < a zi 4 . : $ $ Registered Stallions . 48 2,404 44 2,073 12 4 331 10 Grade Stallions ..... 17 554 17 554 Oh, Weecasesanar al iateccets xia: hoanente as Totals... ..... 65 2,958 61 2,627 21 4 S81. | sawnetiess ‘ At the meeting held at Brampton for the county of Peel, the speakers were generally in favor of an Inspection Act for stallions, and one speaker went further and thought that it should include an inspection of the pro- geny, and, if these proved inferior, to cancel the sire’s license. Much better results were obtained from the importation from Great Britain than from those from the: United States, as regards the light classes. Another gentle- man found that little confidence’could be placed on the pedigrees of the light horses as furnished by owners. Nothing beneficial would follow inspection of the dams. If any system could be devised whereby stallions could be restricted to a certain number of mares it should be done. It was also thought by another speaker that the breeding of heavy horses was the most profitable for the farmer. He would encourage the crossing of Clydesdales and Shires. Another gentleman considered the breeding of speedy horses in Peel an ignominious failure, on the testimony of a light horse breeder. Another gentleman also spoke very strongly against syndicating, of which he had had bitter experience, some one always being given a good sum of money to put the deal through. Score. In Essa township honors are divided, there being three each of Clydes- dales and Standard-breds, and only one grade, belonging to the latter. Two- thirds of them are sound, and the general average conformation is good. The fees charged run from $10 to $15. Mares average from 1,200 to 1,300 Ibs., and the average kept is 14 by each. breeder. Tecumseth township has three pure-bred Clydesdales, four grades of more or less Clydesdale breeding, a Percheron, a German Coach horse, and a Roadster grade. With one or two notable exceptions they are not of a very high order, although several qualify as regards conformation, but not all as to soundness. A minimum of $5 and a maximum of $15 ig the range of the stud fees. The mares in this township are rather inclined to the light type, the heaviest averaging about 1,300 Ibs. and the light about 1,175. They are of a fairly good type. The general opinion of the farmers seem- ed to be that syndicating stallions was a great mistake, for by this means the stallion costs nearly double what it should, and as in most cases there is no one whose special business it is to look after the stallion, in most cases it is 74 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Simcoe—Continued. not properly taken care of. Those spoken to thought that it would be a good thing to inspect stallions and also thought that they were not given enough exercise at this season of the year (October). : : Clydesdales lead in point of numbers in Gwillimbury, with six pure- breds and two grades; Percherons, Roadsters, and Shires have one each to their credit. Two, at least, of the stallions are too old for service. There is not much unsoundness, but average conformation is only medium. $6, $8, $13, and $15 are fees charged. Mares are only medium heavy and fair in quality. ; Adjala township has a Canadian-bred Clydesdale not registered and a grade Roadster, the latter well up in years. No unsoundness is mentioned and conformation is good. $10 is the fee in both cases. Mares average about the same as in the previous township, viz., 1,300 Ibs. . Only one stallion, a Thoroughbred, was inspected in Innisfil township. Service fee is $10. ' In Alliston town and surrounding district, quite a few old mares are being bred that are not fit for this purpose. Mares are of fair type, weigh- ing 1,300 lbs. About one-half of the foals here die shortly after birth, and there is a good deal of “‘navel and joint ailment.’’ ‘‘Something should be done to prevent horses without a pedigree from travelling for service,’’ say those who were interviewed. There are two pure-bred Clydesdales and one Standard-bred in this township, all getting up in years, fairly good in con- formation, but not all sound. $10 and $12 are the fees in this section. Tossorontio township runs exclusively fo Clydesdales of which two are imported, one Canadian-bred, and two grades. The stud fees are $5, $8, $10, and $13. In consequence of the absence of light sires, many small mares are being bred to heavy horses, making a rather violent cross. Mares average in weight 1,100 to 1,200 lbs. In the township of Nottawasaga, which includes the town of Colling- wood, and village of Creemore, there are a large number of sires, including many Standard-breds and a Hackney, besides a good complement of Clydes- dales and two Percherons. Of Clydesdales there are eight pure-bred and one unregistered, and of Standard-breds seven. The greater number are sound and there are some good ones among them, the average conformation being good. Starting with $8 for a grade, the fees run up to $15. In this section the Inspectors saw more mares weighing 1,300 to 1,400 lbs., than in the districts previously visited. In Stayner town and neighborhood Clydesdales again lead with four stallions, Standard-breds having two, and there is also a grade Hackney. Two of the horses are quite aged but all are sound and all fairly good as regards conformation. There is a unanimity as to fees, all charging $10. The town of Barrie is a fairly good horse breeding centre, sires of light breeds being most in evidence. There are five Standard-breds and a Hack- ney grade to five Clydesdales (one a grade). Two of the Clydesdales and one of the Standard-breds are new arrivals. There is more or less unsound- ness in evidence. Stud fees range from $9 to $15. Mares average about as in other townships of this county, viz.. 1,300 lbs. There are seven Clydesdales (of which two are grades), a pure-bred Shire, an imported Hackney and a Roadster grade in Flos township. The average conformation of the lot is good, but there are two cases of unsound- ness. Stud fees reach $16 and are as low as $8. There are some good mares in this township includine some excellent Clydesdale imported ones, but the general average is not above 1,300 lbs. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 75 Stmcoe—Continued. _ With one exception all the stallions in Tiny township are sound and of fairly good conformation. With reference to two grades, however, their value as sires 1s not great. There are two Clydesdale grades and one Road- ster grade, whilst the pure-breds are repesented by two Standard-breds and a Trench Canadian, the latter standing for a fee of $12, while the others have fees up to $10 and as low as $7. Mares are poor in quality and of poor type, and a good many old used up mares are being bred. Two stallion owners gave their views on licensing stallions. One was strongly against inspection as he stated that he could raise better grades than pure-breds. The other was in favor of inspection, as that would give the owners of good pure-bred stallions a chance to earn something on their investment. In Tay township one stallion was not seen on account of its owner being away. Of the six inspected, there are one imported Clydesdale, two grade Clydesdales, two cross-bred Clydesdales and Shires, and a French Canadian ’ grade. The average standard is not as good as it might be although all those inspected were sound. The maximum fee is $10 and the minimum $5. Mares are in quality poor to fair, with an average weight of 1,200 to 1,250 Ibs. Too many old mares are being bred, while any good ones are being sold to too great an extent. One breeder in this township, while in favor of government inspection and licensing stallions, thinks that this should be done gradually, as it would be a mistake to cut off unregistered sires immediately, the effect being to create a great dearth of sires from whicu to breed. He also thought the present custom of syndicating stallions should be discouraged. A man who sells a horse in this way generally gets three or four times as much as the horse was worth. He did not think that owners of good horses should be put to the additional expense of a license. In Vespra township only two stallios were inspected, a pure-bred Clydesdale and a grade of mixed breeding. No unsoundness is reported, and while not of a high average, their conformation is fair. Fees are $12 and $8 respectively. The Inspectors add that the cutting off of poor stallions in a district like this should not be done, hastily, as farmers here will not pay a fair fee for a good horse. The result would be to leave a section like this without any sires. Mares are poor in quality and type not averaging above 1,100 lbs., and too many culls are being bred. The four sires in Medonte township are all more or less up in years, and have been good in their day and are all still sound. They consist of a pure- bred and a grade Clydesdale, an imported Shire, and a pure-bred Standard- bred. Three of the horses stand for a fee of $8, and the fourth for $12. As in the previously inspected townships of Simcoe county a good many old mares are bred, and the good ones sold. The quality on the average is poor, and mares are of no particular type. Their average weight is 1,200 lbs. In Orillia township there are two pure-bred imported Clydesdales, four pure-bred Standard-breds, an imported Hackney and a Percheron, all sound as far as seen, one owner having refused to allow his horse to be inspected. In general, conformation was good. Two of the stallions were syndicated at high figures. Ten and twelve dollars are paid for stud fees. Here again the report mentions that many old mares are being bred, and as the average quality is poor even of the younger mares the results of breeding old, broken- down mares must be disastrous. Horse owners here agree that some steps should be taken to do away with scrub sires. ; The Township of Oro is a good breeding centre; among the stallions were some of the best horses inspected. There is, however, some unsoundness. and, while some are extra good, others are only fair, and some unfit for use. 76 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 S¢mcoe—Continued. There are four pure-bred Clydesdales and a grade, a cross-bred Clydesdale and Shire, a Percheron and a grade, and a Hackney. A grade stands for a $9 fee, but the stud fees for the others range from $12 to $10. some good Clydesdale mares here, and the average quality and type among all mares is good. The average weight is 1,300 lbs. mortality among foals. There are There is not much STALLIONS. % ae ts rey a a a j 33 © od & 2 md oD oO Sa o o @R o om) Breeding: S| eee) | 8s Po | BEE | ge 915 £2 i Oo 3S q go | ox 5B | pre > 52 a Be |e aia < Q < es < Clydesdales, Imported ............ 