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The line of exjDerimental work to be taken up may be indicated by a statement 

 of what is being done : 

 Swine purchased : — 



Berkshires — 



One sow, from Mr. J. H. Davis, Woodstock, Ont. 

 One sow, from Mr. George G-i-ecn, Fairview, Ont. 

 One sow, from Me&si-s. J. G-. Snell & Bro., Edmonton, Ont. 

 Lai-ge Improved Yorkshires — 



One boar, from Mr. B. M. Jarvis, Clarkson, Ont. 

 One sow, from Mr. Wm. Davies, Markham, Ont. 

 One sow, from Mr, J. Y. Ormsby, Springfield-on-the-Credit, Ont. 



. Essex — 



One boar, from Mr. Jas. Main, Boyne, Ont. 

 One sow, from Mr. Jas. Main, Boyne, Ont. 

 Other breeds will be represented in the pens during the year. 

 Besides these, twenty-four young grade pigs were bought. They are now in six 

 pens, under feeding tests. To some of them the feed is given warm, after being 

 steamed by the use of a small " Eoyal Steam-heater." 

 Four pigs are in each of the six Pens. 



The four pigs in Pen 1 are of equal age and of similar breeding to those in Pen 2 ; 

 the pigs in Pen 3 to those in Pen 4 ; and the pigs in Pen 5 to those in Pen 6. 



At this writing it would be imprudent to draw any conclusions from the com- 

 parative rates of increase in live weight. A Bulletin setting forth the results will be 

 issued as soon as enough information is gained to warrant that its contents will not 

 mislead any farmer. Conclusions regarding feeding experiments which are reached 

 and published too hastily are not boons to the farmers, though they may boom for a 

 time the name of the publisher. 



CATTLE. 



To our herd of cattle several new animals and breeds have been added. The 

 stables are now filled to their utmost capacity. Experiments are in progress, and 

 others are being prepared for and commenced, which will add to our knowledge of 

 the comparative values of different feeds and treatments in the production of milk 

 and beef. For much of the most valuable of the work, years of patient investigation 

 will be required to amass sufficient information upon which to found conclusions 



