DIVISION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 611 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, AOASSIZ, B.C. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— P^ H. MOORE, B.S.A. 



SWINE. 



It is gratifying to be able to report a substantial increase in the number of hogs 

 kept on the Farm, nearly all the increase coming from our own breeding. There has 

 been a very great demand during the year for breeding stock, particularly the York- 

 shire breed (which we are now keeping exclusively) and we have not been able to 

 supply this demand within seventy per cent. The demand has come chiefly from the 

 newer sections of the country, and from farmers who do not know of other places 

 to locate stock. Our herd is still headed by Summerhill Jerry 21st, and there are 

 now on hand eleven brood sows, ranging in age from nine months to four years. 



Although this branch has been greatly handicapped by lack of adequate accom- 

 modation, we have come through the year with few losses, and the hog branch has 

 proved one of the most remunerative on the Farm. 



During the early winter we fitted up an old hen-house, and in this ran a bunch 

 of hogs on experimental work. Although the conditions were not all that could be 

 desired, some information has been collected, and while the progress of the work 

 which we are reporting does not prove definitely the value of the food, we are 

 publishing a summary of the work as carried on to date. The work is still being 

 followed up under summer conditions with new hogs, and if we are fortunate enough 

 to have the hogs next winter, we intend to finish up this work in good shape. 



HOG-FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 



On account of the number of inquiries coming to the Farm regarding the food 

 value of rice meal, we decided to make a few trials with it for hog feeding. This 

 meal is a by-product from rice mills. It seems light, but fibrous, and contains some 

 cracked rice. The analysis made by Mr. F. T. Shutt, Dominion Chemist, is as 

 follows : — 



Per Cent. 

 Moisture 10-54 



Protein 11 



Fat 11 



Carbohydrates 53 



Fibre 6 



Ash 7 



SUMMER FEEDING. 



44 

 25 

 36 

 13 



28 



We used for this experiment some half-bred Yorkshire pigs and several pure-brcds 

 which were not good enough in all points to register as breeders. 



They had a moderate amount of exercise in the yards, and were run four to a 

 pen. They were fed three times daily and kept well bedded, but the yards sometimes 

 got quite dirty. The grain and milk was weighed at t,ach meal, but clover, green 

 peas and oats were fed ad libitum. 



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