76 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 

 Lot 9. 



Number of steers in lot 4 



First weight, gross, January 28, 1911 lbs. 3,860 



First weight, average " 965 



Finished weight, gross, April 8, 1911 " 4,335 



Finished weight, average " 1,084 



Total gain in 70 days " 475 



Average gain per steer . . . . . " 118-7 



Daily gain per steer " 1-69 



Daily gain per lot, 4 steers " 6-79 



Gross cost of feed $ 44 87 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain cts. 9-44 



Average cost of feed per steer $ 11 22 



Amount of meal eaten per lot of 4 steers lbs. 2,506 



Amount of ensilage and roots eaten " 6,384 



Amount of hay eaten " 1,743 



Amount of straw eaten " 798 



SHEEP. 



Another fairly successful year may be reported so far as breeding operations with 

 sheep are concerned. We seem to have learned how to guard against internal para- 

 sites, though stocking heavily on a small area. The feeding of more or less soiling 

 crop and the following of a short rotation appears to be the proper method to follow. 

 Leaving sheep more than one year on a pasture closely fed down has invariably re- 

 sulted disastrously for us. The keeping them for only one year on the pasture has for 

 two seasons now seemed to overcome practically all clanger from the stomach or intest- 

 inal worm. 



EXPERIMENT IN FATTENING LAMBS. 



In order to gain further information on the relative value of corn silage and of 

 roots for fattening lambs, an experiment similar to that conducted in 1909-1910, was 

 undertaken. 



Twenty mixed grade wethers, three pure-bred Leicester ewes and four pure-bred 

 Shropshire ewes, all about seven months of age, were used in this trial. The wethers 

 were purchased in Carleton county, and as they had come from rough pasture, they 

 were in just fair shape before being placed under experiment. The ewes were of our 

 own breeding and were in a thrifty condition but not fat. 



Some days befoie being grouped they were dipped. 



On the morning of December 7, 1910, they were divided into three lots of nine 

 each, and put on test. The experiment covered a period of 124 days. 



Lot No. 1. — Seven wethers, 1 Leicester ewe and 1 Shropshire ewe weighed 953 lbs. 



Lot No. 2. — Seven wethers, 1 Leicester ewe and 1 Shropshire ewe weighed 953 lbs. 



Lot No. 3. — Six wethers, 1 Leicester ewe and 2 Shropshire ewes weighed 954 lbs. 



Until December 22, they received clover hay only, at the rate of 3 lbs. per head 

 per diem. From the morning of that date they were fed as follows: — 



Each lamb of each group received 8 ozs. per diem during the first week, 10 ozs. the 

 second week, 12 ozs. the third week, 14 ozs. the fourth week, 16 ozs. the fifth week, 

 18 ozs. the sixth and seventh weeks, 20 ozs. the eighth and ninth weeks, 22 ozs. 



