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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Having no Babcock tester at the time, the amount of butter fat of the milk cannot 

 be given. Since then a tester has been procured which will be used in such tests in 

 future. 



All the cows were young, and since then the yields from all of them have greatly 



increased. 



Name. 



Leda. . 

 Queen . 



Breed. 



Dandy . 

 Jewel. . 



Holstein. 



Ayrshire. 



Age. 



4 years . . 



5 " .. 



4 years . . . 

 4 " ... 



Days 



actually 



giving milk . 



324 

 271 



595 



334 



270 



604 



Lbs. of 

 milk. 



10,155 

 8,604 



18,759 



6,693 

 5,291 



11,984 



Poultry. 



The poultry house on the Experimental Farm is a frame building 16 x 32 feet, the 

 spaces between the studs are filled with broken bricks laid in mortar ; although sufficiently 

 warm to keep the combs of the fowls from freezing, it is not warm enough to make 

 fowls tender. 



The runs in connection with the poultry house being finished, on March 15th, pens 

 of the following breeds of fowls were made up, Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Leg- 

 horns and Light Brahmas. 



The following table shows the average number of eggs laid per bird of each breed 

 of fowls from 1st April to 31st October : 



Note.— Brahmas were found to have been kept too fat for the best results, and in future will be kept 

 on shorter allowance. 



Some of the cross-bred hens began eating their eggs in February, the habit was 

 acquired through the breaking of their thin shelled eggs, a cure was effected by using nest 

 boxes with false bottoms, the egg as soon as laid falling through a hole in the bottom 

 of the nest on a slanting piece of canvas. This proved a perfect remedy and there has 

 been no further loss from this cause. 



Considerable difficulty was experienced with soft shelled eggs. This we believe has 

 been remedied during the present season by feeding ground bone, and by giving the hens 

 plenty of exercise in every possible way. 



Owing to the difficulty in getting broody hens, settings were not made until May, 

 others were also made during June and July. June hatchings gave rather the best 

 results. 



