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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. -i^lS 



In conipariug' tlie results f roiu tiie various herds, special note must be made of the 

 fact that the barn in which the grade cows were housed was not lost by fire, only tli8 

 main barn and its various wings, in which all the pure-bred dairy cattle were housed, 

 'being destroyed. In consequence, the grade cows had, during the latter half of the 

 fiscal year, a very much better opportunity than did the pure-breds, as they were not 

 seriously affected by the fire. 



OFFICIAL RECORDS OF PRODUCTION^. 



Although the herd records on the Central Experimental Farm are considered 

 official, yet the policy of the Fai-ms has been to place individual cows under test sim- 

 ilar to cows of private individuals, and conduct the same under similar supervision. 

 In consequence of this policy, pure-bred individual cows from tlie various herds on 

 the Central Experimental Farm have, during the past years, been entered in the Record 

 of Performance and, added to this during the past fiscal year, a few individual Hol- 

 steins were entered in the Canadian Holstein Friesian Association Record of Merit. 



Following is a list of the cows which have completed these official records during 

 the past fiscal year: — 



Canadian Record of Perfomnance. 



Name of cow. 



Evergreen March 3rd.. 



Ottawa Kate 



Flavia 2nd 



Fortune 4th of Ottawa 



Aromaz 



Inoquette 3rd 



Fortune Cadette 



Breed. 



I Age at 

 commencement 

 of test. 



Holstein 



Ayrshire 



Ayrshire 



Fr. Canadian 



Number 



days 

 milking. 



335 

 365 

 317 

 365 

 360 

 365 

 319 



Pounds 



milk 



produced. 



13,804 

 11,873 

 9,520 

 9,127 

 7,712 

 6,763 

 5,801 



Pounds 



fat 



produced, 



525-48 

 478 70 

 374-84 

 410 02 

 41.5-86 

 315-28 

 287 00 



Average 



per cent. 



fat. 



8 

 9 

 94 

 42 

 33 

 501 

 4-71 



Ottawa. 



