REPORT OF MR. A. At AC KAY. 381 



In the above test, ensilage, cut-feed and meal gave the most gain in weight and 

 realized greatest amount of money for feed consumed. Steer No. 1 did not do well 

 while Nos. 2 and 3 made good gain from the first. 



EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING 



Swine. 



Swine have done well during the past year. 



Two Improved Large Yorkshire sows, Snowie and Dora had litters about the 1st 

 of January of 7 and 8 pigs respectively. The same two sows had litters again in June 

 of 10 pigs each. 



By keeping the pigs born in January in a fairly warm place, all lived but grew 

 very slowly and when 10 months old were not nearly as large as pigs usually are at that 

 age, although they were fed regularly with as much at they would eat. 



Ten of these pigs were penned off and fed for two months with very little grain. 

 They consumed over 7 lbs of grain for each pound of pork made ; which was probably 

 from effects of cold weather they underwent when young. 



Although the pig house was comfortable except in extreme weather, some pigs 

 from a litter born in September, 1893, died during the winter. As they could not run 

 outside, they became crippled for want of exercise and were only able to move with 

 great difficulty, and at length had to be killed. This is of frequent occurence with 

 litters born in the fall and even if with the greatest care they are brought through 

 the winter, the cold they have to encounter has a serious effect on their after growth. 



A young Tamworth boar was obtained from the Central Experimental Farm in July 

 last. This animal will be used for crossing and will prove valuable to the neighborhood. 



TESTS. 



During last winter a test was made between feeding pigs on soaked wheat and on 

 boiled wheat, resulting in favour of soaked wheat. 



Two pens of four pigs each (a mixed lot) were put up on December 6, and fed until 

 April 6. One pen was fed on wheat soaked for 24 hours, and the other on boiled 

 wheat. 



Following is the result in detail : — 



WHEAT, SOAKED VS. BOILED. 



Pen No. 1 — Soaked — 



Dec. Jan. Feb. March April Lbs. 



Weight, 317 443 536 664 784 Gain 467 



Pen No. 2— Boiled- 

 Dec. Jan. Feb. March April Lbs. 

 Weight, 275| 374 447 517 627 Gain 351$ 



The pigs in pen No. 1, consumed 2160 lbs., wheat. 

 " " " 2 " 2100 lbs. " 



Therefore, in this experiment it took 4^ lbs soaked wheat to make one pound of 

 pork ; and 6 lbs. of boiled wheat to make the same quantity. 



Pork at 6 cents per lb. would make the wheat consumed in pen No. 1, worth 74 

 cents and in pen No. 2, worth 60 cents per bushel. 



TEST OF WHEAT VS. BARLET AND WHEAT. 



In this test 10 Improved Large Yorkshires were divided into two pens of 5 pigs 

 each ; as nearly equal in weight as it was possible to get them ; there being only 5 lbs 

 difference between the two. 



