REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Pen No. 3.— Feed.— 3 lbs. Shorts and Skim Milk. 



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Pex Xo. 4. — Feed. — 3 lbs. Buckwheat and Skim Milk. 



SHEEP. 



The flock on this farm at present consists of; 



1 Pure bred Leicester ram. 



5 Pure bred Leicester ewes. 



6 Pure bred yearling- Shropshire ewes. 

 6 Grade Shropshire ewes. 



All are in fairly good condition. 



POULTRY. 



Four varieties of fowls were kept this year. Barred Plymouth Rocks, Black 

 Minorcas, White Leghorns and White Wyandottes. The B. P. Rocks, B. Minorcas and 

 W. Wyandottes were all young birds, and the W. Leghorns, with one exception, were 

 old birds. 



The pens were made up as follows : — 



Xo. 1. 10 B. P. Rock heus. 

 Xo. 2. 7 B. Minorca hens. 

 Xo. 3. G W. Leghorn hens. 

 Xo. 4. 2 W. Wyandotte hens. 



During the winter they were fed on a warm corn meal and shorts mash in the 

 morning, and whole grain in the afternoon scattered on the floor of the pens. Water 

 was before them all the time, and green ground bones and oyster shells were occasion- 

 ally given them. 



