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EXPERIMENTAL EARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, NAPPAN, N.S. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— R. ROBERTSON. 



BREEDING SWINE. 



The herd of swine at present on the Farm consists of 1 Yorkshire boar, 2 York- 

 shire sows, 1 Berkshire boar and 1 Berkshire sow. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SWINE. 



To determine the value of feeding skim milk to swine, a test was made with two 

 lots of five each, termed lot I and lot II. Both lots were fed a uniform meal ration 

 throughout the test, lot I being fed 3 pounds skim milk per pig per day, and lot II 

 being fed 6 pounds skim milk per pig per day. For the first six weeks of this test 

 a small quantity of oil cake, averaging 1 pound per day for each lot, was fed dry, 

 mixed with an equal weight of crushed oats, and during that period shorts only, were 

 fed mixed with the milk. After the first six weeks the meal mixture consisted of 

 equal parts, by weight, of crushed oats, crushed barley and shorts. 



In computing results, food stuffs were charged for at the following rates : — 



Meal mixture $30.00 per ton. 



Skim milk .20 per ewt. 



Pig Feeding Experiment. 



Number of pigs in lot. . 



Total weight at beginning of experiment lb. 



Average weight at beginning of experiment ■ 



Total weight at end of experiment n 



Average weight at end of experiment " 



Gain per pen in 132 days m 



Gain per pig in 132 days n 



Average gain per pig per day " 



Amount of meal consumed n 



Amount of skim-milk consumed ■■ 



Total cost of feed for period $ 



Cost of 1 pound gain live weight eta 



Deductions. — The following points of interest and value might be noted in the 

 results of above experiment: — 



1. That profitable pork may be produced by winter feeding of young feeders. 



2. The extra 1,980 pounds of skim milk produced an extra gain of 143 pounds 

 pork. As the finished pork was worth 8 cents live weight, this extra milk was worth 

 57 cents per cwt. 



