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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



METEOROLOGICAL TABLE. 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



All things being considered, the farming operations of the year were most success- 

 ful. The following crops were grown for the support of the live stock on the Farm : — 



Hay 116 tons, 260 lb. 



Silage corn 240 ■■ 1, 185 n 



Silage clover 29 ■■ 1,700 ■■ 



Mangels 146 „ 1,660.. 



Turnips 18 „ 1,750 h 



Carrots 2 .. 1,300,, 



Beets 2 „ 800., 



Potatoes 22 tons. 



Mixed Grains ^. 1,152 bushels 



Barley 26 tons. 



Peas 24 .. 



Wheat 19 ., 



Five more acres of land were brought under cultivation and were seeded down 

 to clover. In addition, four acres of land were slashed and burnt during the sum- 

 mer and winter, as other work would permit, and from this a large quantity of wood 

 was obtained for fuel. 



About one hundred rods of fencing were erected, and there is still a considerable 

 amount in the course of construction. The fall being wet and the spring late, the 

 usual amount of fall and early spring cultivating could not be done. During the 

 winter, the teams were kept busy hauling manure from the yards and hauling gravel 

 for the upkeep and improvement of the farm roads and also for some of the building 

 operations. Over two hundred yards of this material were hauled, most of it coming 

 from the river, about one and one-half miles distant. 



The horses on the Farm are the same as last year. These are kept for working 

 purposes only, although data are being collected as to their food consumption and the 

 time spent tending them, with a view to obtaining the actual cost of maintaining 

 teams in this district. 



It has been a very successful year with cattle on the Farm, and there has been 

 much improvement in the appearance of the herd since the last report. In all, there 

 are forty-eight females and two males, all of the Holstein-Friesian breed (the greater 

 proportion of the females being grades). Of the ones which were received from 



