RETORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Cardigan, P.E.I., February 4. 

 Middleton, P.E.I., February 8. 

 Charlotte-town, P.E.I., February b. 

 Lessonville, N.B., May 16. 

 Fort Lawrence, N.S., November 12. 



I also addressed a series of lectures to the students of the Sussex Dairy School 

 from 7th to 21st March. 



Besides these I attended the following exhibitions : — 



Winter Fair, Guelph, December 11 to 15. 

 Toronto Industrial, August 26 to September 7. 

 Pan-American Exhibition, Buffalo, N.Y. 

 Sussex, N.B. 

 Sackville, N.B. 

 Port Elgin, X.B. 



An exhibit of farm produce was made by the Experimental Farm, Nappan, at the 

 Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition, Halifax, N.S., made up of the different sorts of 

 grains, roots, fruits and vegetables grown here. 



LIVE STOCK. 



HORSES. 



Six are the number at present kept on the farm, four of which are used exclusively 

 for draught purposes, one for general purposes, and one driver. 



During the year one horse has died. His death was caused by acute indigestion. 

 Another of the older horses (16 years old) was exchanged for a younger and more suit- 

 able horse. Besides these, the use of one team was had during the summer months for 

 their feed. 



DAIRY CATTLE. 



During the year an addition has been made to the herd of: 1 Guernsey bull, 1 

 Guernsey cow, 1 Ayrshire cow and 1 Ayrshire heifer, newly imported, also two Jersey 

 cows. Some exchanges were made during the year of old and blemished cows for 

 others. Three deaths have occurred during the year. One, an Ayrshire from milk 

 fever, one Holstein from evcrsion of the uterus, and one grade cow from milk fever. 

 The herd at present consists of : — 



1 Guernsey bull, 6 years old. 

 1 Guernsey bull, 2J years old. 

 1 Guernsey bull, 1£ years old. 

 1 Ayrshire bull, 1^ years old. 

 1 Holstein bull, 10 months old. 

 :■; Guernsey cows. 



1 Guernsey heifer, 10 months old. 



2 Ayrshire cows. 



2 Ayrshire cows, 3 years old. 



Ayrshire heifer, 2 years old. 



Ayrshire heifer, 10 months old. 



Holstein cow. 



Holstein cow, 3 years old. 



Holstein heifer, 10 months old. 



Jersey cows. 



Grade milch cows. 

 6 Grade heifers, 1£ years old. 

 5 Grade heifers, 10 months old. 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



2 

 19 



We have also at present on hand 16 grade shorthorn steers on experiment, and 12 

 grade shorthorn steer calves also on experiment. Total, 78 head. 



