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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 

 TABLE III. 

 Pen No. 1. — Feed: 2 lbs. Corn Meal, 1 lb. Crushed Oats and Skim-milk. 



No. 



Breeding. 



Yorkshire 



Berkshire 



Yorkshire (d) Berkshire (s). 

 Yorkshire (d) Tamworth (s) 



Berkshire 



Tamworth 



Per cent 

 Dressed 

 Weight. 



l,bs. 



7» 

 78 

 77 

 78 

 80 

 81 



■83 

 •54 

 15 

 -67 

 -00 

 •09 



Pen No. 3. — Feed : 3 lbs. Wheat Shorts and Skim-milk. 



Yorkshire . . , 



Berkshire 



Yorkshire (d) Berkshire (s) . 

 Yorkshire (d) Tamworth (s) 



Berkshire 



Tamworth 



90 



83 

 107 



80 

 102 



74 



164 

 160 

 171 

 147 

 132 

 150 



-05 

 13 

 -20 

 -64 

 •49 

 -67 



Pen No. 4. — Feed : 3 lbs. Buckwheat and Skim-milk. 



SHEEP. 



The sheep on this farm are rather a poor lot, having been kept -with the sole 

 •bject of raising the fertility of a field of ten acres without an additional fertilizer, 

 and for this reason many more sheep -were kept on this field than would otherwise have 

 been, and never having had any abundance of feed they have not made much improve- 

 ment. 



On the other hand, while this field only supported (and badly) 25 in 1898, ii 

 supported equally weli 34 in 1809, and 42 in 1900, with a fair prospect of again 

 supporting an increased number in 1901. 



An estimate of the amoimt of food consumed in winter was made, and lambs were 

 •xchanged to the value of thet amount ; the wool was also exchanged for feed, which 

 was fed to supplement the pasture through the summer. Two of the ten acres were 

 ■own with rape (Dwarf Essex) in June, and afforded excellent feed for the entire 

 4ock of 42 sheep from September 1 to October 15. 



The flock at present consists of 42 sheep, 6 lambs and 1 Shropshire ram. 



(s) Sire. (d) Dam. 



