REPORT OF MR. G. E. BUTTON 509 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



3,000 lbs. wheat serenings chop at £ cent per lb $ 15 00 



333 lbs. salt 4 16 



20 tons straw at $1 per ton 20 00 



2,060 bundles green feed at 3 cents per bundle 61 80 



His. Min. 



Total time cost pumping water 117 45 



Total time cost feeding 91 35 



Total cost $1,493 33 



RECEIPTS. 



Sold 20 steers total weight 31,08-5 lbs., less 5 per cent, at 7 



cents per lb $2,067 17 



Profit on 8 pigs following steers 4 16 



Total receipts : $2,072 03 



Total cost 1,493 33 



Total profit $ 578 70 



Average profit per head 28 93 



HOUSES. 



The horses have been in good condition throughout the year, though the cost of 

 wintering is less than formerly. One heavy team did what work was necessary during 

 the winter and were blanketed and kept in the stable when not at work. The other 

 horses were allowed to run during the day and kept in the stable at night. All were 

 fed straw and two quarts of oat chop each three times daily and have come through 

 the winter in good flesh and heart for the spring work. Estimating the average 

 farm value of oats in Alberta at about 25 cents per bushel, and considering the fact 

 that one bushel of oats makes 56 quarts of chop, a cost of about 90 cents per head per 

 month for chop, is figured out. 



The heavy horses have done 3,287 hours of work during the year. 



BUILDINGS. 



A building for the accommodation of about twenty-five hens was erected. This 

 building is 10 by 18 feet and is provided with a cotton front. The birds wintering in 

 this building were healthy and laid well. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



From April 1, 1910, to March 31. 1911, 3,710 letters were received and 3,591 

 answered. 



MEETINGS ATTENDED. 



The Station was represented at the Calgary and Edmonton Exhibitions occupying 

 a tent on the grounds and making an exhibit of an educational nature. 



I acted as judge of Dairy Cattle and Swine at the Provincial Exhibition at Cal- 

 gary and as one of the judges and speakers at the. Seed Fairs held at Alix, Hardist.v. 

 Provost, Daysland, Vermilion, Lloydminster, Innisfree, Vegreville and the Provincial 



