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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



The Tariety of crops grown and the varying areas under each crop each year make 

 it ointG. difficult to make a comparison of the returns of the different years, so to sim- 

 plify matters I would suggest that a fixed valuation be put upon the products, and the 

 returns of each year valued accordingly. 



Fixing prices as follows : Grain, $1 per 100 lbs.; roots and ensilage, $2 per ton; 

 hay. $7 per ton; pasturing cattle, $8 i^er season : and area under pigs, $15 per acre; the 

 returns from the ' 200 Acre Farm ' for the years mentioned may be said to have been 

 worth $2,776.06 in 1899; $4,110.21 in 1900; $4,4.31.72 in 1901; $4,787.14 in 1902; 

 $4,148.19 in 1903 ; $4,741.09 in 1904. 



UTILIZATION OP FEED. 



An examination into the supply of feed produced on the ' 200 Acre Farm,' the ex- 

 perimental plots of roots and corn, and the meal or grain purchased for use in the 

 barns, together with a detailed statement of the disposal thereof, and a statem^ent of 

 the kinds of grain and meal consumed from July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904, follow's : — 



Summary of Feed of all kinds used for Stock on 200 Acre Farm from July 1, 1903, 



to June 30, 1904. 



Orowu on 200 Acre Farm, (crop of 1903) 



Recoived from Experimental Department 



Received from Distribution Division (refuse grain) 

 Purchased 



Total 



Straw. 



Lbs. 



120,000 

 10,000 



110,000 



240,000 



Grain 

 or Meal. 



Lbs. 

 106,021 



39,318 

 249,863 



395,802 



Roots and 

 Ensilage. 



Lbs. 



900,000 

 217,745 



1,117,745 



Hay. 



Lbs. 

 304,000 



8,000 



312,000 



Disposition of Feed harvested on, and bought for use of Live Stock on 200 'Acre Farm.' 



Class Fed. 



1 9 horses 



81 steers 



38 milch cows, all breeds 



40 young stock and bulls, all breeds. 



75 sheep 



400 swine . 



Poultry division 



Loss by experimental curing . . . 



Total accounted for . 



Amount harvested and received . 



Shrinkage or loss 



Percentage shrinkage or losp 



Hay. 



Lbs. 



130,000 

 37,393 

 .53,480 

 40,500 

 20,500 



4,000 



285,873 



312,000 



26,127 



Grain Corn j Feeding 



and Meal . and Roots. Straw. 



8-38% 



Lbs. 



115,512 



36,107 



63,144 



15,680 



9,041 



110,500 

 21,615 



371,599 



395,802 



24,203 



6-12% 



Lbs. 



3,000 

 340,400 

 344,128 

 200,040 



5,000 

 25,000 



2,700 



5.500 



925,768 



1,117,745 



191.977 



]7-17% 



Lbs 



24,563 

 15,460 

 20,478 



60,501 



Bedding 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



28,000 

 50,600 

 30,650 

 30,480 

 5,OOo 

 20,000 

 13,950 



178,080 



