64 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



• SUMMER FEEDING. 



The cows were, as usual, pastured during the first summer months on part of the 

 fifth year of the rotation ; that is, on land from which one year's hay had been cut. In 

 August and September they were allowed to have part of the clover meadow aftermath 

 of the fourth year of the rotation. In addition, some corn ensilage was fed, and some 

 green corn. The meal ration in the summer was a light one. It consisted of oats and 

 barley ground and fed night and morning during the milking hour. The meal was fed 

 in proportion to the yield of milk, save in the case of heifers with first calves, when a 

 Bomewhat heavier ration proportionately was fed. 



COST OF FEEDING. 



In estimating the cost of feeding, the following prices were charged for feed stufis, 

 being the average local mai'ket rates for the same period during 1902. save in the case 

 of ensilage and roots, which are charged at the usual values affixed in experimental 

 work : — 



Pasture , $ 2 00 per cow per month. 



Bran 16 00 per ton. 



Oats, gluten meal and barley 25 00 per ton. 



Clover hav 7 00 per ton. 



Chaff.. ./. 4 00 per ton. 



Roots and ensilage 2 00 per ton. 



In estimating the value of the product, 19 cents per pound is allowed for the 

 butter, and 15 cents per hundred pounds for the skim milk and butter milk. The 

 butter is manufactured in the farm dairy and sells on the market at from 22 cents to 

 30 cents per pound, an average of about 25 cents per pound during the year. This 

 leaves about 6 cents per pound for cost of manufacture. 



The following tables give in detail the particulars concerning each cow, herd state- 

 ments for each of the pure-bred and grade herds, and monthly statements for all the 

 herds combined. 



• Tlie monthly statements for the whole milking herd show the total yield of milk 

 for each month, its butter fat content, the amount of butter produced, the number of 

 pounds of milk required for a pound of butter, and the average yield of milk per cow 

 per diem. The highest per cent of fat was recorded in February, and the lowest in 

 April. The average yield of milk for the herd during the year was 7,-339 lbs., which 

 produced an average of 368 "41 lbs. butter for each cow during the yeai\ 



It will be noticed that at one time and another during the year 26 cows were in 

 milk. In taking the average, two of these were neglected because their records extend 

 over two months only or less, They were the Canadian cow Zamora purchased from 

 the Ursuline Sisters, of Roberval, in September, and the grade Shortliorn heifer Sadie, 

 that dropped her first calf in September, 1902. 