33 | 1,660 7 | 80..... Very fairly good..... 3,084 $12 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred....... 16} 1,390 5 | All. Good....... 841 11 Grades, Clydesdale ............... 21} 1,430} 5 | 20..... Fairly good.| 1,036 8 Shires, Imported ................. 3 1,680} 11 | 2...... Fairs scans 341 11 Percherons and Grades (6 pure- bred, I grade) ..............0055 7 | 1,780 4 16...... Faire: 24 sony 418 12 Hackneys, Imported.............. 4 1,220 6 | All. Good....... 335 12 Grades, Hackney................. 2 1,200 53 | All. War sei 137 10 Standard-breds, Imported......... 14] 1,165]; 10 | 12..... Fairly good. 939 d1 Roadsters, Canadian-bred ......... 10} 1,100 8 | All. ...| Fairly good. 467 10 Grades, Roadster ................. 6 1,190} 11 | 5...... Good....... 153 9 German Coach, Thoroughbred, French-Canadian and Grades (1 Of cach) wesiewaw 4 a5ce we annanien 4 1,430 9 | All. airs scceaa ss 842 ll —— Total@si4 213s is Wussenoues 120 | 8,098 Mares. od . 2.8 s 2B 5 = = ‘ a tat oO Townships. ° 235 Type. Ey 5 B= 3¢ Ss & 2S a E 3s oS ge26 Bo 5 gone 2 a = a < ae BBA a care csans Gernohepenaess 420 | General Purpose to Medium GTAU RG ciciwisgs ens aoe 1,200 to 1,300)............ Tecumseth.. ............ 619 | Fairly good................0.. 1,175 to 1,300] Fair. W. Gwillimbury......... ASA Ra cls nhs auch wo elan c pbdinigler: 1,300 Fair Adjalas cus saeems ceed a6 GO Haire te ions stored eo wectbe anion Soca 1,300 Fair Innisfil, svéescnoesa kere DO) 9] HAA es sen foeapas sean ey des GA ieratay coal eile oevertgce cote Fair Alliston Town ........... DEO RMI so ceccocscani dec one ait wroas eles 1,300 Fair Tossorontio....... ...... OOS le Mare Sune cin Atlant et eed Sats het 1,100 to 1,200! Fair Nottawassaga and Colling- : wood Town ........... L652) it BP o.duset s dageonesed & Sines santas 11,200 to 1,300} Fair Stayner Town. .......... GOB WaT cost estadeinis sos a 6 4 bes 1,300 Fair Barrie Town ...........- ATO) aire ciccareelitane 8 ek eee oh b oe, 1,300 Fair BIOS ask s.ccelevastsd-gttantreneae 835 | A few good Clydesdales, the KOSE SAID i) icui sindseesinavoasteout 1,300 Fair. DT senses cede eae aaa 249 PROG E ci. 2 edt. Seiatdolenbunnne Oh ceuecatanel 1,150 Poor. TRA Voxsenancs oe Steg ARES GOP | ROO? 2.2 cceah la cnsyiei dyes 1,200 to 1,250} Poor to fair. NOSDP Aa oat s-cig aia talscuenns ae finer WANT 225 air even bay. 8 berets 1,100 Poor. Medonte:csseseh cases 405 | Only Medium (i a a ie a en ad 1,200 Rather poor Orillia + ss2s6 444 e086 40 dee SUL COR): fait s soe daa sees catae panniers 1,150 to 1,200} Poor. ONOK io eesdaod ae etetoeien 25h FBO" GOO: & sce ez sed incorpo 8 fb Ack an asttenee | 1,300 Good. — ' TOta lice ceewude es 8,093 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 17 Stmcoe—Concluded. Mares Brep To Dirrerent Ciasses or STALLIons. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. ee [4 Sa te os ‘se 1S ee | eee | Ge | gee ie: ge | eee) ga | ase | fa |GH2| Fe | Sa leet] 2s Bg |) eas] 8 | 88s) 8 | #2 | BBE] Ss a a za a < a a < ' $ $ Registered Stallions.. 89 6,615 81 5,991 15 8 624 ll Grade Stallions...... 31 1,478 29 1,413 9 2 65 Totals........ 120 | 8,093 |} 110 | 7,404 ]........ 10 689 |......2, The public meeting for the county of Simcoe was held at Barrie, on October 26th. Some of the speakers took the ground that syndicating horses should be encouraged, providing it is properly done and a good care- taker employed. Some of the views expressed by ‘those present are as fol- lows: Syndicating is a benefit if properly done otherwise it is an injury. Offspring should also be inspected, and future licensing based upon that. It is a question whether the people would stand the licensing and the conse- quent cutting off of poor sires. In syndicating, a syndicate should be form- ed first and then the animal afterwards purchased. If animals do not pass inspection they should not be allowed to stand for service at all. A small fee should be paid for license. It would be a great hardship to bring a license act into force if there was not enough serviceable animals on hand to do the work of service. Do not bring such an act into force at once. The heavy horse is the more profitable to breed but we have use for all classes of horses. The Government should do nothing to curtail the personal liberty of the individual. No horse should be licensed unless registered in some recog- nized Stud book. Unlicensed animals should not be allowed to stand for service. To make it illegal to allow the owners of scrub sires to charge a service fee would not be effective. Something should be done by the Gov- ernment in preventing poor sires which are registered from entering the country. An inspection and license act should extend to imported stock at the time of landing. In the syndicating or selling of stallions the law should stipulate that notes taken in the sale of stallions should have written across the face of them “Stallion sale notes not negotiable.’’ This would protect the purchaser in case the anima] does not come up to any guarantee which may be given. If the notes do not bear this mark they should become void_and the salesman liable to a fine or penalty. At the conclusion of the meeting a,vote of the audience numbering twenty-six was taken as to the advisability of the Government passing a Stallion Inspection and License Act and the voice of the meeting was unan- imous in supporting such a measure. It was also considered that it would be a benefit to encourage Agricultural Societies to choose a good sire for the season, grant the owner a premium and restrict the horse to the service of a certain number of mares. 78 REPORT OF SPECIAL JNVESTIGATION No. 65 Yorn. The township of King, and Newmarket have a fairly long list of sixteen stallions to their credit, consisting of twelve Clydesdales, imported and Canadian-bred; two grade French Canadians, and a Standard-bred, and a Standard-bred grade. These are all of good serviceable age and mostly serviceably sound. Their average conformation is fairly good, and most of them serve successfully a good number of mares at fees from $7 to $13. There are not very many good mares in this section; their weight runs from about 1,100 to 1,250 Ibs. In the Gwillimbury townships there are a number of good sires, includ- iny five lately imported. One horse is pretty well up in years, but has been a good stud horse, and holds his age well. There is no unsoundness among any of them. As regards breeds, there are ten registered Clydesdales, a horse of mixed Clydesdale and Shire breeding, a Shire, a Hackney, a Per- cheron, a French grade and a Roadster grade. Five of the stallions are not raied high and the service fees are as low as $7 and from that amount up to ‘$15. Some of the stallions are not kept in very good shape. There are a few good imported Clydesdale females which should be of benefit to the country, but the farmers as a rule have sold all their best females and kept the poorer ones for work and breeding. The average weight of the mares is not above 1,200 Ibs. In Sutton township a good many foals died of joint disease and rheum- atism last season, due a good deal to lack of care on the part of the owners. There are eleven stallions in this district, and some of them certainly should not be used for breeding purposes. The majority are of the light type, Standard-breds and grades of this breeding; in addition there are three Clydesdales. Some idea of the class of sire may be gleaned from the fact that in one case the stud fee is $3, in another $5, and $7, $8, and $10. Mares average in weight 1,250 lbs., and are only fair in quality. In Markham township both heavy and light stallions are almost without exception good individuals. There are thirteen Clydesdales, all pure-bred. two good Hackneys, a Percheron, and two very good Roadsters out of four (one a grade). Three of the stallions are getting up in years, but with one exception and one not seen, all are sound, and average well in conformation and fair in action. Stud fees are in the majority of cases from $12 to $15, but one Hackney stands for only $8. There are some good Hackney mares here, and the average quality of all the mareg is above the general average. Too many old ones, however, are being bred. The average weight is 1,400 lbs. The three sires in Scarboro township are an imported Clydesdale, an excellent Hackney, and a Standard-bred, the latter not being seen. Both the Clydesdale and the Hackney are doing yood service. The fees are $15 and respectively. Mares are of a fair type