Harry Fletcher Carter

New Brunswick

Harry Fletcher Carter of Pointe de Bute, New Brunswick, a descendant of the first Carter who came to the Isthmus of Chignecto in the Yorkshire (England) emigration of 1774, will long be remembered as an ardent and enthusiastic breeder and showman of Shorthorn cattle and, in the 1920's and 1930's, of silver foxes.

Mr. Carter purchased his first purebred Shorthorn female in 1909 and, from the progeny of this foundation animal, he developed the well- known Chignecto Farm Shorthorn herd with which he remained actively identified until advancing years necessitated the disposal of this herd in 1963. At time of dispersal, this herd was recognized as being of outstanding quality with entries from this herd competing regularly on the livestock show circuit in the Maritime Provinces, the Maritime Spring Show and Sale, and at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

From this herd, during a period covering over half a century, many animals were sold to breeders in the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario and the United States, who looked to the Carter herd for replacement seed stock of superior quality and conformation. Mr. Carter, moreover, was one who took an active interest in and gave unstintingly of his time, his talents, and his substance to numerous agricultural and breed organizations including the Botsford and Westmorland Agricultural Society, the Maritime Stock Breeders Association, the Maritime Spring Show and Sale Association, the Canadian Shorthorn Association, the Maritime Shorthorn Association, and the New Brunswick Shorthorn Association of which he was Honourary President at the time of his death.