5-6 EDWARD VII. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



A. 1906 



INDEX 



Page 

 Agriculturist— Report of the 47 



Beef production 62-70 



" influence of age on cost. 63 



Baby beef 65 



Corn, varieties grown for ensilage.. .. 75 

 Crops on 200-acre farm 75 



Dairy herds, the 51 



Monthly statements 53 



Financial and general statements 54-55 



Daily dairy herd records 57 



Feeding dairy cattle 56 



Feeding, summer 52 



Feeding, winter 51 



Feeding, cost of 52 



Feed, amount consumed by 73 



Dairy herd reports 54 



Ayrshires 55 



Ayrshire grades 55 



Canadians 5o 



Canadian grades 55 



Guernseys 55 



Guernsey grades 53 



Shorthorns 55 



Dairy cows, experiments with 58-61 



Apples as feed for cows 60-61 



Pea dust for dairy cows 60 



Spirit grains for dairy cows 59 



Meal seeds for dairy cows 58 



Farm, the 200-acre 75 



Crop on, in 1905 76 



Comparative statement of crops on, 



from 1899 to 1906, inclusive 76 



Feed produced on, and utilization 



thereof, in 1904 ._ 73 



Financial summary 74 



Horses 47 



Bran-feeding experiment 49 



Labour, value and amount of 4S 



Letter of transmittal 47 



Live stock 47 



Horses 47 



Cattle 47 



Sheep 48 



Swine 48 



Financial statements.. 74-75 



Pagb. 

 Agriculturist — ^Report of the — Con. 



Pork production 70-73 



Pigs on alfalfa pasture 71 



Pigs on red clover pasture 71 



Pigs on roots as pasture 72 



Pigs fed in pens — no green feed 72 



Pigs fed in pens; roots and meal.. .. 72 



Rotation experiment 77 



Rotation A, 5 years 78 



iRotation B, 5 years 79 



Rotation E, 3 years 82 



Rotation Z, 3 years 83 



Rotation H, hogs 84 



Rotation T, sheep 85 



Rotation D and S, Deep vs. Shallow 



ploughing 80-81 



Rotations M, N, and P, : short vs. 



long, and clover vs. no clover.. ..86-83 



iRoots, varieties grown 75 



Steers, experiments with 62--70 



Long vs. short feed steers 62-€3 



Influence of age on cost of putting on 



flesh 63 



Summary of operations on 200-acr« farm. 90 

 Bedford, S. A., Superintendent of Experi- 

 mental Farm, Brandon, Manitoba, Re- 

 port of 321 



Blair, W. S., Horticulturist, Experimental 



Farm, Nappan, N.S., Report of 301 



Cerealist— Report of the 205 



Acknowledgments 205 



Barley, six-row 212,220 



Beardless 221 



Earliest varieties of 221 



Hulless 221 



Most productive varieties of 221 



Test of varieties of 220 



Albert 220 



Argyle 220 



Bere 220 



Black Japan 220 



Blue Long Head 220 



Brome 220 



Champion 220 



Chinese Hulless 220 



Claude 220 



IG— 29 



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