392 



EJPKNTMEXTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



Two-year-old steers — 



9,360 lbs. of fodder corn, at $4 per ton $18 72 



4,980 lbs, mixed straw, at $1 per ton 2 49 



6,180 lbs. of turnips, at 5c. per bushel 5 05 



11,466 lbs. of ensilage, at $2 per ton 11 46 



3,090 lbs. bran, at $12 per ton 18 54 



4,008 lbs, of chop, at 75c. per 100 lbs 30 60 



$86 86 



SLnniARY OF RESULTS. 



One year old steers. 

 Two year old steers. 



Value of 



Feed 



Consumed. 



Price per 



Steer 

 sold for. 



Gain per 

 Day. 



Profit per 

 Steer. 



•S cts. j 



12 49 ! 

 14 47 I 



$ cts. 



43 15 

 55 92 



Lbs. Oz. 



1 11 

 1 11 



$ cts. 

 1 85 



2 23 



CONCLUSIONS, 



The results of this experiment would lead ns to the following conclusions : — 



First, the amount of gain in weight per day is the same with each lot of steers. 



Second, the two-year-olds were slightly more profitable than the one-year-olds. 



Third, the feeding of steers provides a ready maiket on the farm for rough fodder 

 and inferior grain, but unless there is a greater difference than $1 per 100 lbs. be- 

 tween the buying price in the fall and the selling pri-ce in the spring, there is very 

 little profit. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SWINE. 



BARLEY COMPARED WITH :MIXED GRAIN. 



Barley is very productive in this country, and the six-rowed varieties can be 

 sown late in the season, after all other seeding is finished, and still escape injury from 

 frost. But few farmers, however, appear to use it extensively for pig feed. 



Eight pigs were used for this test, all were cross-bred Berkshire and Tamworths. 



The mixed grain used was one-third each of wheat, oats and barley; all the grain 

 was ground coarsely. 



Both kinds of feed were valued at 75c, per 100 lbs. 



The pigs were purchased at $4 per 100 lbs. live weight, and sold at the close of 

 the test at $5 per 100 lbs. 



RATION FED. 



Amount and value of food consumed during the fattening term of 70 days, from 

 June 23 to September 1, 1904 :— 



Pen No. 1, fed barley alone 

 Pen No. 2, fed mixed grain 



Grain fed. 



Lbs. 



1,130 

 1,090 



Value of 

 feed. 



$ cts. 



8 47 

 8 17 



