382 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



One pen was fed on soaked wheat and the other on soaked wheat and barley, mixed. 

 The test commenced on September 1st, and on November 1st the pigs in pen No. 1, fed 

 on wheat alone, had made one pound of pork for every 8^ lbs. wheat used ; while pen 

 No. 2, fed on wheat and barley, made one pound of pork for each 6 lbs. grain eaten. 



The ten pigs used were born on December 28th, 1893, and January 3rd, 1894, and 

 on account, no doubt, of the extreme cold experienced early in their existence, were 

 small for their age when the test commenced. This may account for the large quantity 

 of grain consumed in comparison with the amount of pork made. 



FOLLOWING IS TEST IN DETAIL, 



Pen No. 1 — Fed on soaked wheat — 



Sept. 1st. Oct. 1st. Nov. 1st. Lbs. 



Weight, 618 751 820 Gain 202 



Pen No. 2 — Fed on soaked wheat and barley — 



Sept. 1st. Oct. 1st. Nov. 1st. Lbs. 



Weight, 623 778 898 Gain 275 



Pen No. 1 — Consumed, 1,757 lbs. wheat; made 202 lbs. pork, or 8^ lbs. feed to 1 lb. 

 of pork. 



Pen No. 2 — Consumed, 1668 lbs. wheat and barley; made 275 lbs. of pork, or 6 

 lbs. feed to 1 lb. of pork. 



PIG-HOUSE. 



The pig-house erected in the summer of 1893 is not entirely satisfactory, the walls 

 being made of concrete, lime, sand and broken stones. The building is too damp during 

 the winter months, for pigs. 



In very cold weather a heavy coating of ice forms on the inside of the walls ; then 

 on a warm day this melts and produces a wet and unpleasant condition. 



Poultry. 



The poultry on the farm has not been very successful during the past year. After 

 a long winter of confinement, none of the birds came out in very good shape for laying 

 and very few of the early laid eggs were fertile. 



The Plymouth Rocks commenced, early, to pull their feathers and continued to do 

 so in spite of all remedies tried. 



The White Leghorns did the best of any of the four breeds on hand, both in regard 

 to number of eggs laid, and chickens hatched. 



Four settings of eggs, one each of Black Minorca, Light Brahma, White Leghorn 

 and Plymouth Rock, were received from the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, last 

 May. From these 8 Black Minorca, 6 light Brahma, 6 White Leghorn and 5 Plymouth 

 Rock, chickens were raised. 



There are on the farm, at present, the following breeds Black Minorca, Light 

 Brahma, White Leghorn, Plymouth-rock, Houdan and White Wyandotte. 



Stallion. 



The Clyde stallion " Barlocco," sent by the Haras National Company, from Montreal, 

 reached the farm on May 3rd, and remained for three months, serving 43 mares during 

 that time. 



