438 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LACOMBE, ALTA. 



REPORT OE THE SUPERINTENDENT, G. H. HUTTON, B.S.A. 



SHEEP. 



Twenty common range ewes were puraliased in October, and ^ycre mated to a 

 pure-bred Shropshire ram with the object of carrying on a grading up experiment 

 with such sheep as are being generally brought into this country. Lambs from the 

 first and each successive cross will be weighed at birth and periodically thereafter; 

 samples of wool from the foundation flock and from each cross will be taken and data 

 secured as to the effect of such grading on both mutton and wool production. 



The cost of carrying these sheep through the winter was If cents per head per 

 day. They consumed 2 pounds of hay at $10 per ton and three-quarters of a pound of 

 oats at 1 cent per pound per head daily. 



