53 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



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The Yorkshires are 100 in number, including 2 stock boars, 33 breeding sows, 11 

 young sows, 40 young pigs and 14 feeders. 



The Berkshires are 30 in number, including 2 stock boars, 18 brood sows, 4 young 

 sows and 6 young pigs. 



The Tamworts are 44 in number, including 2 stock boars, 13 breeding sows, 8 

 young sows, 12 young pigs and 9 feeders. 



HORSES. 



There are usually 19 horses in the stables. These horses are expected to do the 

 work in the various divisions during the year. The work on the ' 200-acre farm ' is 

 but a part of their duties. They work in addition for the Horticultural and Cereal 

 Divsions, as well as upon the lawns and in the arboretum. In addition, a large 

 amount of hauling or cartage in connection with the different divisions, as well as 

 road making and messenger service, takes up much of their time. 



HORSE LABOUR. 



During the year, from April 1, 1910, to March 31, 1911, the work done by the 

 horses kept in the stables here was equivalent to 5,038-6 days' work, distributed a9 

 follows : Live stock, hauling feed, marketing stock, etc., 136 :7 days ; farm work, ' 200- 

 acre form,' 841-6 days; draining and care of roads, including removing snow and 

 breaking roads in winter, 171-8 days; manure on '200-acre farm,' 368 days; Horti- 

 cultural Division, 761*9 days; Cereal Division, 645-5 days; lawns, etc., 185-6 days; 

 bulletins and reports, from and to farm offices, 105-1 days; poultry, 40-4 days; mail, 

 and milk delivery, 57-5 days; omnibus service, including one horse for omnibus, two 

 horses for general driving, and one horse for supervision of work, 1,460 days ; work 

 about greenhouse, outbuildings, ' sidewalks, exhibitions, etc., 703 days; arboretum, 

 161-5 days. 



FEEDING THE WORK HORSES. 



The horses here are fed by one man. Each teamster is responsible for the clean- 

 ing of his horses and harness, but has nothing to do with the feed. 



Generally speaking, the horses are fed on mixed hay, given long, oats and bran, 

 about 5 parts of whole oats to 2 parts of bran. These two are mixed and fed dry. 

 On Saturday nights a bran mash of 5 or 6 lbs. per horse takes the place of the regular 

 oat and bran mixture. When horses are on very heavy work, the ratio between oats 

 and bran is usually changed to 5 of oats and 1 of bran. The horses receive from 1 to 

 1^ lbs. of the oat and bran mixture and about 1 lb. of hay a day for each 100 lbs. of 

 their weight. That is to say, a 1,600-lb. horse would get from 16 to 20 lbs. of grain 

 mixture and about 16 lbs. of hay each day. The amount of grain or grain mixture 

 fed depends upon the work being performed. The harder the work, the larger the 

 amount of meal fed. That is, of course, subject to change, according to the health 

 of the animals and various other minor considerations, such as degree of fatigue at 

 night, temperature, etc. 



The feeding of the horses follows regular lines and is done at regular hours. 

 The first feed for the day is given at 5 a.m. It consists of about three-eighths of 

 the total amount of meal or grain mixture to be fed during the day and about one- 

 quarter of the hay. The noon feed is about the same thing. The evening feed con- 

 sists of about one-quarter or two-eighths of the meal or grain mixture for the day 

 and about one-half the hay. 



