REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 1G 



SUMM.'VRY. 



393 



CON'CLUSIONS. 



First, the pen fed on barley consumed 40 lbs more grain during the fattenin^^ 

 period than those fed on mixed grain. 



Second, the same pen also made a gain of 49 lbs. more than those fed on mixed 

 grain. 



Third, the pen fed on barlej' made $2.33 more profit than the animals fed on 

 mixed grain. 



FEEDIXG PIGS OX PEASE IX THE TIELD. 



Field pease give large returns in this pi'ovince, but the one great obstacle to their 

 general cultivation is the diiBculty in harvesting and threshing the crop. ^Vith the 

 object of overcoming this difficulty a trial was made of lurning a number of pigs into 

 one acre of nearly ripe pease and allowing them to do the harvesting and threshing. 



Ten pigs were used for this test. They were all of mixed breeding and cost on 

 September 3, $4.75 per hundred pounds, live weight, and sold on October 20 for $5 

 per hundred pounds. It was found necessary to ring them, otherwise they covered 

 many of the pease in rooting up the soil. 



The variety of pease used was Canadian Beauty, sown on one acre of summer- 

 fallow land, on May 7. Pigs were turned into the field on September 3, and by Oc- 

 tober 20, they had all the grain eaten clean. 



SUMMARY. 



POULTEY. 



Three breeds of poultry and their crosses have been kept during the year, namely: 

 — White Wyandottes, Light Brahmas and Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



All have kept quite healthy and seventy chicks were raised during the summer. 

 A number of cockerels have been sold to farmers for breeding purposes. Plymouth 

 Rocks are preferred for this purpose. 



co.NrpARisox OK wiirn: wvaxdottes with barred Plymouth rocks as f.vttexixg fowl. 



This is a repetition of last year's test, but the comparison is not quite so favour- 

 able to the Plymouth Rocks as the previous test. 



Four pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels and an equal number of Wliitc 

 Wyandottes were shut up in slatted pens, each 2x3 feet, and fed all they would eat 

 of finely ground grain, consisting of ono-third each of wheat, oats and barley. This 

 was given in troughs mixed with skim-milk to the consistency of thin porridge. 



