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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



CATTLE. 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



The herd of cattle on the experimental farm now consists of the following 

 animals : — 



Name of Animal. 



Alice May 



Nancy 



Brandon Myrtle 



Red Knight of Brandon 



Jvose of Brandon 



Lily of Brandon 



Dentry 



Haron 



lirandon Maid 



Ottawa Prince ..... .... 



Marie 



liuben . . 

 Christie. . 

 Cretchen 

 Carrie . . . , 

 Jennette. 

 Jenney 



Margaret 

 Daisy .... 



Pet 



Sia 



Shorthorn 



Ayrshire. 



ir 



Guernsey . 



4 

 4 

 5 

 2 



18 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 8 

 3 

 4 

 

 7 

 G 



15 



n 



i 6 



Ayrshire Grade ] 5 



17 



Shorthorn Grade. 



years . 



n 



M 



n . . 



months 

 years . . 



It . . 



" . . 



n 



u.unth.s 



It 

 years . . 



n . . 



H -. . 



11 . ■ 



months 



ir 



M . . 



years 

 months 



Weight. 



Lbs 



1,3G5 



1,210 



1,435 



1,710 



890 



1,145 



1,020 



1,020 



945 



1,4^0 



470 



230 



1,275 



1,310 



1,4()5 



1,-590 



530 



G30 



330 



920 



G55 



MILIvIXG COWS. 



The accompanying table gives the length of the milking period and the weight 

 of milk given by a number of the experimental farm cows for the past year : — 



EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING STEERS. 



OXE-YE.\R-OLD STEERS COMP.\RED WITH TWO-YEAR-OLDS. 



The twelve steers selected for this test were apparently all shorthorn grades. Six 

 of them were about 18 months old, the others 30 months. All were raised in the 

 neighbourhood of Hamiota, Manitoba. 



When purchased in November, 1903, the steers cost $3.25 per hundred pounds live 

 weight and sold in May, 1904, for $4.25 per hundred pounds. The older steers were the 

 most suitable for export purposes, but all were killed in Winnipeg, and the buyer gave 

 the same price for each lot. 