and their average quality is rood. In Whitchurch township, one importer has the field all to Limself and two young imported Clydesdale stallions were inspected. The latter had just arrived when the inspection was made. The average quality of farm mares is good in this township, and they are of a good type, and are bred at a suitable age. The stallion list in the township of York, is considerably augumented from time to time by the importation of Clydesdales, Shires, Hackneys, and Percherons. In all, there are six Thoroughbred stallions, twenty-two 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 79 York—Continued. Clydesdales, five Shires, three Percherons, eight Hackneys and a Standard- bred. Where so many horses are imported for sale and newly arrived, they do not, as a rule, stand for service. and consequently no stud fees are available. For those in service fees run from $10 to $20. The mares in oe aoe are mostly of pretty good type and quality, averaging about ; 8. Vaughan township has a fairly good lot of sires, which include four Canadian-bred Clydesdales and a grade of that breeding, two Percherons (one syndicated at a high figure), and a grade each of Roadster and Car- riage breeding. All are eligible as regards soundness and their conforma- tion is pretty good on the average. While some of the grades stand at $8, the better horses make from $10 to $14. ‘The mares here average the same as in York, and are much the same in type and quality which is good. There is no breeding of old mares, as a rule. Etobicoke township, the last in York county to be visited, has just four sires within its, limits, three of them Clydesdales, and one a grade Roadster. With one exception all are sound and fairly good as to con- formation. Ten to thirteen dollars are the fees charged. Mares are good, and average well in type, with a weight of some 1,400 lbs. There are many young ones among them. In commenting on the stallions in this county the Inspectors remark on a defect found largely among Canadian-bred stal- lions of having rather small straight hoofs. SraLLions. ‘ & % eg & . wo a a é 5 3 $ rd = i 3 Breeding. 8 frp Sh Be & 8 F 3 a8 ei 8 = 2 5 PO a5 dud | 53 3S} pra S 5a ao Bon] pa aia < D > Zo am < King and Newmarket............ 1,261.) Bait. csccccsee ce cowaes 1,100 to 1,250 | Fair E. and N. Gwillimbury i 1,200 Fair Suttons soa oe sens tia eee i 1,250 Fair Marley: sts ocsicteteiee uch aetoeecotleviens 1,400 Good Scarboro' css s3578% aa eas ake i 1,350 Good Whitchurch: ¢ 4553 e903 ceveeuenen 1,400 Good Norkscgaaeeeeesavtavaenen a nt oe a5 1,400 Good Vaughan .....:cs0o58e¢e sean ee 1,400 Good BtObiCOke:..2 dec ces Sete ese 486 | GOO é os05 scanaweees tes 1,400 Good Lota ican ce enaminden 6,067 Mares Brep To Dirrerent Crasses oF STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound Not serviceably sound. Stalli a a eA wm et g a 5 % ions. og oO <6 3 OF ss & oa S o6 & pe lee | Ge a5) Sees eee) 22 | aby i 28 | aay x 22 | 889 2 as | g8& gs | 9ge 7 g's aee 5a | 540 sa | 58S > ae | 5482 = Zi a a a < qi 4 < ; ; $ $ Registered Stallions. 111 5,163 106 4,793 il: 5 370 10 Grade Stallions...... 14 904 13 788 9 1 116 12 Unenumerated...... ili eka savattttenl | te Suda boaxs Aad npcaeaun ah hag Pera seeredatal|| ateanea ss “ah ieetaneectnt [aap ta Totals........ 134 6,067 119 OSL Wenbesswae 6 486 |........ . The meeting for the County of York was held at Richmond Hill, November 5th. There were about thirty present, and it was not such a representative meeting of those interested in horse breeding as some previously held. It was urged by some speakers that the Government should do something to protect owners of good horses. Others took the ground that that would be a hard thing to get at, es the breeding of good horses depended on the class of mares in the county as well as on the stallions. One gentleman sug- gested that the Government might do something towards improving the standard of the mares by giving assistance to those bringing in good mares into the country. Regarding the inspection and licensing of stallions, he thought that nothing hasty should be done, as importers were doing thee best in bringing in good sires, but he thought that an act should be passed to prevent grade sires being used. All present agreed that the Government should take steps to prevent grade sires travelling and standing for service. ' 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 31 ONTARIO. Uxbridge is a township where light sires are in majority. There are five Standard-breds und a French Canadian, to one Percheron and three Clydesdales. All are pure-bred as far as seen, and mostly sound, with good average conformation. There are no stud fees lower than §10, while the highest is $15 in three instances. Mares are good in type and fair in quality, averaging 1,250 to 1,300 Ibs. in weight. No old mares are bred, and there is very little foal mortality in this section. In Scott township there was only one sire inspected, a Thoroughbred, of fair type and sound, standing at $12. Mares in this township are much the same as in Uxbridge, but with an average of only one to each breeder. _ Reach is a large township, and has a fair proportion of stallions, con- sisting of nine Clydesdales, a cross-bred Clydesdale and Shire, a Thorough- bred, and two Standard-breds (one of the latter a grade). All but one were serviceably sound, and they are in general a pretty good lot. Ten to thirteen dollars are chargea for fees, but there is one grade standing for $6. The Thoroughbred is an old Queen’s Plate winner, now well up in years. The average number of mares kept by farmers is 14, and they are good in quality and of nice type, with an average weight of 1,300 Ibs. Brock township inclines mostly to heavy sires, there being six Clydes- dales to two Standard-breds. In some cases the horses are not as well looked after as they should be, and three of them are getting on in years. They are nearly all (as far as inspected) serviceably sound, and of quite good average conformation. None are grades, but some of the service fees are quite as low as if they had been, viz., $8 and $9. The majority, however, run from $10 to $15. In Thorah township, four Clydesdales, one Shire, and one Hackney were inspected. The minimum fee is $12, and the maximum $17. In this township there is an improvement in the average weight of mares, and also in their type and quality. Some horsemen here were of the opinion that little could be done to ‘“mprove the standard of horses by licensing sires. Four stallions, all Clydesdales have their routes in Mara township, one of these is a very old horse. The other three are sound and of good con- formation, with fee: of from $10 to $14. The average weight of the mares is 1.400 Ibs., and they are of good average quality. Farmers here are well posted as to the injury that would be done by allowing scrub stallions to serve mares. With the exception of one registered Standard-bred and two nondes- cripts, all the stallions inspected in East and West Whitby townships were Clyde-dales, and they number 25, the list being largely made up of the horses. in the stables of breeders and importers. The stallions throughout this township are almost without exception sound, and of a class to im- prove the standard of heavy horses in the Province. Eliminating the horses which’ stand for $8 each, the horses travelling in this district have service fees of from $10 to $15, and $25 in one instance for a Stamdard- bred. There are a good lot of mares, in weight 1,400 Ibs., and of good Clydesdale character. a The number of stallions in Pickering township is 43, of which 26 are Clydesdales, 14 Hackneys and Hackney ponies, and three Standard-breds (two of these being grades). Many of these are for sale, and are not stand- ing for regular service, but those that do, earn service fees of from $10 to $20. The general average is naturally good, and soundness is the rule. The mares in this township are a good lot, having an average weight of 1,400 Ibs., and in type favoring the Clydesdale. 6 H.B. 82 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 STALLIONS. 3 a g op ia a Hae oss ? ro ao rey. a aS y Breeding, ee ee SS, | B82 | BE @| eee) & | a2 Bee. leue | 6S a 2 iF wv is os aoa =o gla | age ee z 4 - S Clydesdales, Imported ............ 55] 1,655 | Saw das Fairly good.}| 2,904 13 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred, and Grades (22 pure-breds, 1 grade)..| 23) 1,575 4| All....| Good....... 805 10 Shires and Percherons (1 Shire, 1 PErCheron \iowers esa dedes o sxeaens 2! 1,900 | Desai: Good. ...... 160 13 HatkneySincocsnicwnn scee de waeurws 15) 1,225 7 | All Good....... 80 l4 Standard-breds, Imported......... 7 1,140 OAM 552) Goods curs 368 15 Roadsters, Canadian-bred......... 8) 1,075 5 | All....] Good....... 130 11 Grades, Roadster ................. 3) 1,125 Ti | Allss..e| Fairs. . saves 162 8 PHOPOUGHBRES!. «ec <0 é s4msasevestcattines 2} 1,050 13) AW ap Mars cyave ss 129 12 GAGES: sasacgonce 24 cicimatere ts alaitlaiaictaenihes Ne oe siete! Ot AM oe Nasedsecceitaan 38 x8 i 237 9 TGtalsinc Hide hurd teanvonwans ee 113 4,975 | Mares. ag | ee — Es: |g i Townships. : 3 23 | Type Fi a 2 se & | = 5 = BEES, ae 3 BAe! a > Zz | < = = = |———_—_'-— one URDIrdG6s sc. aedas aa degeeswne 884 | Goodseccas czegesavesd | 1,250 Fair BOGtE sy pane cnhaincar tegatana: Uo Nor sasanabowandeedere | 1300 | Fair FROA CTS. days daphayaed duets beds Renee eatanG 582 GOOG eeu cana.caGeeees 1,250 to 1,300 ; Good PROC hackles due eats BBR | Goo ecnoraenimacvinn 1,300 | Good. SP ORA esata hoe Se essiest dence dtlalaeors B89. GOOM es cuiaw aun oes eee 1,400 Good MATE soc aceasta aaa caacene eben nies ef ROO exes sinvin s ee anseehasesuiee 1,400 | Good Whitby and East Whitby ....... BEE I GOOds cis ede dunisie “a teres 1,400 Good Picken gene yee ed sees cee a Sars VS C9"| (GOOG cat Sec ere se oalesenn 1,400 | Good Weialih coal takep eens: £975 | i I Mares Brep ro Dirrerent CLasses oF STALLIONS. i : Sy Sa’ tm pe © Total. Serviceably sound. |, Not serviceably sound. | po Stallions. Se (8 5 S413 fg i "ss i | x be ~ HO u ~~ i 5 Ka SS £2 (285 26 |S2y| 2, i 26 | S8y! &. 