. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to S inclusive containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols III, IV and V. Agriculture; Horses; Meteorology; Agriculture; Chevaux; Météorologie. Qi HOESE BREEDING. GOOD CARRIAQB HORSES. A properly selected, large, well developed, light, common mare, ccoased by a Percheron horse, should give a good carriage horse I think the Percheron colts will be equal to any imported horses. We hare n large number of mares in foul by Rouiulus. INDIAN CORN GROWING. We grow a large quantity of Indian corn. When we take
. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to S inclusive containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols III, IV and V. Agriculture; Horses; Meteorology; Agriculture; Chevaux; Météorologie. Qi HOESE BREEDING. GOOD CARRIAQB HORSES. A properly selected, large, well developed, light, common mare, ccoased by a Percheron horse, should give a good carriage horse I think the Percheron colts will be equal to any imported horses. We hare n large number of mares in foul by Rouiulus. INDIAN CORN GROWING. We grow a large quantity of Indian corn. When we take the fodder into account, th® crop 13 profitable, Essex and Kent cannot be beat for corn. We use the corn for dis- tillery purposes. We have got 60 to 70 bushels of shelled corn per acre. HIRAM WALKER. ik. iir _^^i**i"g *o take oral evidence, held at Sea£orth,'August 12th« 1880. Pme«<—Messrs. McMillan (Chairman) and Dymom). o "? ^^la. MR. GEORGE A. HOUGHTON'S EVIDENCE. Geo. a. Houghton, of Se&forth was called and eiammed. To Mr. Dymorui.—! am a large dealer in horses ; about 200 horses a year have passea tnrou;i;li my hands during the last twenty yearg. MARKET FOR HORSES, I generally buy aa a commission agent; my market has generally been in Bbston I have also bought for the New York and PennsylTania markets; I buy all classes of horses--both heavy draught horses and light general purpose horses ; the former are re- quired chiefly m the city, and the ktter for the farm, for light waggons, and for street cara SOURCES OP SUPPLY—] KMAND. I buy from the farmers for about twenty-five miles around Seafor*h. The demand for horses is increwfing, but there have been bo many taken from this neighbourhood that the supply is getting short. PREFERENCE FOR CANADIAN HORSES—PRICES. Canadian horses are preferred in New York and Boston to,hor«es from the Western States, and command from $25 to $60 a head mqre. For ordinary horses I have been paying from $90 to $100
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