REPORT OF THE AGRlCi'LTLRlHT. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SUMMARY. 



DARLING— AYRSHIRE. 



72 



HAZEL^GRADE. 



RUBY-GUERNSEY. 



Per cent fat morning . . 



II M evening. . . 



II M whole day 

 Yield of butter fat 



4 5 

 4-9 

 4-7 

 0-654 lbs. 



5-75 

 5-65 

 5-70 

 0-627 lbs. 



6-27 

 6-20 

 6-24 

 0-664 lbs. 



5-68 

 6 35 

 601 

 0-.578 lbs. 



5-45 

 6-26 

 5-85 

 0-608 lbs. 



THERESA -QUEBEC JERSEY GRADE. 



Per cent fat morning. . 



II M evening. . . 



M I whole day 

 Yield of butter fat 



3-5 

 3-9 

 3-7 

 0-662 lbs. 



370 

 4-36 

 4 03 

 0-585 lbs. 



4-57 

 4-82 

 4-69 

 0-672 lbs. 



4-46 



4-71 

 4-58 

 0-616 lis. 



A study of the above records would indicate : 



1. That the percentage of butter fat in the milk, from morning or evening milking, 

 is influenced by the comparative length of interval between the milking hours. 



2. The richer milk is found to "be produced after the shorter interval. 



3. Where intervals between milkings are equal, no appreciable difference appears 

 to exist in either the quality or quantity of the milk drawn in the morning or in the 

 evening. 



4. Periods of change in hours of milking are evidently periods of excitement and 

 affect individuals differently. 



STEER EXPERIMENTS. 



The experiments with steers during the year have been along the line of determin- 

 ing the comparative economy (1), of feeding dehorned steers loose as contrasted with 

 feeding dehorned steers tied, and feeding steers not dehorned tied ; (2) of feeding year- 

 lings, two-year olds, or three-year olds ; (3) feeding steer calves a limited or growing 

 ration, or feeding them a heavy or fattening ration. 