3 u aS vo Be AS | 8a5] 82 | 225) $8 | 88 | sak! ss 1%, Z % Zz _ | yO a ose! Ss, amp 8 Registered Stallions . 106 4,576 104 4,397 ; 12 Bry 179 12 Grade Stallions. ..... 7 399 7 399 | Bi eaddaan lie tesa eee ‘at ye Totals ......0. 113 | 4,975 | 111 { 4,796 | onan 1 Boe Gee isla 6a H. B. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 83 Ontario—Concluded, _ At the Port Perry meeting held November 13th for the County of On- tario, sixty-five were present. The following are points taken by some of the speakers and approved of by those present: _, An Inspection and License law might do good, but there might be con- ' siderable difficulty in carrying out the work of inspection and licensing. If a license law were passed it should also extend to an inspection of the progeny, and to imported horses at time of landing. Men should club together and in this way get good sires by forming a syndicate, if this is properly done. Horses not registered, and not serviceably sound should not be allowed to stand for service. A license fee should be only as high as will meet the cost of inspection. The Government should encourage Agricul- tural Societies to give premiums to good horses and get them into a neigh- borhood. Government should inspect and license first, and then encourage societies to give premiums afterwards. In Scotland, in lieu of premiums, 90 to 100 mares is the limit that district stallions are allowed to serve. There are just two classes of horses that are profitable, the heavy horse and the harness horse. The expert judges sent out should report to the Govern- ment the class of horses found in the different districts in the Province. There are many light horses travelling in this locality which have never left a good colt. This district is pre-eminently fitted for the breeding of heavy horses. A License law should be brought into operation at once. The following motion was mov.1 by Jno. Vipond, seconded by Herb. Collacott, and carried unanimously : ‘ . ““We the breeders and horsemen of the riding of South Ontario do hereby request that a license be placed on stallions in this riding, and also that none but a stallion of recognized breed be allowed to be used for ser- vice, and that he be recorded im our Stud Book, or in the book of the coun- try in which he was bred. We also would request that an unsound stallion be not granted a license when his unsoundness is of an hereditary nature, such as side bones, spavin, ringbones, etc., and further, that there be a li- cense fee of $25. Also that the Government should encourage horse breed- ers’ associations and district societies.’’ SpeciaL Reprort oF INSPECTORS. We beg to submit herewith our own impressions gained while engaged on the work of horse inspection, and our own opinion as to whether the horse industry of the Province waquld be best encouraged by means of a Govern- ment Inspection and License law. ; At the outset, according to instructions we sought to keep our own counsel, and endeavored to draw out the opinions of the owners of stallions. uninfluenced by any ideas or suggestions made by us. Although the majority of the stallion owners seemed to favor inspection and license, yet with the exception of two or three individuals, none seemed to realize, that, in the event of such an act coming into force, their own animals would fall under the ban. Although the report shows that a large percentage of stallion owners favor 'the Inspection and License system, yet, in conversation your Inspectors were strongly impressed with the idea that the great majority of those had given the matter very little serious consideration, and therefore were not in a position to give an opinion as the result of careful and mature deliberation. As a consequence, when the public meetings were held, and some half dozen or so would express themselves as being favorable to inspec- 84 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Report Inspectors’ District 5.—Continued. tion and license, the balance of the gathering as a matter of course fell in line, having no definite opinions of their own. Even those who carried the meetings did not impress your Inspectors with the idea that they had given the matter sufficient consideration to realize the difficulties which the De- partment may encounter in carrying out their suggestions. In the prosecution of our labors, and as the result of serious considera- tion your Inspectors are so keenly alive to the following observations that we herewith present them to your judgment. (1) Many inferior sires are being used in service throughout this dis- trict of the Province, and many, even some good sires are kept in miserable unhealthy and unthrifty condition. (2) A number of sires have been sold to their present owners at exorbi- tant prices. ; (3) That the crossing of Percheron sires (of which we saw quite a num- ber) upon the class of heavy females of the Province, principally of Clydes- dale and Shire breeding will result in serious injury to the horse breeding industry. (4) In some sections of our district, if inferior sires were prohibited from standing for service, th.re would not, at present, be a sufficient num- ber of suitable sires, and in those sections many farmers do not seem to real- ize the great advantage of breeding from good dams and to good sires, and in consequence, there ig great need of educational work along this line, and the need of a better class of breeding females, both heavy and light. (5) That the system of ownership by syndicate, although, in theory, ‘+ may appear to be ideal, yet in practice has proven such asignal failure, that great caution should be taken in giving the movement any further sympathy or encouragement. , (6) In some of the more advanced sections we found those who urged that instead of inspection and license a vigorous educational campaign be conducted, through the O. A. C. short course in judging, the Agricultural Societies, and the employment of well informed and successful horse-breed- ers as Institute lecturers, thus spreading the gospel of wisdom to those who desire information. These are mediums of instruction which we consider the Department would do well to endeavor to still further encourage and strengthen. (7) While the information gleaned from this inquiry, will, as already intimated, be valuable to the Department in their: further efforts in assist- ing this important branch of live stock development, yet we would be very cautious in advising the inspection, and more particularly the licensing of sires. What is to be gained thereby? Is it not a fact, that, in the mind of every successful breeder, no legislation is required in order to compel him to act in his own best interest in this matter. These men, although in some sections they may be comparatively few, yet practically speaking, are strewn all over the Province, and if their next door neighbors with this object lesson right before their eyes, are so blind they will not see, would it not be highly impolitic in this free democratic country for the Government to force upon an unwilling people, what their own best interests tell them they ought to do. Were it a matter of human life or health that was at stake, the case would be very different. Take for instance the handling and treatment of the farmers’ milk supply. Mlk and the products thereof, constitute a vital ‘portion of the food of humanity. In the handling of that article of diet the health and vitality of our people are at stake, and the Government would be 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 85 Report Inspectors’ District 5.—Concluded. justified in interfering, entering upon the private farms and by law or reg- ulation, forcing the removal of conditions which produce a dangerous con- tamination; yet thus far this isnot done, and there is no parallel in the two eases. What would the matter of horse inspection alone accomplish? It would certainly compel stallion owners to stand and advertise their animals under their true colors. If'this inquiry reveals any deception upon this score being practiced, (although under our present law a severe penalty: is attached) then some further regulation may be enacted. Jn our five or six weeks labor, no such case has come under our notice. The matter has never been mooted. Every person in the locality seems to be quite conversant with the breeding of the animals they patronize. If the sire in question happens to be unsound in any particular, the owners of competing sires soon get to know, and publish the fact broadcast over the community. (Signed) Tuomas McMurray. Wiriiram Mossirr. DISTRICT NO. 6. Counties—Hastings, Peterboro, Victoria, Durham, Northumberland and Prince Edward. Inspectors—J. G. Clark, Ottawa, and Jas. Irving, Winchester. HAstTINnGs,. In Sidney township the Inspectors report that the majority of the stal- lions are totally unfit for breeding a good class of horses; most of them are undersized and unsound and of poor quality, and colts of any kind are quite scarce. The horsemen here were found in favor of stallion inspection and the licensing of good horses for the protection of breeders. Five of the stal- lions are Standard-bred, .one