REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 255 



Summary. 



It took an average of 4 lbs. 11 oz. of barley during the four months to make one 

 pound of poik. 



Average return per bushel of barley fed 50 cents. 



CATTLE. 



The cattle on the farm have been perfectly healthy during the year, and there 

 have been no losses through sickness. 



During the year there has been added to the herd the following calves, all bulls, 

 viz.: two Ayrshires, two Holsteins and one each of Shorthorn and Galloway, and one 

 Grade. 



Three young bulls, one each of Holstein, Ayrshire and Galloway were sold by 

 public auction on November 15th. The herd now consists of 7 Shorthorns, 6 Ayrshires, 

 7 Holsteins, 4 Galloways and 3 Grades. 



A record has been kept of the yield of milk given by each cow ; but as the 

 necessary apparatus for testing the quality of the milk of the different breeds, is 

 about to be supplied it is thought best to defer publishing the yields until the relative 

 richness of the milk of the different bi-eeds can be accurately determined. 



FATTENING STEERS WITH FROZEN WHEAT AND BARLEY. 



Eecognizing the fact that the results of several years' experiments are 

 required in almost every line before reliable conclusions can be reached, the expe- 

 riments in feeding steers with frozen wheat and barley commenced in the winter of 

 1892-3, were continued last winter, but with three steers in each group instead of 

 two. 



Nine very even and fairly thrifty steers, raised by farmers near here, were 

 secured for this purpose. They were all grades, Shorthorn blood predominating 

 and about 2^ years old, they were purchased in the fall at 2^ cents per pound live 

 weight, and sold in the spring at 3J cents. 



The nine steers were divided into three groups of three each, and fed for live 

 months all they would eat clean of the following rations : — 



Composition of the different Hations, 



First lot of steers — 



Lbs. 



Cut wheat straw 20 



No. 3 frozen wheat chop 15 



Second lot of steers — 



Lbs. 



Cut wheat straw , 15 



No. 3 frozen wheat chop 9 



Turnips sliced 20 



Third lot of steers — 



Lbs. 



Cut wheat straw 10 



Barley chop 10 



Turnips sliced 20 



The several ingredients were spread in layers in a heap, and after being moisJ- 

 tened were throughly mixed and fed all they would eat up clean the following day, 

 in three feeds. 



