5 GEORGE V. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1915 



REPORT 



FROM THE 



DIVISION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



Ott.\w.\, March 31, 1914. 



J. IT. GrnsDALa E.sq., B.Agr., 



Director Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



5>iK, — I liavo tlie honour to submit herewith reports upon the beef cattle, dairy 

 cattle and dairying operations, horses, sheep, and swine on the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm and branch Farms and Stations for the past year. 



On October 11, 1914, this Division suffered severely at the Central Experimental 

 Farm in the loss of the main dairy barn, calf, bull and steer barns by fire. Tbis 

 necessitated the discontmuing of many lines of work at this Farm, not only witb 

 Dairy and Beef cattle, but also with other cla^^ses of stock, as all remaining build- 

 ings wore crowded to their limit. With the completion of the new buildings, no\» 

 under construction, all such postponed work will be continued. 



For help in preparing and compiling a large proportion of the data contained 

 in the text of the Central Farm report, I am indebted to Mr. G. B. Roth well. The 

 conducting of work and reporting results of sucli work on the branch Farms and 

 Stations have been in the hands of the Sui'terin ten dents of those Farm^ and Stations. 



In work with swine, both breeding and feeding, on the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Mr. D. D. Gray, farm foreman, deserves special credit for the very efficient 

 manner in which he conducted tlie various operations and retained careful and 

 accurate records of same. 



The work of keeping breeding and sales records for the Central Experimental 

 Farm, and also the registration work for all Dominion Experimental Farms, has been 

 most efficientlj' performed by IMr. G. B. Rothwell. 



To Mr. Jos. Meilleur, dairyman at the Central Farm, I am indebted for excellent 

 work and careful records in bis department. 



To Mr. Robt. Cunningham, lierd.-man, T am indebted for constant and efficient 

 care of stock and for interest and assistance in new work, as well as the satisfactory 

 performance of the routine work in connection with all classes of cattle. 



Ti) my secretary, iSlr. O. .lohnsoii, 1 am indebted for efficiency and diligence in 

 office work, which includes heavy correspondence and the keeping records tabulated and 

 filed. 



Attention is drawn to the fact that all feeding experimental work is conducted 

 in co-operation with the Division of Chemistry. Readers are referred to the repcrt 

 of the l)ominif)n Chemist, Mr. F. T. Shutt. in which are contained the analyses of all 

 foodstuffs being fed experimentally. 



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