being a good individual. There is also a good Hackney. The balance includes a fair Clydesdale and an aged Coach grade. Fees vary from $8 to $16. Mares are of only medium quality, many being unfit for breeding purposes; worn out and crippled mares being generally bred. In the townships of Thurlow and Tyendinaga there are some very good stallions including Standard-breds, a French Coach, a grade English Coach horse and a Clydesdale. In numbers there are four Standard-breds and two grades of that breeding; a Clydesdale and a grade, a French Coacher, three French Canadians, unrecorded, an English Coach yrade and a Shire grade. There is no absolute unsoundness and some of the horses have the reputation of being good stock getters. There is a wide range in fees from $7 to $20. As regards mares there is a tendency to breed too marv light mares without regard to strength and substance. Mares are somew! at better than in Sid- ney township, but stallion owners claim that good ov’. are scarce and that the reputation of stallions is seriously injured by the mares with which they are mated being inferior and unsound, and the colts partaking of their unsoundness and inferiority. Among stallion owners the idea of stallion inspection seems to meet with universal approval. Some difference of opin- ion was met with in reference to a license fee. Many of those spoken to laid special emphasis on the necessity for the greatest care on th> part of the Inspectors (if such were appointed) in inspecting the progeny of the stal- lions under consideration; as many had found that many registered stal- lions had not been successful as stock getters. There are several grade sires in Hungerford township, and pure-bred stallions are considerably in the minority. The pure-breds are three Clydes- dales and a Hackney; the grades are Clydesdales seven, Standard-breds three, Coach one, and Percheron one. With few exceptions the standard of merit is 1ather low and so are service fees, from $5 to $15, the majority not exceeding $10. Mares are chiefly cross-breds, light general purpose, with a few small Roadsters. A few heavy blocky mares were seen that would mate well with good Clydesdale or Shire stallions. Stallion owners are divid- ed about the amount of a license fee; some favored a high one. The opinion seemed to be unanimous that the scrub stallion should be put out of business, but none of the owners apparently consider the possibility of their own horses coming within that class. Some favor an act of Parliament giving stallion owners a lien on the progeny until the service fee is paid. All the evidence goes to show that haphazard breeding and the patronizing of cheap horses are responsible for the slow progress being made in the improvement of horses here. The scope of a stallion act came in for a lot of discussion. Men who have had good results from cross-bred horses would not favor the [ 86 J 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 37 Hastings—Continued. disqualifying of unregistered sires. Much evidence is forthcoming where cross-bred horses have given better results than some of those registered. In the three townships of Elzevir, Madoc, and Marmora there are three pure-bred Clydesdales, an imported Hackney, a Clydesdale, grade, two Stan- dard-bred grades, and a French-Morgan horse. The inspectors state that some are very good horses, and that farmers are taking more interest as to the ‘stallions used. Stud fees are from $7 to $12. All horsemen ‘here think a stallion Inspection Act the most practical thing. _ The quality. of some of the imported stallions comes in for severe criti- cism, as their progeny compares unfavorably with those of Canadian-bred, and even cross-bred stallions. Here as elsewhere lack of judgment in the selection of suitable sires to mate with the type of mares on hand has led to failure. Opinions as to the amount of license fee differ, but all agree as to the expediency of a license law. There are some very good general purpose mares in these townships, but a large number are too small to give good results when mated to heavy sires. There are only three pure-bred sires in Rawdon and Huntingdon town- ships, one an imported Clydesdale, one,an English Coach horse, and the third a Standard-bred. Of grades there are three Clydesdales, three French. and a Standard-bred and a Percheron. Some of the grades are good-looking horses, but are not well enough bred to prove good sires. There is some unsoundness among them. They stand for fees from $6 up to $10, and one is quoted at $25. Mares vary in quality, there being some good, useful ones seen,, but too few show signs of breeding among the heavy class. The Coach and Roadster average up better. , In the townships in the northern part of Hastings county there are three pure-bred Clydesdales, a pure-bred Shire, and a Percheron and French Canadian grade respectively, all sound except one, but only just fair in conformation. ‘There are four syndicate horses among them purchased at pretty high figures. They serve for fees from $5 to $10. STALLIONS. & Po 68 is 3 Breedi age bop aed en |uzd| e8 reeding. 3 Bb 5 ey g z BPE 3 : g aS a) 2ee) 2 | ee 2S Bag | 28 i a D <4 a 4 < te 3m 3 AS ae zi a 4 a = a Z “ . $ $ Registered Stallions... 26 | 1,677 | 20 | 1,429 12 6 248 Lt Grade Stallions ..... 38 1,915 32 1,709 8 6 206 7 Totals ........ 64 | 3,592 a | ee eee 2 HOP Veze secu Very few of the horsemen spoken to hesitate to denounce the scrub stal« lion, and most of them speak of legislation against them as the only way of overcoming this nuisance. Some think that.education through the Farmers’ Institutes would bring more business to the owners of well bred horses, There is much difference of opinion among farmers as to the proper definition of the word ‘‘scrub’’ as applied to stallions, and this question was much dis- cussed at the public meeting held at Madoc on October 17th. No recom- mendation was made by those present as the meeting was about evenly divided, half being in favor of legislation on the subject and the other half claiming that the Government should work along educational lines. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. — 89 PETERBOROUGH. a As regards the townships of Belmont, Methuen, and Dummer in is county, the Inspectors report a decided improvement in the clasa of heavy horses inspected, ana there is evidence of more intelligent interest being taken by farmers in horse breeding. The ‘‘scrub” is much com- plained of, however, and any legislation that will protect the owners of high class horses and encourage systematic breeding will be favorably re- ceived by most of the horsemen here. Stallion inspection and a license fee appear to be the only form of legislation considered likely to improve the present state of the horse industry. With but two exceptions, a Clydesdale and a Percheron, all the sires inspected were grades, viz., a Coach, Clydes- dale, Percheron, and two Standard-breds. One is not sound, but on the whole they average up fairly well. The maximum for stud fees is $10, and. minimum $5. Mares in these townships are a little better and heavier than in some of the other districts, but show no particular line of breeding with the exception of some grade Clydesdales. There are also a few registered mares of that breed. While there are a large number of light mares, there are not many high class drivers among them. Peterborough town being adjacent to the townships of Otonabee and Asphodel, there are naturally a large number of stallions travelling in that section. Included in them are five pure-bred Clydesdales, and seven grades, eight pure-bred Shires, a German Coach horse, three pure-bred and two grade Standard-breds, a Percheron, a French Canadian, a pure-bred and a grade Hackney and a nondescript. There is a good deal of unsoundness among these horses, and some, at least, should not be travelling on this account, and also for poor conformation. There are some good sires amongst them, however, and some have good reports about them as stock getters. There is a pretty wide range of fees from $5 to $15, the former for grades. Mares here show some improvement along draft lines, not too many are old and worn out and not suited to give the best results in breeding. Very few give evidence of breed quality, and most of them are too light to mate with heavy stallions. Here, again, horsemen are nearly all a unit in asking that steps be taken to banish the ‘“‘scrub’’ stallion, but opinions differ as to what action should be taken. Some would make reg- istration a necessary qualification for all stallions, while a large number seem to favor inspection of all stallions as well as their progeny. The fact that some registered stallions have been failures in the stud, while some unregistered horses are recognized in the community as excellent stock getters, is put forward as an argument against pedigree qualification being made the standard. Many express the conviction that educating farm- ers as to the advantages of line breeding and the proper mating of their mares should be. attempted before compulsory legislation is introduced. The townships of North Monaghan, Smith, and Ennismore also bene- fit by the proximity of Peterborough, and no less than twenty-three stal- lions are found in this district. In this list are three pure-bred and six grade Clydesdales, three pure-bred and one grade Percheron, one Shire, four pure-bred and four grade Standard-breds and a grade Coach horse. Here, too, there is some unsoundness, but even among the grades there are some pretty goood, horses. Six dollars is the lowest stud fee and $15, the highest. Mares are of fair average quality, but the age average is too hich. The general purpose type of about 1,200 lbs. predominates, but there are a few Clydesdales and some good road mares. Stallion owners 90 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Peterborough—Continued. complain that the best mares are used on the road, and the culls kept for breeding. The greatest hindrance to improvements is the cheap stallion. Owners of high priced horses are anxious for legislation to protect them. The amount of the fee carries more weight with some farmers than the quality of the stallion or suitability of the mare. Education is much needed along the lines of intelligent breeding and mating of mares. The major- ity of those spoken to favor stallion inspection, and quite a number advo- cate a license fee on all stallions. Opinions vary as to the amount of the fee, some thinking that $25 would be sufficient, others $100. High prices offered for horses have induced farmers to part with their good mares. The introduction of the cayeuse into this district has also lowered the standard as many farmers have been foolish enough to breed them. STALLIONS. 