1-2 EDWARD VII. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1902 



REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 



(J. H. Grisdale, B. Agr.) 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, 



Director Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit herewith reports on Dairy Cattle, Beef Pro- 

 duction, Pork Production, Sheep, and Farm Crops. 



As in previous years, much of my time has been taken up attending various agri- 

 cultural and live stock meetings in different parts of Canada, and, further, during the 

 past summer I was absent 16 weeks securing a number of pure-bred cattle, sheep, and 

 swine for the various farms under your supervision. 



I am deply indebted to Mr. John Fixter, farm foreman, to Mr. C. T. Brettell, 

 herdsman, and to Mr. J. Meilleur, dairyman, for interested and careful assistance in 

 the various departments immediately under their charge and for help in the prepara- 

 tion of the submitted report. 



To Mr. J. F. Watson, secretary to this division, my thanks are due for the inter- 

 est and care he has displayed in the clerical work, and for the most efficient manner 

 in which he has handled the new work of the dairy herd tests. 



From December 1, 1900, to November 30, 1901, 1,470 letters were received by the 

 Agriculturist division, and during the same period 1,533 letters were despatched. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



J. II. GRISDALE, 



Agriculturist. 



CATTLE. 



There are on the farm at present representatives of three breeds of cattle, viz., 

 Shorthorn, Ayrshire, and Guernsey. There are besides several grade animals of each 

 breed ; that is, heifers or cows from a common or grade cow by a pure-bred bull of one 

 of the above named breeds. 



PURE-BRED BREEDING CATTLE. 



The pure-bred cattle are as follows : — 



Shorthorns. 



1 bull calf, Lord Dinsdale (imp.) 6 months old. 



3 cows (imp.), 3, 5 and 8 years old. 



2 cows, 10 and 12 years old. 



2 heifers (imp.)", 1 year old. 

 1 calf (imp.), 4 months old. 



Ayr shires. 



1 bull, Twin Beauty (imp.), 2i years old. 



4 cows (imp.), 3 to G years old. 



3 heifers (imp.), 2i years old. 

 1 heifer, I* years old. 



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