288 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



The following will show the results obtained : — 



S 



s 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



Name. 



Corie 



Curly 



Rae 



Lid a Rooker. 

 Ilda Rooker. . 



Lizzie 



Eva Rooker . 

 Rex's Maud . 



Sylva 



Stella 



•Jesse 



Mossy 



Maggie 



Minnie 



Sarah 



Flora 



Nora 



Winnie 



Helen 



Polly... 



Beatrice; 



Mamie 



Age. 



8yrs. 



Breed. 



Holstein , 



Jer. Grade 

 Ay. Grade. 

 Ayrshire . . 



Ay. Grade 



Ay. G. Grade . , 



Ay. G. Grade. . 



Holstein 



Guernsey 



Ay. Grade 



Ay. G. Grade. . 

 Ay. Grade 



Ayrshire . 



Date of 

 dropping 

 last calf. 



Apl. 

 Feb. 

 Jan. 

 Mar. 



ti 

 Feb. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 

 Mar, 

 Feb. 

 Jan. 

 Feb. 

 Jan. 

 Feb. 



Sep. 

 Feb. 

 Jan. 

 Feb. 



M 



Sep. 

 Aug, 



3, '05 

 1.5, '05 

 15, '05 

 25, '05 



1,'05 

 10, '05 



1,'05 

 30, '04 



1,'05 

 14,'05 



1,'05 



1,'05 

 15, '05 



l.'Of. 



1,'05 

 30, '04 



1,'04 

 15, '04 

 10, '04 



1,'04 

 21, '04 



1,'05 



1^ 



P 



300 

 285 

 285 

 290' 

 300 

 2G0 

 300 

 240 

 270 

 285 

 270 

 270 

 270 

 300 

 300 

 300 

 270 

 285 

 290 

 270 

 210 

 120 



1-5 



7,200 

 6,400 

 6,100 

 6,990 

 6,800 

 5,300 

 7,300 

 5,300 

 4,500 

 4,800 

 .5.500 

 5,100 

 5,900 

 5,040 

 5,380 

 5,500 

 5,210 

 5, .540 

 5,500 

 4,920 

 5, ICO 

 3,250 





p. c. 



M 



1^ 



m 



> 



Lbs. 



338-82 

 308-70 

 315-76 

 296 04 

 288-00 

 208-11 

 283-41 

 293 05 

 243-52 

 248-47 

 265-29 

 252 00 

 263 -76 

 243 -10 

 253 -17 

 265-29 

 245-17 

 247 67 

 220 00 

 225-74 

 216-00 

 130 00 



$ cts. 



20l 

 40 



lol 



99 1 

 80| 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 50 

 80 

 50 

 10 

 90 

 04 

 38 

 50 

 21 

 54 

 50 

 92 

 10 

 25 



§ cts. 



79 47 

 72 25 

 71 6'- 

 70 14 

 69 08 

 60 93 

 66 30 

 62 68 



56 49 



57 80 



59 00 



58 86 



60 63 



56 90 



57 91 



58 99 

 56 08 

 56 93 

 52 44 

 51 76 

 46 14 

 32 50 



$ cts. 



49 40 

 47 54 

 47 81 



46 50 



47 54 

 43 37 

 49 10 

 47 72 

 41 98 



43 37 



44 60 

 44 78 



47 81 

 44 78 

 46 22 



48 74 



46 2i 



47 81 



43 37 



44 78 

 43 50 

 32 00 



o 



$ cts. 



30 07 



24 71 



23 8] 



23 04 



21 54 



17 56 



17 20 



14 96 



14 51 



14 43 



14 40 



14 (»8 



12 82 



12 12 



11 69 



10 25 



9 80 



9 12 



9 07 



6 98 



2 64 



50 



EXPERIMENTS WITH STEERS. 



Experiment /. — Fed in Stalls vs. Fed in Loose Box. 



Sixteen steers were used for this test, in two lots of eight each, termed lot I. and 

 lot II., containing four 2h year old, and four 3^ year old steers in each lot. Lot I. 

 were placed in loose boxes, and lot II. were tied up, and were, as nearly as possible, 

 equal in form, features and weight (shorthorn grades). 



The weights given are the weights taken after a fast of fourteen hours, that is, 

 from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m the following morning. Both lots were fed alike from start to 

 finish of this test. 



They were kept in the stable all the time, except on occasional fine days, when 

 they were let out for a time, averaging not more than once a week. 



The feeds were charged at the following prices : — Hay, $8 per ton (average price 

 for last 5 years) ; roots, $2 per ton; ensilage, $2 per ton; wheat bran, $19.50 per ton; 

 gluten meal, $27 per ton; oil cake, >pM per ton; mixed grain (oats, pease and barley), 

 $24 per ton ; making an average cost of meal ration of 1^ cents per lb. as per propor- 

 tion fed. 



The steers were all dehorned immediately after beginning of the test, with a key- 

 stone clipper. No bad effects were noticed. 



As a result of the decrease in weight from this operation, a very slight increase 

 was obtained up to December 1, showing that an average of two weeks was required 

 to regain this loss. 



The result of this experiment again shows slightly more gain for those fed in 

 loose box-stalls, than for those tied up. 



Following are the results obtained: — 



