EXPERIMENTAL FARMC 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Dairy Recobds.- — Agassiz Farm. 



Date of Calving. 



December 4, 1911. 

 January 28. 1912. . 



April 13, 1912 



February 20, 1912 

 March 1, 1912.... 

 February 23, 1912 

 January 2, 1912. . 

 January 21, 1912. . 

 March 15, 1912.. , 



April 2, 1912 



April 4, 1912 



February 13, 1912. 

 March 17, 1912... 



May 11, 1912 



March 5, 1912.... 



May 11, 1912 



March 27, 1912. .. 

 March 19, 1912.... 

 January 20, 1912.. 

 March 8, 1912 . . . 

 March 26, 1912. .. 



Silage 

 Fed. 



Touil Milk 



7,260 



9,020 

 13,820 

 11,590 



4,650 

 10.4S0 



6,220 

 14,230 



9,830 

 19,580 

 11,530 

 11,975 

 12,860 

 10,800 



8,125 

 14,940 

 11,160 

 11,500 



6,305 

 10,220 



9,230 



Lb. 



6,419 42 

 7,678-84 

 8,885 37 

 9,390 97 

 5,145 52 

 7,317-2 

 7,215 9 



11,163 1 

 7,123-84 

 7,025-84 

 7,870- 92 

 8,408-57 



10,332 14 

 7,41066 

 7,220-7 

 6,668 60 

 7,881-8 

 8,525 95 

 5,037 55 

 8,075 37 

 6,473 9 



Average 



Milk 



Daily. 



21 04 

 20 47 

 2687 



28 02 



22 07 

 2132 



23 97 

 27 70 

 23-58 

 21-28 



23 99 

 2525 



29 09 

 25 " 57 

 23-82 

 22 12 



24 86 



24 64 

 22 68 



25 81 

 21-16 



Average 



Fat. 



3 42 

 403 

 397 

 3 43 

 3 72 

 431 

 401 



3 36 

 342 



4 33 

 3 66 

 389 

 331 

 315 

 351 

 2-99 

 3 05 

 342 

 396 

 3 25 

 379 



Total Fat. 



Lb. 



219 

 300 

 354 

 322 

 191 

 315 

 289 

 375 

 243 

 304 

 W8 

 327 

 341 

 233 



•54 



•45 



•74 



■21 



•41 



37 



•35 



■08 



•63 



■20 



07 



09 



•99 



•43 



253 44 

 199 39 

 24039 

 291-58 

 199 48 

 281-94 

 245 36 



There are on hand nine heifers, all nearly a year old, which were born in the 

 spring of 1912. These are of unknown breeding, except that something is now known 

 of their dams. All are well-developed and very promising. This spring there was 

 dropped a larger percentage of heifers, twelve of which are now on hand. This, 

 although a little slow will be the best, safest and surest method of increasing the 

 herd. The farm can carry a far greater number of stock than is on hand at the 

 present time. 



On page 424 of the 1912 report will be found a table of the production of the 

 individual cows, from freshening to the date at which the report was written. Table 

 No. 1 of the present report includes the performance given in the 1912 report and 

 added to this is the performance of each individual cow to the end of her lactation 

 period. 



From the past year's work, it has been learned that cows shipped from the East 

 take considerable time to become acclimatized, and if put into good condition so that 

 they will be profitable for the coming year, probably take more food for the return 

 given than they otherwise would. 



The results given in table No. 1 arc of the first lactation period of the cows in 

 this province. For the fiscal year just ended, twenty-three cows, which are still on 

 the Farm, have been taken, and in table No. 2 is given the cost of production of one 

 hundred pounds of milk and also of one pound of fat when the food is valued at th.^ 1 

 following rates : — 



Oil cake meal $45 per ton. 



Bran 28 



Mixed Grains: Oats, peas, barley 30 



Roots 3 



Silage 3 



Green feed 3 



Hay 10 



Pastnre t 3 per acre. 