3 e e g .| © | 2 is 35 & Breeding. a oad © te cj ee 5 & 5 2 S| eos) ® | 82 bE Be | Ss ai sgel| & FS os Es | 36 3s] pe & > 5a pe | og aa) a > A < 2 et ’ . wg s fa . 5 ra » co o® Breeding. 8 oss 2, $3 SS Z 3 22 bos g |Bee| § | #8 Bee: Meas Vee 2 eS Pa 2 hy o 2 os gs Oa > @D 5 > > a 4 > 5 @ ro. 3s°0@ |p a < 2 * S62 [2851 2 as age as gee 5 as age o 32 5 82 54 3 aa > 53 2 53 Aa > a 4 4 a <4 4 A a 2 2 Breeding. 8 e's 2, g z gs u 8 3128 (S| 838) & a8 SE 2ak £8 5 | 2F a 3 Ee 2 542,25 B |e > Ba > 5 > a | a B Ay S aR 5 OS 504 |54a4 a | < nR A > Z < O 5 gaa] 5-8 3 > EA, > m m bo g d @Q > pear oa fares a < D < iz, a $ Clydesdales, Imported ............ 8| 1,850} 6 | 7...... Good....... 576 | 10 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred........ 138 1,700 Bel Redes cea Fairly good. 904 9 Grades, Clydesdale ............... 13 1,470 Ei Adena Fal tenia'esed 656 6 Shires and Percherons (1 Shire, 2 ‘ ae) Sahai etudadld oateencnase neon 3) 1,800 GR Dice cece tas GOOD vies ans 240 | 10 Grades, Percheron............... | 4] 1,575 93 | All....| Good....... 210 8 Bel Slans iu: suinccanceoiaraiddcnicn! 3 1,975 Ee WS2 cates TRAMP ccje Beiscses 295 9 Hackneys, Imported ........... .-{| 2] 1,200 4 | All....| Good.... .. 75 | 10 Standard-breds, Imported......... 4 1,225 gh IIB ieaetals Fairly good. 225 | 12 Roadsters, Canadian-bred......... 7 | 1,200 Dol Civatvntes Fairly good. ‘874 7 Grades, Roadster and Thoroughbred . ; (6 Roadsters, 1 Thoroughbred)..| 7 1,210 BoB es paseo Fairly good. 263 9 il 0) £7 |e 64 3,812 Margs, $9 ; / HO rae a Aas e) z oH £ a. ‘D 3 Townships. cogs Type. E a HP oOwD og o Ba 2a 2S 2 3 Lge B EB q 5a.98 2a 2 a < < is Risiinarn eaten a awl 468 | Some registered Clydesdales Benen and Shires, balance agricul- ; turaland light... so ea 1,200 Medium. iaaliay bck eared * 320 | Mostly draught; a few regis- Pees tered heavy........ phage tees eeients LOT eae desecpstel See 472 | Mostly light; a few agricultural ,100 oor. ae . sdetrats ae wanes 257 | Mostly light ; a few agricultural 1,100 Poor. Goulbourne...........++ 149 | Draught, agricultural and light 1,200 Medium. Huntley wtcc4 newts ccs L276t) rad e ht =. s.r. ia2-5-ctsecuase acysnedece 1,400 Good. Maren. coice aac tance S425 170 | Some Draught, General Purpose b 2 ets and Agricultural...... Eas 1,250 to 1,300} Fair. UZKOV gagavyonateleeers 342 | A few registered Clydesdales, SHE ars Agricultural and General ; POrpose gio sidecacle ote ee de 1,250 Fair. City of Ottawa.......... BOG di accsscice srsvasscpooibiraiavesouansialceee 406 cauinnrasl| esas aan waveralasa| ini meagre ovease Tot@lsc 2222 cere 3,812 105, REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 68 Carleton—Concluded. Mares Brep tro Dirrrrent Ciasses oF STALLIONS. Total. | Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. a | STALLIONs, og 153 | ah.) NR sy sa S 8 a 9 g 9 & o ds | ase] #2 | #82| 38 d#@@ | ds5] ss 5M 542 502 5 8.9 re 5 a Bao ese A Zi A Z < 4 A < _ $ $ Registered Stallions.. 40 2,683 29 | 1,860 10 il 823 8 Grade Stallions ..... 24 | 1129 21 | 1,036 8 3 93 8 Totals ........ 64 | 3,812] 50 | 2,896 | ieea! 14 916 |........ About fifty men were present at the public meeting for the county of Carleton, which was held at Stittsville on October 30th. A deep interest was taken in the work. Many expressed their ideas, and, apparently, all thought it a good move for the Department to take up the horse question. The uppermost thought seemed to be how to stop the use of scrub stallions. Twenty-seven men were in favor of stallions being licensed; none wished the matter left as itis. A resolution was passed that the grant be withheld from Agricultural Societies who gave prizes to grade stallions, RENFREW. In McNab township the Inspectors were unable to see two out of the eight stallions owned here. Of the six seen, one-third were not service- ably sound. They are equally divided into four pure-bred and four grades. To the former list belong a Standard-bred, two Clydesdales and a Percheron. To the latter just the same numbers of the same breeds. One Standard-bred had only recently been brought in. For the others the stud fees are $6, $7 and $10. Mares are general purpose and light in type, very few weigh- ing as much as 1,300 lbs. There are four stallions in the town of Renfrew and in Horton town- ship adjoining. These are a pure-bred Clydesdale and Belgian, respectively, and a grade Standard-bred and a nondescript. All are sound and pretty good in conformation; of those in service $8 to $10 are the fees. Not much can be said about the mares in this section. In Admaston township only one stallion was inspected, a pure-bred Percheron, which stands for service at §5. In Westmeath the quality of the mares improves, and there are a num- ber of fair general purpose mares, as well as a few registered Clydesdales. There are the following sires in this township: two registered Standard- breds, a pure-bred Shire and two Percheron grades. One horse was sick and was not inspected. Three of the others were sound and two of them pretty good horses. Fees are about as usual in these townships, $6 to $8. - Of the seven stallions owned in the town of Pembroke and standing in Pembroke township, all but two are registered, and have fair average con- formation. Clydesdales are represented by a grade, and there is a grade French Canadian. The pure-breds are one Percheron, two Standard-breds and a French Canadian. The fee of the grade French Canadian is given as $2; others at $7, $10 and $26. i 4 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 109 Renfrew—Continued. In Stafford, only one stallion was seen—a Percheron grade. Stallion owners in Wilberforce township travel two pure-bred and one grade Clydesdale, a pure-bred Shire, a grade Percheron, a grade Coach, and a horse of no particular breeding. The pure-breds and the grade Per- cheron and Coach grade have good conformation. One grade is not sound. Only one owner charges $10 fees; the rest charge from $5 to $6. Excepting a grade Clydesdale in Bromley township, which the In- spectors were unable to see, the four other sires are ‘a Clydesdale, Shire, and Percheron, and a grade Clydesdale.. They are of fair average conforma- tion, Two cannot qualify for soundness. The service fee is highest for the Shire, viz., $10, the others stand for $5 and §$8.. Two grade stallions, both of French Canadian breeding, one being a Percheron cross, serve in the township of Ross. Only one was seen by the Inspectors, and it was sound and of good conformation, standing for service at $8, while the fee of the other was $5. Very few mares were met with . that could be called good. They are of a light type and of no particular breeding. The best mares are sold to the Jumbermen. The Inspectors state that in this country they saw some really good stallions, and if these ae well patronized, the result should be a considerable improvement in the uture. : . In the townships of Grattan, Hagarty, Ratcliffe and the districts adjoin- ing, but stationed principally at Eganville and Killaloe, there are seven- teen stallions, some of them quite good horses, and the majority of them serviceably sound. A number of them could not be seen by the Inspectors, but from reliable information furnished, those not seen work out a good average as regards conformation and also soundness. There is one syndi- cate horse. Clydesdales total three pure-breds and four grades; Shires, one pure-bred; Percherons, one pure-bred and two grades; Standard-breds, one pure-bred and two grades, and French Canadians three, two at least being grades. The maximum fee is $10, but the majority run from $8 down to $3, and in one case, anything between $1 and $3 is taken. The best mares seen were under 1,500 lbs., but they are very few in number; the majority are of a light general purpose type and of no particular breeding. STALLIONS. g > a : wu © = & @ 3 o © 5 a a o 2 " ~ a Breeding. 3 oP.be & of 38 op.8 a Bae |wo g Bee o BS 9.2 Sao |S 5 pF > 5 a 5 Os BOW lp ke a |< 4 D < Za 4a Clydesdales, Imported........ ... 6 | 1,730 | Diane ees Fairly good. 255 | $8 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred....... 3] 1,540 5] 2.0.0... Pains oa ciet 300} 6 Grades, Clydesdale.............+- 10 1,630 Ml Ras sex Fea itsceiarceceis 789 | 5 Shires, Imported...........-..--- 4| 1,785 7 | All GO00 seca 377 | 8 Percheron. ......55c000eeds cee tare 5 1,730 11} Awe Good....... 489 | 8 Grades, Percheron .....-.....-+-. 7 | 1,450 Do Ginsu ae Pairs. 