Under date of 28 September 1966, Travers was advised by S.E.P.A. that his first choice, Parisien, had passed all on-farm tests and had been moved to the Brest Quarantine station on September 25. The amount paid to S.E.P.A. on Oct. 21, 1966 by Travers and his associates was 16,500 fr. with a Canadian currency equivalent of $3,630.00. The reasons for the adjustment from the invoice amount of 17.500 fr. were set out in Travers letter to S.E.P.A. of Oct. 18, 1966 and related to costs associated with the 2nd replacement bull calf that did not enter the testing program.
By October 1966, the 244 Charolais and the one Simmental (Pie Rouge) had successfully completed their Brest tests and under the watchful eye of the Charolais Association were readied for shipment by cattle boat for an eight day passage to Grosse-Ile, Quebec to begin the third stage of processing.
(There appears to be a typo in the S.E.P.A letter: the adjustment of 100 Frs. was probably meant to read 1000 Frs.)
