REPORT OF MR. X. WOLIERTON 



321 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CATTLE. 



The herd of cattle now on the Experimental Farm consists of twenty-three 

 animals, exclusive of twelve fattening steers, as follows : — 





1 

 2 

 3 



4 



6 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



Name of Animal. 



Christie 



G retch on 



Sis 



Jennj" 



Margaret 



Ru uen 



Julia 



Louii-e 



Buttercup 



Blanche 



Rose 



Crocus 



Daisy 



James 



Jane 



Lily 



Snowball . 

 Westward Ho ! 

 Buster Brown . 



Marie . 



Duke.... 



Togo 



Nemo 



Breed. 



Grade— Ftmale. 



Shorthorn — Female , 



II Male .. . 



It Female . 



Ayrshire — Female . . 



Age. 



years . 

 8 .1 

 3| II 



Guernsey- 



Male ... 



-Female. 



Male . . . 



Shorthorn— Male.. 



12 months 

 2 



2 



3^ years . . 

 3 ,1 . . 

 2i ., ., 

 2 ,. .. 



13 months 

 4^ years . . 

 2 „ .. 

 12 months 

 4 



2 years . . . 

 2 I. . . 

 9 months . 

 1 month . . 



Weight. 



Lbs. 



1,320 



1,520 



1,2(;0 



l,.olO 



1.410 



1,570 



1,095 



710 



150 



110 



1,420 



1,205 



1,275 



1,460 



605 



1,295 



905 



590 



260 



030 



1,290 



510 



110 



EXPEKIMENTS IN FEEDING STEEKS. 



The eight animals used for this experiment were Shorthorn grades of fair quality, 

 purchased from a farmer near Oak Eiver, Manitoba. They were purchased in Novem- 

 ber, 1905, and the feeding began December 5. They cost delivered, $3 per hundred 

 pounds live weight and were sold April 27, 1906, for $4.40 live weight. 



The purpose of the experiment was to compare the value of oat sheaves and fodder 

 corn. For this purpose they were divided into two groups of four each, as equally as 

 possible. 



All were tied in stalls and, excepting in their feed, were treated as nearly alike as 

 possible. All were two years coming three. 



The daily ration was : — 



GROUP 1. 



Corn fodder 9.3 lbs. 



Ensilage IV " 



Turnips 10 " 



Chop 4 lbs., increased to 9 lbs. 



GROUP 2. 



Oat sheaves 20 lbs. 



Ensilage 17 " 



Turnips 10 " 



Chop 4 lbs., increased to 9 " 



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