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EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII.. A. 1902 



Guernseys. 



bull, Wedgewood, 7 years old. 

 bull calf (imp. in dam), 5 mouths old. 

 cows ( 3 imp.), 3 to C years old. 

 cow, Canadian bred, 3 years old. 

 heifer, 18 mouths old. 



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1 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 1 Eeifer calf, 5 mouths old. 



Most of these cattle were imported, as indicated above. Some, however, were 

 bred by the Experimental Farms, and two cows were bred in Ontario. 



The two Ontario bred cows took part in the dairy test just concluded at the Pan- 

 American Exposition, Buffalo. One is Miss Molly, red, calved April 10th, 1889. She 

 was bred by J. W. Rosser, Denfleld, Out., and sold to R. S. and T. E. Robson, Ilderton, 

 Out., from whom she was secured to take part in the above mentioned dairy test. Her 

 dairy record was a good one, standing, as she did, first among the Shorthorns, and 

 fifteenth among cows of all breeds. She produced in 6 months 6,894 -1 pounds of milk, 

 with an average of 3:71 per cent fat. From this milk it was estimated that 301 '47 

 pounds of butter could have been produced. This, valued at 25 cents per pound, was 

 worth .$75.37. She cost to feed during the six months : for hay, $7.23 ; for silage, 

 $4.90 ; for grain, $20.17, amounting to $32.36, making a net profit of $43.01 on butter 

 alone. Besides producing such a large amount of milk, she gained in weight to the 

 amount of 134 pounds. 



The other cow, Queen Bess, red and a little white, calved October 10, 1891, was 

 bred by James Gardiner, Farquhar, Out. She passed into the possession of Wm. Mon- 

 tutle, Thames Road, Out., from whom she was secured to become one of the herd of 

 five da'iry Shorthorns as mentioned above. Here she made a good showing, standing 

 second in the Shorthorn herd and 34th among cows of all breeds. She produced in 6 

 months 6,547 *9 pounds of milk, testing 3 - 57 per cent fat. This milk, it was esti- 

 mated, contained 275 :21 pounds of butter, which, valued at 25 cents per pound, was 

 worth $68.80. She cost to feed during the 6 months, for hay. $7.21 ; for silage, $5.30 ; 

 for grain or meal. $19.98, amounting to $32.49 in all. This left a net profit of $36.31 

 on butter alone. During the months she gained 192 pounds in weight. 



LIVE STOCK IMPORTATIONS. 



June, July, and part of August was spent by the writer among the herds and 

 flocks of Great Britain and the Channel Islands, the purpose being to study the 

 methods of British cattle-breeders, as well as to secure a few head of pure-bred cattle, 

 sheep, and swine for the Dominion Experimental Farms. It was decided that the 

 cattle importation should consist of heavy milking Shorthorns, Guernseys, and Ayr- 

 shires. 



Shorthorns. 



The famous herds at Collynie and Tillycairn belonging to William 

 Duthie, of Tarves, N.B., as well as Uppermill herd, the property of W. S. Marr, were 

 visited in the north, while those of His Majesty the King, at Windsor, of J. Deane 

 Willis at Bapton Manor, of J. T. Hobbs, at Maisey Hampton, of Sir Nigel Kingscote, 

 at Kingscote, and many others were seen in the south. 



The animals finally purchased are : — Lord Dinsdale, bull, dropped June, 1901, 

 was so unfortunate as to lose his dam a few weeks after his birth and has had since 

 to depend on the pail for his upbringing. In spite of his troubles he has done well 

 and offers to make a fine animal. He is a light roan with an abundance of thick 

 mossy hair, lots of style, strong lines and, for one of his age, grand masculine charac- 

 ter. He is from the long established Berkeley Castle herd, the property of Lord Fitz- 

 hardinge, at Berkeley, Gloucestershire. This herd is under the able management of 



