n EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VJL, A- 1905 

 SUMMARY. 



BETURNS. 



Gross returns from animals of all classes, including value 

 of products, value of services and increase in value 

 of young stock 9,992 06 



Manure, 1,100 tons 1,100 00 



$11,092 96 



EXPEXDITUriE. 



Value of Food Consumed. 



Meal $3,560 89 



Hay 1,078 00 



Roots and ensilage 1,109 Si 



Whole milk, 17,640 lbs 176 40 



Skim-milk, 180,000 lbs 270 00 



6,191 83 



Straw, 112 tons at $4 per ton 448 00 



Cost of labour in connection with care of hoi-ses, cattle, 

 sheep and swine: — 



Herdsman $660 00 



Two men at $480 960 00 



Three men at $432 1,296 00 



Extra help, teaming, &c 461 40 



.$3,377 40 3,377 40 



$10,020 23 • 

 Balance * . 1,072 73 



It will be noted that the clear profit after all items have been paid is rather email ^ 

 when the number of animals is considered. It must be remembered, however, that all 

 feeds are charged at market prices and no allowance made for shrink or loss in car- 

 ing; further, that straw for bedding, &c., is charged at $4 per ton. The wage item in 

 connection with the care and feeding is likewise open to criticism, but may be ex- 

 plained as follows. In the first place, experimental feeding demands more time and 

 a higher class service than is generally used by farmers; in addition, proximity to 

 Ottawa raises the wage rate, and lastly, the buildings and facilities for feeding and 

 earing for the stock are not nearly so good as they should be. 



ROTATION EXPERIMEjS'T. 



Eor five years, from 1899 to 1903, inclusive, the ' 200-acre farm ' has been cropped 

 midcr a rotation of five years' duration as follows: Clover hay; Timothy or mixed hay 

 or pasture; grain, 10 pounds Red Clover for fertilizing purposes; corn or roots ; 

 grain, 8 pounds Red Clover, 10 pounds Timothy seed for meadow. 



The results have been very interesting, since the aggregate annual crop retum.s 

 from the farm seemed to have been materially incrensed. The fact that a rotation 