260 | 4 Bel PANS... ioe os ore geese eae tee 1} 2,100 6} All Good....... 86 | 10 Hackneys and ceo oe ted (1 Hackney, 1 Standard- ; Died. : ( svatelane 28 -os8 - Lees SBauneIne 2 1,200 8 |) All Fair........ 76 | 12 Roadsters, Canadian-bred......... 5 1,090 9) Ae cose Fair........ 85 | 4 . Grades, Roadster........--+++2+-- | 4] 1,050 Ai @ica sie Pair cnseecae: 95 | 7 Grades, Coach ...........00.s0008- 1 1,500 15 | All....| Good....... 80] 6 French Canadiang................ 2 1,250 84) All....| Good....... 94} 8 Grades, French Canadian......... 5 1,370 10} All....] Good. ..... 328 | 4 Grades, No Particular Breeding.... 2) 1,375 All....| Fair. veseeee 141 | 5 Total secs es peaineiseesia a aes 57 | 8,455 110 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Renfrew—Concluded. Mares. Ue - | a ——s aa i ee noe : wt ES | ge a= os Et 3 Townships. O 5.255 Type. Ey ie wPuw | od vo £3 BE 25 a aeaE 52 5 ye i < MOND cond paentew Gases 656 | Mixed................0.c0e0e- 1,100 to 1,200} Poor. Horton &: Renfrew Town D2: TNE ie Sess hapeienanrinumunsiogs 1,100 Poor. AdmMaston «2. 2.cnsooone Sa NNN OG oa Src ateacesaey antaune ton : 1,100 Poor. Westmeath ic.ucias cee 285 General Purpose, a few Regis- tered Clydesdales.......... 1,200 Medium. Pembroke «svijet ae es 307 MUR 6d isiseas oho noe eavickdunsees 1,100 | Poor. Staffords:424 s.2¢eewkis ke va 30 NRCG seis sconce oad eke wes wamstees 1,050 ! Poor. Wilberforce .se.oceeeey 531 Mixed ancu4. ten acasescsske.gelns 1,050 Poor. BYOnilOy int eee reticniph yo? DOO? || INIAROG isc Bu Bao | 2 | 4 (2 ; & 4 = |_@ | 4 t ee —— | —_|'—_—__— —!| aa | 1 | be See | s Registered Stallions. 28 1,762: 24 | 1,642 9 | Ae TRO! 6 Grade Stallions...... 29 1,698 24 ' 1,394 Bip 5 | 299 | 5 pe S MANS cs aoa ace B7 | 3,450 GSO sss » 9 | 40 eae The meeting for the county of Renfrew was held at Cobden on Novem- ber 6th, and was attended by about fifty men. Quite a number of those present dropped in from the village to see what was going on. About twenty men were horse raisers. All thought the draft horse the most profit- able for farmers to raise. After considerable discussion and questions, seventeen (about all the horsemen present), voted in favor of stallions being licensed. Some thought that first-class grade stallions should be licensed because they were superior to many imported ones. LANARK. _ Ramsay township runs almost exclusively to Clydesdale sires, there being two pure-bred and two grades of that breed to one pure-bred Stan- dard-bred, One of the heavy ones is unsound; and the light sire ond one of the grade Clydesdales have the best conformation. It seems a pity that 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. re a Lanark—Continued. a heavy ee y horse of good conformation and sound only earns $3 in a service The others earn $5 and $10. Bathurst township also favors heavy horses, as is evident when the stallion list is made up of three pure-bred and one grade Clydesdale, a Shire and a Percheron. They are all sound and rather above the average in conformation, one Clydesdale especially being marked as extra good. The fee for the grade is ¥5, for the others $8 in each instance. There are Just four of the heavy, and four of the light sires in Drum- mond township, with representatives of the following breeds: Clydesdales, a pure-bred and a grade; a Shire, a Hackney, a Percheron, a Standard-bred and a grade of that breeding and a grade Coach horse. It is satisfactory to find them all sound and also fairly good in conformation. Stud fees are somewhat higher than in some of the adjoining townships. Beginning at $6 they go as high as $25. In North Emsley only one sire was inspected, a registered Canadian- bred Clydesdale, sound, and of fait conformation, standing for $8. This was also the case in Montague township—an imported Clydesdale, a good horse and sound, whose fee was $12. Three Standard-bred stallions are owned in the town of Smith’s Falls, one being recorded and two grades. Two are getting on in years, and have seen their best days. One is unsound. Their fees are $6, $8, and $10 respectively. A pute-bred Clydesdale, and a grade each of Cleveland Bay and French Canadian blood, make up the trio of stallions in Beckwith township. Two-thirds of them are sound, but conformation is not very good. Five dollars and $8 are the fees charged. Standard-breds are evidently the favorites in the town. of Carleton Place, as there are three registered and two grade stallions of that breed there, the only other sire being a grade Hackney. Of the six, five are sound and of fair conformation. One horse has never stood for service, but the fees for the other five are from $5 to $15. STALLIONS, 3 ad i‘ Breeding. 8 b's Bp Se bo 3 go fe Bees) a | ee 55 Aa | 6.2 5 SFR > B@ > ao 34a De A 2 3S f 2 g Breeding. H oad © Src oe nad lo a )eoe| 2 | 25 | Bag | 288 ee gee 2) ae ess | bsg iss 4 =a a a 340 5 > oH 4a 14 | 2. ie < z |4 < | | i sl s Registered Stallions..| 17 | 1,344 | 16 | 1,219 9 1 125 8 Grade Stallions...... 14 | 1,012 i 8 652 5 6 on Motalbicncyevwess i 31 | 2,356 Tac 2 ern a ee 116 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 Glen garry—Concluded. The public meeting for the county of Glengarry was held at Alexandria on October 13.h, and was attended by about 25 people, principally farmers and breeders. The discussion was good and upon the following lines: the majority favored breeding to Clydesdales sires, which, they say, have been looked upon with disfavour here until the past year or two, but are fast com- ing into favor now. It was suggested that the Government aid in getting in pure-bred dams, not necessarily imported, and stop all grade stallions from leaving their own stables. The following resolution was carried. “That this meeting favor a license and inspection, also a small fee on all stallions offered for public service.’’ The people here seemed anxious to learn how to breed in the right direction. Inspectors’ Remarks: The greater portion of this county is well suited for raising good, heavy horses, and, in the greater portion of it, the farm- ers are beginning to wake up and look for a better class of sires. They re- quire better dams also. Only one man was met with, who owned a pure- bred mare. e Dunpas. The class of horses and mares in Winchester township is an improve- ment on that of those.in Glengarry county, the quality being better, and there is more good blood in the mares, which, however do not average over 1,100 Ibs. The improvement is no doubt due to the fact that for some years a number of Clydesdales, Shires and Hackneys have been imported into the township for sale. There are eighteen stallions in this township, fourteen of them pure-bred and four grades. In regard to breeds they are as follows: Clydesdales, six pure-breds and' one grade; one pure-bred Shire; one pure- bred Percheron; five pure-bred Hackneys, a Standard-bred; two grade French Canadians and a grade Coach horse. Nearly a third of them cannot qualify as being sound, and a number of them are not up tothe average in conformation and quality. Starting with $5 for a grade, service fees run up to $10. The quality of the mares in Mountain township is not as good as that of those in Winchester, nor are there so,many bred. There are but three sires here, a pure-bred Percheron,'and a grade of Clydesdale, and one of Coach breeding. One is unsound, and the average conformation and quality is not good. $6, $8 and $10 are the fees charged, the latter for the’ pure- bred sire. Matilda township has only one registered sire, a French Coach horse, but eligibility to register is also claimed for a Clydesdale anda Standard- bred. In addition to these, there are two Clydesdales, a Roadster, and a Coach, all grades, and a grade of no particular breeding. They-are all prac- tically sound, but the average is not high in conformation and quality. Service fees for the French Coach horse ‘are quoted as $20; for the rest $5, $6, and $8 are the amounts. Two grades, a Clydesdale and a Hackney, stand in Williamsburgh township, both sound and of fair conformation. The stud fee is $7 in each case. Mares are of poor type and only fair quality, weighing ‘about 1,050 lbs. 1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 117, 3 D wndas—Continued. STALLIONS. 3G ; o ; sel See g sg | & Breeding. Fy gas © es ef ; 833 |e 8 a \doe|#@ | 28 | ae [eGe lee 5 |2Fe] 2 | ba fos (S65 12e facet meee Zz | 4) < Zz a, cl ydesdales, Imported............ 5 | 1,670 8) | 4aseese Fairly good. 431 | 10 Clydesdales, Canadian-bred...... 2) 1,600 5 | All. Very good..| 184] 9 Grades, Clydesdale............... 5 | 1,875 6 | 4...... Only fair... 268; 7 Shires, Imported and Percherous (1 Shire, 2 Percherons)......... 8 | 1,700 8 | Qivseded Very fair... 236 | 10 Hackneys, Imported and Grades (5 Hackneys, 1 Grade).......... 6 1,155 5 | All. Fai cc jencde dis 707 | 8 Standard-breds Imported and Grades (2 Pure-bred, 1 Grade) .. 3 1,090 7 | All. Fair........ 177 | oF French Coach Horses and Grades (1 French Coach, 3 Grades)..... 4) 1,325 Bo Ds naire Only fair 283 | 13 Grades, French Canadian......... 2 1,425 44,1 ..... POOP etc es 85 | 5 No Particular Breeding........... 1| 1,175 7 | All. BOGE s sestucssss 60 | 5 Ota Sie ee SA cece tale at Se 2,381 Mares. Da . wm [= by . ES 2 z 2 2 as pp 3s : . HH HO oO. 3 x Townships. So 6 Sa Type. Bo a e 5582 ee) & |e 23 ae a5 2 S gedge oe @ 3 52s pm > > a < < < Winchester.............- 1, 586+. | POOP ed eels raced deea baled dnd ee aceite 1,100 | Fair..... 10 Motinitainin: iia: ecansar 288: | (Not very c00G aay wo artes cag eodinn 1,050 | Poor . 10 Mattila) ists ca az cictateaves's's 3 AVS. | POOR isco sao sok ian ke oaeeas MRE 1,000 | Poor. 10 Williamsburg........... 