DITISIOS OF 1\IM1L nUSBANDRY 447 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 i 



EXPERLMENTAL FARM, NAPPAN, N. S. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, W. W. BAIRD, B.S.A. 



BREEDIiSTG SWTXE. 



In the spring of 1912-1'5 there were only tive hreodiiig swine at this Station, hence 

 it was decided to increase them to ten, adding two Berkshire and three Yorkshire sows, 

 so at present there are: Three Berkshire sows, one Berkshire boar, five Yorkshire sows, 

 one Yorkshire boar. 



The Berkshires are all in good shape and are exoeUent pigs. 



Two of the Yorkshire sows are getting somewhat aged, and will be disposed of. 

 The other three are young, in fact, just a year old, and are developing into three very 

 fine sows. 



During the season of 191;j only fair success was met with in the litters. The 

 Berkshire sow only gave a litter of six, and lost one. One of the Yorkshires gave a 

 nice litter of eleven, but was a very clumsy mother, and tramped and laid on five. Tlie 

 other Yorkshire sow gave only five and killed two of those, so that there were but few to 

 dispose of. 



x\s the present piggery is not at all suitable for pigs, it was decided to build four 

 colony houses for housing boars and sows. The accompanying plate will show the 

 structure of these cabins. 



During last winter all sows and boars were wintered in tliese houses except for just 

 a short period. While there was a little more feed and labour connected with it, we 

 found that the sows wintered in excellent shape and were in good condition at farrow- 

 ing time. They were moved into warmer quarters a week or more before farrowing 

 date. This allowed them to get accustomed to the quarters and feed inside. 



For the greater part of the time, they received shorts and bran, with 

 cracked corn when it could be had, in the following amounts: shorts 2^ ; bran 1; 

 cracked corn lA: by weight, or, when shorts and bran only were used, it was shorts 3 

 and bran 1. 



The following is a financial statement of the piggery: — 



FiNANC^iAF, Statement of Piggery for 1913-14. 



Sales during the year $172 18 



Value of manure 6 00 ^ 



Value of pigs on hand April 1. 1914 . 300 00 



$478 18 



Cost of feed and bedding $19S 94 



Cost of labour 164 25 



Cost of nsw stock 55 00 



Value of stock on hand April 1, 1913 12.) 00 



$543 19 

 Net balance against pigs ■ $6=' ^^ 



^OTE. — The reasons for there being a balance against the pigs are: First, the 

 number was too small to warrant full time for one man, yet the time spent on these 

 is sufficient to attend to twice or even three times as many more; Second, the bad luck 

 with the litters last season; Third, the addition of new stock. 



