DiriSlOy OF AyiMAL El\'iBAyDRY 457 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERLArENTAL FAR:\I, INDIAN HEAD, SASK. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, T. J. HARRISON, B.S.A. 



SWINE. 



At this date the herd of swine on the Indian Head Experimental Farm consists 

 of one Yorkshire boar, four Yorkshire sews and one Berkshire sow., The Berkshire 

 boar was sold to the bntcher some weeks ago for the reason that his usefulness was past. 



During the year a number of young pigs were sold to farmers for breeding 

 purposes. The follov.-jng is a list of the animals sold: four Yorkshire boars and three 

 Yorkshire sows. In this connection it may be well to note that the demand greatly' 

 exceeded the supply. 



A very fair type prevails in the herd of bacon hogs, the Yorkshires being headed 

 by a boar of splendid quality .':nd conformation, and it is hoped iha't in the near futu:''e 

 a Berkshire of eoual standing may be procured. With the present equipment any 

 extensive feeding experinlents are impossible. The only work done in this connection 

 was a test in regard to feeding sows in the piggery and outside in cabins. Two sows 

 were kept in a single-board 6- by 8-foot cabin all winter, and thrived exceedingly well, 

 one of them having already given birth to a healthy but small litter. Those kept 

 inside were not imder good conditions as the old piggery is dark and poorly ventilated. 

 From the results so far it would seem to indicate that brood sows can be housed outside 

 during the winter quite satisfactorily. With a more up-to-date piggery s-.nd a larger 

 number of sows something more definite along this line may, during another season, 

 be undertaken. 



