98 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



A dairy in which to manufacture hutter and cheese from the milk produced on 

 the farm has been built. This building has a deep well in connection, from whicb 

 water for the stock is secured. 



A six-room cottage for the herdsman has been built. 



An ice-house of about eighty tons capacity was also erected. 



HORSES. 



Ten mares were purchased during the year. A few of these are registered; both 

 Clydesdale and Percheron blood is represented among the pure-breds secured. 



CATTLE. 



Eighteen Aberdeen Angus were purchased. The herd now numbers twenty, 

 and is headed by ' Elm Park Eingleader 7th/ -2861-117826, a bull of good quality 

 and one which has already proved himself as a sire. 



Twelve head of Holstein-Friesian cattle were purchased. The herd is headed 

 by ' Royal ton Korndyke Count' (88884), a young bull of great promise and excellent 

 pedigree. 



The cattle on the farm have been increased from four to sixty-three during the 

 past twelve months. 



SWLNfE. 



Four Yorkshire sows and one Berkshire sow represent the breeding stock of 

 hogs at present. 



POULTRY. 



A start was made in Miarch, 1913, toward establishing a poultry plant. Barred 

 Rock, White Wyandotte, Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red hens will be kept, 

 and special attention given to the development of egg production. Toulouse geese, 

 Pekin ducks and Bronze turkeys will also be kept, and small flocks have already been 



established. 



FEEDING FOR BEEF. 



Three groups of steers, evenly divided in regard to age, initial weight, quality 

 ;snd breed, have been fed during the winter of 1912-13. These cattle were of various 

 ages, from almost two to over three years, and each group contained twelve head. 

 A fourth lot, consisting of thirteen head, was left over after having divided the three 

 groups and making a uniform cut, and this lot was also fed. This group wag handled 

 in exactly the same manner as group number three, and the results of this part of the 

 experiment need little consideration, except in that they show that profits can scarcely 

 be hoped for, when cull steers are being fed. This inferior group sold at six cents per 

 pound, straight weight, after having been on feed for the same length of time, and 

 having consumed, approximately, the same quantity of feed as those better groups 

 which brought about seven and one-half cents per pound, subject to a five per cent 

 shrink, on the same date of delivery. The Swift Canadian Company were the pur- 

 chasers of the cattle, shipping them to the coast. A number of young cattle included 

 in this year's feeding tests made very satisfactory gains, showing the advisability of 

 securing cattle with good breeding and of good size for their age when purchasing 

 feeders. A few of the younger cattle, of inferior breeding, made losses. 



The manure produced by the steers on feed has been estimated to be sufficient 

 to pay for the labour in connection with feeding them. The quantity produced Ly 



