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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mangels. 



Bush. Lbs. Tons. Lbs. 



]\rang:e]s (field crops) 328 20 9 1,700 



Mangels (test plots) 100 48 3 48 



429 8 12 1,748 



GRAIN AND POTATO DISTRIBUTION. 



Some of the most promising: varieties of grain and potatoes were again distribtitc-d 

 this year, free to farmers who made application. The following nnmber of packages 

 of 3 lbs. each were sent ont : — 



Oats 212 



Barley 43 



Wlicat 100 



Pease 40 



Buckwheat lY 



Potatoes 263 



Total 075 



HORSES. 



No change in the horses has been made in the past year. The present number 

 being eight, consisting of six heavy team horses, one express horse and one driver. 

 One of the older horses has this winter become lame and should be disposed of and 

 replaced by another. 



CATTLE. 



It will be remembered that when making my last report, November 30, 1905, 

 all of the cattle then on hand had been recently tested with tuberculin, with the result 

 that quite a lai-ge percentage had reacted, or were suspicious, and were then under 

 the care of the Veterinary Department. Forty animals including cows, heifers and 

 steers were kept in a building open on the south and east sides and fed outside until 

 May 25, 1906, when by instruction they were shipped to Ottawa to the Veterinary 

 Director General, Dr. J. G. Rutherford. All came through the winter in good condi- 

 tion and no sig,ns of any development of disease were found. 



The buildings were then disinfected by being first cleaned thoroughly by sweep- 

 ing and brushing, so as to dislodge bacteria, and the sweepings taken into the yard and 

 burned. After this cleaning the interior was gone over with water used in a boiling 

 condition, freely with a broom, to each five gallons of which was added one quart of 

 crude carbolic acid. After this had dried the surface of the woodwork was thoroughly 

 sprayed, and particular attention paid to the crevices, with the following solution: — 

 four ounces of corrosive sublimate, and two ounces of chloride of ammonium, poundetl 

 finely and mixed together and dissolved in ten gallons of water, the material being 

 entirely dissolved before using. This spraying was reported after a few days and th(Mi 

 when dry the vhf)!e of the woodwork, walls and ceilings was whitewashed with lime 

 to every five gallons of which had been added one quart of crude cariiolic neid. After 

 treatment the buildings were exposed to the air and sunlight for the balance of the 

 summer, the doors and windows liaving all l>oeu removed for that purpose. 



Late in November, 1906, fifty grade Shorthorn 2A and 3^ year old steers wrrc 

 purchased and put in to feed. Up to December 15 no meal was fed. From this date, 



