REPORT OF TUB AGRICUTURIST 23 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Clipping, dipping or washing steers on entering stables in autumn is profitable. 

 Brushing steers down frequently pays. 



DAIUY CATTLE. 



Some lines of work conducted with dairy cattle have been as follows: — 



1. Breeding. 



2. Economy of production of milk. 



3. Values of different feeds, both rough and concentrated. 



4. Influence of feeds on quality and quantity of milk. 



5. Individual records. 



6. Influence of hours of milking on quantity and quality of milk. 

 7 Cost of feeding 



1. Work in breeding for milk production here seems to show that: (a) superior 

 dairy cows may be found in all breeds, (b) Pure bred females are not essential to 

 success in daii-y farming, but a pure bred bull should always be used. 



2. 'Cheap millv production is assured by the use of succulent or juicy feeds, such as 

 mangels, sugar beets and ensilage, and nitrogenous or flesh and milk forming feeds 

 such as clover and alfalfa hay, bran, oats and oil meal on well bred stock in well lighted, 

 well ventilated, comfortably bedded stables. 



3. Sugar beets probably rank first as a succulent feed, mangels and ensilage being 

 however, very excellent. Bran, oil meal, ground oats, shorts and gluten are the best 

 concentrates. 



4. Feeds do not affect the. quality of the milk produced so far as percent of fat is 

 concerned, biit may affect the flavour of the milk or the character of the butter. They 

 will also affect the total quantity of fat produced in a given time as well as the quan- 

 tity of milk produced in the same given time. 



5. Individual records have been found to be very valuable as a guide in breeding 

 and feeding. Weighing the milk night and morning from each cow serves not only to 

 show what a cow is at the end of the year, but is sure to make each cow do better on 

 the average, for the milker cannot help taking an interest in her record and so do his 

 best by her as to feed and care. 



6. Whether milking be performed at equal or uiiequal intervals does not seem to 

 affect the quantities of either the milk or butterfat yielded by a cow, but does affect 

 the character of the milk after each milking. The smaller quantity and the higher 

 percentage of fat being obtained after the shorter interval. Regularity in hours of 

 milking is essential. 



7. Cost of feeding should be carefully studied as our experience shows savings 

 or improvement frequently possible, individuals being often fed too heavy or too 

 lig'ht a ration for the milk being produced or that might be produced at a given time. 



SHEEP. 



Sheep have been kept here for a short time and but little experimental work has 

 been carried on. 



SWINE. 



Bacon for the English market bsing the important consideration in pork produc- 

 tion, work to determine best methods of breeding and feeding to produce suitable hogs 

 at lowest cost are continually under way. 



Since a very full review of this work ' B.icon Pigs in Canada,' Bulletin No. 51, 

 appeared only a few months ago, further remarks thereon seem unnecessary. 



