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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



A GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, BRANDON, MAN. 



REPORT OF THE SUPEF T "NTENDENT— W. C. McKILLICAN, B.S.A. 



DAIRY CATTLE. 



There are thirty-nine bead of cattle on hand, on March 31, 1913, made up as 

 follows : — 



Shorthorn: 18 milch cows, 15 heifers and calves, 2 bulls; 

 Ayrshire: 1 milch cow, 1 heifer; 

 Grade: 1 milch cow, 1 heifer. 



The Shorthorns are of the dual purpose type, having been bred for milk pro- 

 duction as well as beef. The herd includes the descendants of cows selected from 

 some of the best English dairy Shorthorn herds a number of years ago. 



During the year the following animals were sold, to farmers of Manitoba and 

 the other Prairie Provinces, to be used for breeding purposes: 8 young Shorthorn 

 bulls, 7 Shorthorn heifers or cows, and one Ayrshire bull calf. There is a great 

 demand for dual purpose Shorthorns, and a much larger number of sales could have 

 been made, if the animals bad been available. 



The dairy milk records are given by lactation periods, instead of by the fiscal 

 year, as formerly. This gives a fairer comparison of the milking qualities of the 

 cows, and is the way in which milk yields are usually counted. The following are 

 the cows that have completed a lactation period during the year. Several younger 

 cows, that have dropped their first calf during the year and are still milking, are 

 not reported. A number of the cows in this list have since been sold or slaughtered. 



Dairy Record. — Brandon Farm. 



Name of Cow. 



Illutninata 3rd 



Ottawa Marchioness 5th . 



Snowball 



Ottawa Molly 4th 



Rose of Brandon 



Ottawa Marchioness 2nd . 



Ottawa Janet 2nd 



Daisy of Brandon 



Buttercup 



Illuminata 4th 



Ottawa Lass 



Jessica Elmhurst 3rd . . . . 



Jane of Brandon 



Ottawa Marchioness 4th . 



Molly 2nd 



Duchess 3rd 



Molly 3rd " ' " 



Brandon Beauty 



Ottawa Marchioness . 



Breed. 



Shorthorn 

 it 



Ayrshire . 

 Shorthorn 



Grade 



Shorthorn 



Ape at 



beginning of 



lactation 



period. 



7 



2 



.. 

 i 



3 



9 



6 



3 



8 



5 



6 



9 



4 



6 



3 



10 



4 



5 



3 



9 



Date of 

 dropping calf. 



Nov. 26, 

 Aug. 30, 

 Mar. 21, 

 Vug. 12, 

 Apr. 16, 

 Nov. 23, 

 Aug. 7, 

 April 1, 

 July 11, 

 Feb. 22 

 Aug. 4, 

 July 31, 

 Mar. H, 

 Dec. 23, 

 Mar. 2. 

 Sept 26, 

 Jan. 19, 

 May 16, 

 Jan. 23, 



Average. 



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Number 



of days in 



lactation 



period. 



443 



431 

 400 

 438 

 305 

 331 

 349 

 271 

 S05 

 306 

 405 

 324 

 227 

 372 

 237 

 262 

 272 

 227 

 326 



Total 

 pounds of 



Milk 

 for period. 



10,287 

 8,322 

 6,719 

 6.20H 

 5,832* 

 5,803 

 5,7734 

 5,530$ 

 5,507 

 5,410 

 5,180 

 4,924*. 

 4,351 

 4,263 

 4,2504 



3,r 



3, 722 J 



2,939 



2,848$ 



5,039 