92. || BROOM existe) dieioapuus vate see eee 1,050 | Fair..... 10 Motalide vocals “| 2,881 Mares Brep To DIFFERENT Cuasses or STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. . oH n Ht s aH oO 4 6 S wo on e Stallions. ee oe q = ae 4 2 8 e as ‘p £2 |2ig| 24 [283] #, | 48 [485] 2. fa | 885 | $8 | 865) 2 | #8 sak} 33 7, Zz Zi A thing but grade stallions, and they are a poor lot, out of the seven, five being practically unsound and others not in very good shape. The breeding represented is, Roadsters, three; French, two; Clydesdale, one; and Coach, one. The cheapest fee is $5, and highest $10. Mares are a poor class of nondescript breeding, not over 1,000 Ibs. in weight, There are ten stallions in Oxford township and of these, three, an im- ported Shire, an imported Cleveland Bay, and a German Coach horse are pure-bred and fair horses. One of the grades is well up in years. Four grades and a registered sire are unsound. General average conformation is just fair, and fees are the same as in Wolford township. Mares, too, are no better than in that section. The two stallions, an imported Shire and a grade Roadster, in South Gower are sound or practically so, but not of a high average as regards con- formation and quality. They have a uniform service fee of $10. Mares are poor in quality and light in weight. Not much can be said about the quality of the stallions in Augusta town- ship or of their conformation. Five of the nine are sound, and four of the lot are pure-).red, including two imported Clydesdales. There are four of Clydesdale breeding, including two grades, ard five are Standard-breds three being grades. Fees seem pretty uniform in Grenville county from $5 to $10. There are eleven sires in Edwardsburgh township, but only one pure- bred and two grades are rated as good, two being very good in conforma- tion. The rest are below the average, and three are unsound or practically so. As in the uther townships stud fees range from $5 to 410. As regards breeding, th-re are ore imported and two grade Clydesdales, two grade Hackneys, one registered and four grade Stardard-breds, and a French grade. StALLIONS. | ea ta o ma | c zy ai gee She Be a cee, & Se 5=3 EEE IEE Bee ee, See: we eee “a | 5 So ios ad ag Ala = a wz < < <4 Elizabethtown 235 | Ligh srs Bra huewane Gacretcaanae Soke ancateaumeis ean! LQ000)| ROOK. 10 Rear of Yonge. ig ’ Rout oi ae soe = a sco eye Rous, 8 actos Suey auaeyasirageistey Gta ae ea ai 7 rons ai Gene ee a ais Di ren aratae tA aA iBces deve Rin ARLE ry cee 3 Basler ccsadenconl, Gorkha ee ee 1000] Poor...| 10 Be ey seeeesicien) PBL | LAGE. ca ugeses sn ezveaed snared 1,000] Poor...| 10 onde SD Visi ex eaccmese - aa ia g uke Opiicaentley Beare ees eae ieee Bogie - scare a Wee Glbce Sietantes NOD U casera deen geesentennenen ee el ~ aly oor...| 10 Front of Lansdowne .... 96 | Light and poor...............6.-., 1,050| Very in- ferior.| 12 TROERM:. ..irckea ih 1,166 : Mares Brep to DirrerEenr CLassEs oF STALLIONS. Total. Serviceably sound. Not serviceably sound. Stallions. Soe 3S a i ae 1 ss Sa |S 2 : g 3 S S a S EO Heme HO Har o HO war o ae |253 |) 28 [283] F, | 24 [288] 2, Se eee | ee eee) eel se eee) es iz, iz, Z, Z, | ad Z, a a wm oO so 8 a g o oe Breed; w oes © ing o & Has lo 8 vane i) gee) 2) 22 | see [SFE iP S| Beat 2 | Be esa | asa jeg Le Z < | << wn = Zi eA, S by na put gsOoM 1S w a4 | < wa < A =< Clydesdales, Imported and Can- | adian-bred (1 Imported, 4 Can- | $ adian-bréd)..6.3'..vscasweatousso% 5 | 1,600 Be ll Bisse e's Haire: ee A 455 | 12 Grades, Clydesdale............... 15 1,350 Bil trates eats Not even fair; 734 | 6 Shires, Imported and Percherons : | (1 Shire, 4 Percherons)......... 5.} 1,800 Teli Diwsaset 3 Just fair....; 511 | 14 Hackneys, ‘Imported and Grades | (1 Hackney, 1 Grade) .......... 2 1,175 Be) Daeaees Good.......; 117 | 10 Standard-breds, Imported......... 2 1,075 TE Dees Only fair | 130 | 18 Grades, Roadster...........-2000 18 1,055 7} Be wsaiee Baiticesescs | 361) 8 ‘Thoroughbreds ...........-+-2-+ 2] 1,050 TD vhetedvess Pat ems. de yt 12 | 10 English Coach Horses and Grades : (1 English Coach, 1 Grade)..... 2 1,350 14 (|) Deisias 3 Baits sxe ea | 141 | 8 Grades, no particular breeding.... dt 800 le ata a POOF wisieecen | ead een Pnenumerated > > x < a 4 a Z < Zz A 3 g Breedin =e | oad : = ae H = 28 . B|eee) 2) 8B | Boe | Bae [BE # }82o)] § SE 558 go 8 |S 5 fs} > Ea, > 52 > Os 5Oa@ |b a Zz < < wD ecessegal, sees se eee 14 9 4 iz Prince Edward........ 29 36 7 7 43 39 21 18 Peterborough......... 45 57 6 6 | 34 30 15 7 ROE is ingens Mee stan wieenoautins 68 70 6 11 | 26 BOP (eae patella tecene Prescott ............66 24 33 vette elec ee tael 72 63 4 4 Russelles.: ea. ame suotus 44 56 2 nein WWesseanistedennchib | 49 43 rf 1 Renirew's.:%ses3 eeeets 42 48 7 3 42 40 9 9 SIMCOE: ss 3-es 494 Seems 67 74 7 8 24 7 2 1 *Stormont............ 19 O20 ean cael x lelgndens eee 58 40 19 28 PM TCHOTIA: «csi aiaescaonies 58 68 9 12 21 15 2 5 Welland.............. 43 59 4 4 53 Oi | eaavee Waseda Waterloo ........-.6.- 76 72 7 12 17 UB. laces tacos ts tah | die Wentworth........... 58 51 A || ceiesitin ettg 36 44 4 5 Wellington. .,.... 70 79 7 6 18 11 5 4 PYORK a cnn ghere ses oe 79 79 4 6 10 13 1 2 60 67 6 7 28 22 6 4 * Unenumerated.—Durham, 4 per cent.; Lennox and Addington, 4 per cent. ; cent. ; Stormont, 4 per cent. ; Victoria, 10 per cent. ; York, 6 per cent. Leeds, 17 per 135 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 1906 *@g—SUOT][R}s peyeretuNnusU (|) — ALON “‘SIOISPVOY SV POPIsse[d Vsoy} SUIPNPOUT e S99'TOT |289°% “eT SOT B03'GE |0FL ||" |880°E |2¢ 169‘92|eh LEU'g |AZTT = |] /Sts‘tsj@st't S[BIOL, ega‘T we g LL G L elt 12 eyes) | iereverepe, |e 8 O-8 é = epiiewis | Weer |S Soe. Shay [Vg fe eeu Rede ronan: oe Wer eg c semeer a SNOsUR][SOSI PAT LFe'9 L6 a 992 eL 8 Tee'p 89 sexed’). ee © eae 6 LF3'‘T 9L ie te “a fea) eiisicewebanges | sis Sect ea No 2 RULER ey st BLS Sas ee . “UBIPBUBD yously 6L0‘F cL L OLZ cL 8 69¢‘e 09 Soedeteew § else tee > Ee fees | 2 2 8 EARS oe Opel Se ae EE oree | eee] £44 8 Oe eee SUIpeelq yoRog 2cL e eae ee wee le a Le oe 8 * TS eee ree | 8 Bee eo ie @ & & Perego PS Eee . z ve qyysnvicy qouel 118 c Fac (onaneeeelhis+ aliuanctnneins 3 £2: heeeeslemeacll swede tlle 3 caved esterenst Gee oor qouer 9L9 OL RoW ae | F wer eee ee ae ee eee ee ee eee en a a . 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BRONTE. \srercaceentiniancpngeatysaeteceaunniex mans 31 TST COIN stintewisiangncirnnesciieasminins 44 Bruee: ysneoenceirene ce ener 51 Middlesex ssiresnesosmmrcmapeadsnncy: 9 CAVIGtOM cesijansacacenesenegadteunesee 106 INGLEOUE cacsccicsicsereeanvas bees eee 37 DDR ERIN: rsaciciseatrgeniendiarnacdionnnen 67 Northumberland .............000 97 Daas? seciesianeacpwietoardenuseatueceusoivesins 116 Ontario srccacninantinnnnnanrrncuneses 81 Durham’ svrccomencasnasivacanntnccass 95 OX Ord - xx senenmaaonmamdnenynenrestdeenet 34 WGA: give. cccaesbeiniervecesienss congue 18 POE) ccs crdaacademosiaenage® aokle tetas 71 MSSO%e, 5827 a ea tae ieee sees 13 PORE . nevcecesonienstesseneneist saacGscs 59 Fron tenae! icscseanuamoximncemrcstens 124 Peterborough ............c ce 89 Glengarry | sesuosaniindameassta 114 Prescotts | assent ewcandetiettonsitctesnecn 102 Grenville: 2c ceseemen cee eerie 120 Prince Edwaid .............0:0000-5 99 GEG ie scrote sh wliseumunisticeetecmmaneaiens 54 RREMEPEW: cauicceninosansmemientdinncded 108 PRAGMA: cscccnreraasessnaterncanaiie 89 RUSSELL.) t-garsieancmencaicceamatienwnncos 104 Vial 118 ~ siestsecesssisadasscttiatvsientseuronstintiencsse 26 SimC0@) scanudenecarata netiedamianaends 73, Flastings: sascrceencesense wanes 86 Stormont: ssesossmssienewacees 181 Huron ieee eects 48 MICTORIE: .. hancinisnasaacncven seessaceeeisuids 91 15 Waterloo oo... .ccceceeceece cnet ete 61 21 Welland: i sesserrcsepeinsciotennearsngreercaers 42 110 Wellington 63 121 Wentworth ik 28 126 MOTs sis is rasadineiae ees Gaanceatoa ioe 78 DistRicts, COUNTIOS COMPOSING: sys iccsecxessucsemeararecriescaieteguumasnieenss Gee alle Qe 7 District Reports: . Pace. Pace. PASTE GE cls - envi vayaacarnteanccenpnnwnae 24 Distriét 5. acsoscswin ws BS ee ty ai 83 DTS GENO b 2D) sasctecrectcegcceraipntoeeneavetenitortovtee 46 Districts Ge sceapie oavase ay a hens 101 DaSbriCt D> jeenesdaassoraa tember ee, 58 District 7 ........ seek gue 18 DIstriet: 4. \nescaceaccdssemieeckh as 69 District 8... eee 129 Inspectors, Names or, and Districts INSPECTED .........00. 0 eee octets 7 Inspectors, Specian Report or: = Pacer \ Pagan. Arkell, H. S., B.S.A.......00.. 129 DEVINE GAS Sal siitisiniudeuboesminnen 101 Boag, John: Aw. ccccscntscccnaseene 69 JONES, “Watts. 2.csiaccccassenncriemreecnineen 69 Brights TOWN: swtecerwanteaaeveansenigs 58 Kieyd@y: Wee Be. eaccacuicsseeneecencn 113 Gain, Wim, ViS. sexessncennoncres 46 Mossipy Wame. ...cscergsveescctetsa: 83 Christie, Peter, M.P. ........... 69 McMillan, Thos. ......-..0000000.. 83 Clarkes Vic Giasctnsusitnetteut nae 101 Réed, He Gi, ViISi secession 58 Gardhouse, John .................. 46 Sinclair, Jas., V.8. .......0.00. 129 Graham, JcD syassueraweceoncs 24 Smithy. “Wiis -cicecues css cheasaseaie 24 Gray, George .......6..ccc cece eee 113 PRT ROD UO BION» c5.scseiacsistseasreaessentclesibede anew usatchieesantaatyce te Shne iain aeconaeiichtehcd eegpnln aco eter sel iatenteelhhar aan 5 Pusrico Meetines, Puacts AND DATES OF .........cccceccceeecceeneee ce eee ee sene vet eeeeeees t SUMMARIES: : Showing number of each class of stallions in each COumIES tases eoreoehicees 133 Showing percentage of each class of stallions in cach County ... ......0cccee 134 Showing number 6f each breed in the Province ..........06. 0005. 0005 Caspheauneats 185 [136 ]