Show irregular Irre eular mr F W hodson former of farmers institutes for on tario in the course of an address be fore the live stoc i associations of ontario said A serious tact which you should consider Is that the av q lallay of ont diio horses cattle and sheep are not as good as they were twenty years ago why is this one reason and an important one is t at canadian banners are not tena clous enough nor persistent enough let me illustrate A farmer will buy a cotswold ram and perhaps a ewe or two and will call himself a cots wold breeder tor a period some other breed will become popular we will say shires he will float out with the tide and buy a ram and produce some very good cross breeds and he will b loud in the praise of S on however the early lambs produced by the dorset horn breeder will attract his atten tion he will as likely as not forsake the shires aad breed dorset horns for a time yet never owning any one sort long enough to make any profit for hi nelt or to do ane country any good it Is not difficult even among the Ca radian lovers of am proved live stock to find men who have at one time or another bred rs co scolds Lincol ns and the prod cuon of ho ses cattle and swine in canada in all over america has suffered f om the same cause A sale of range horses was held not long nee in omaha the bricea real iced ft ere higher than have ever before been paid for similar stock the horse were not as tat as they would have been if left on the range till summer or 11 fed grain and hay but they were in fair condition and commanded alg urn fully 10 higher than similar horses brought at any time in 1900 horses averaging aiom to 1100 pounds bro ight up to ba cow ponies up to 15 grade drafters two years old up to 53 a head in lots fiddle horses up to 32 a head in lots efto year olds ani not deiy good up to 2 and suck iless very middling only up to 15 hanger bred mules hold up to 75 a held in lots of twenty five and the top price pa d tor a habild was for the grane dr altero a of which were in good the buyers were especially keen bidders and such ana dials brought in some instances as 15 moie a head thin they dolid have it u ciuc tion in the last sept or october As a genei iri u e vople a access Is ew rea their merits |