DIVlSlOy OF lyiMAL nUSILVNDRY 415 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, BRANDON. MAN. 



REPOUT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. W. C. McKILLICAN, B.S.A. 



HORSES. 



The horses on this F;inn at present consist of the folhiwinp:: twelve heavy fiirm 

 horses, two li^ht horses for driving, and one 2-year old colt. 



The horses are kept for labour purposes; no hrecding or experimental work has 

 been done during the year. 



CLASSIFICATION OF LAF>OUR. 



The labour performed by the horses during the year was divided as follows: Farm 

 work (regular), 12,150 hours; farm work (experimental) 10,710 hours; horticulture. 

 640 hours; roads, 750 hours; drawing feed, 630 hours; drawing manure, 1,250 hours; 

 messenger service, 3,120 hours. 



HORSE BARN. 



A new horse barn hus been built this year. It is 72 feet 4 inches long and 32 feet 

 wide, and provides accommodation for fourteen horses tied up in single stalls, and three 

 roomy box stalls. 



The single stalls are on each side of a 12-foot main passage which runs lengthwise 

 of the building. The space of tv/o stalls in the middle of the west side is used for 

 the main entrance to the stable. The ends of the building arc used for the box stalls 

 and feed, room, two box stalls being at the south end and one box stall and the feed 

 room at the north end. This is found to be a very convenient and compact arrange- 

 ment, and is nrore economical of space than a driveway through the stable from end 

 to end. 



There are no feed passages; the mangers are tight up to the wall, and the hay is 

 fed through chutes which extend from the manger to a height of 7 feet above the loft 

 floor. These chutes 'are double boarded, with air spaces between the boards, and the 

 doors which open into them are constructed in the same way. They work very satis- 

 factorily, the only difficulty being the swelling of the doors at the top of the chute 

 from the steam which rises from the stable. 



The stable is well lighted, a window opens directly into every stall. Thi^ gives 

 a bright and cheery appearance and should make it more healthful. 



The ventilation is the Rutherford system. There are three fresh-air inlets; each 

 receives the fresh air in a little box placed against the outside wall, with an opening 

 at each side 1 foot square covered by wire netting. From this entrance the air goes 

 through a 1-foot sewer pipe underneath the wall and the cement floor and comes up 

 through a grating placed so as to avoid sending a direct draft against a horse's body. 

 The locations of the ventilator inlets are shown in the accompanying plan, 

 i'he \entih^tor ovtkts consist of two wooden flues which rise from tlie coiling of lii;^ 

 stable and deliver the foul air through the vents shown on the roof. The flues are of 

 t\vo-p]y of matched lumber with an air space between. They are each 2 feet square. 

 Tl;e outlet on the roof is wide open to all four directions, and roofed on the top; it 

 has no louvres or other obstacles to impede tlie ventilation or form a settling place for 

 moisture. The flow of air is regulated by a damper placed in the outlet just above 

 tlic stable ceiling, and controlled by a rope hanging down in the stable. 



This ventihxtinn system has proven very effective. The stable has always been 

 fresh and dry, and almost entirely free from stable smells. 



