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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Milking Cows. 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



The accompanying table gives the length of the milking period and the weight 

 of milk given, by a number of the Experimental Farm cows for the past few years. 



Name of Cow. 



Violet... 



Esther of Smithfield 3rd . 

 Princess Lida 2nd 



Lida of Brandon. 



Siepkje 3rd Queen 



Lida's, Princess of Brandon. 



Dandy . 

 Pansy . 



Violet 



it 



Lady Jane Grey 



Age. 



Yrs. 



4 



5 



4 



6 



8 



3 



5 

 11 



4 



5 



7 



3 



4 



6 



5 



6 



9 

 10 



Breed. 



Shorthorn 



it 



Tf 



Holstein 



u ........ 



H 



ti 



ii 



it 



Ayrshire 



Ayrshire Grade. 



it 



ii 

 Shorthorn Grade 



ti 

 Grade 



Milking Period. 



291 days ending 



277 



350 



313 



531 „ 



341 



387 



261 



301 



332 



442 



314 



373 



358 



155 



277 



311 



306 



348 



179 



305 



11, 

 28. 



9, 



April 21, 

 Mar. 1G, 

 Mar. 16, 

 May 24, 

 Nov. 17, 

 Dec. 

 Feb. 

 flan. 

 Jan. 

 June 15, 

 Mar. 14, 

 Aug. 14, 

 Oct. 7, 

 April 22, 

 Feb. 17, 

 Mar. 16, 

 Feb. 23, 

 Mar. 19, 

 May 2, 

 Dec. 7, 

 Feb. 21, 



1900. 



1901 . 



1901. 



1895. 



1897. 



1897. 



1899. 



1899. 



1900 



1901. 



1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



1900. 



1900. 



1901. 



1897. 



1898. 



1899 



1899. 



1901. 



Pounds 

 Milk. 



2,834 

 3,331 

 4,837 

 8,483 

 7,517 

 7,336 

 8,261 

 7,170 

 6,054 

 4,967 

 9,167 

 5,124 

 5,245 

 8,252 

 1,085 

 3,331 

 6,815 

 7,492 

 8,094 

 5,705 

 7,416 



EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING STEERS. 



DEHORNING AND ITS EFFECT ON CATTLE. 



This experiment was a continuation of a similar one made last year, particulars 

 of which can be found on page 363 of last year's annual report. 



The steers were apparently all three years old, Shorthorn and Hereford grades, 

 very uniform in quality and size. 



The dehorning was done with a sharp carpenter's saw, as described in last year's 

 report, and the operation was a success with all but one of the animals. This steer 

 having a deformed horn, the cutting had to be done very close to the head, causing a 

 profuse bleeding. This stopped in an hour or two, but broke out again during the 

 night, and the animal was found dead in the morning. While it is thought to be an 

 advantage to cut the horns moderately close to the head, it is, apparently,- possible to 

 cut too close. Cutting done on a level with the roots of the hair surrounding the horn 

 has given us good results here. 



Owing to the above accident, only four steers were used in each group, instead of 

 five, as in last year's test. Two of the groups were dehorned, and one was not dehorned. 



One of the dehorned groups was fed in a stall, loose, while the other was tied up 

 alongside of the group with the horns. 



The eight animals were tied in double stalls with chains ; the four tmited animals 

 were confined in a stall, 10 feet by 28 feet, and were fed in a trough running the length 

 of the stall. 



When purchased, in November, 1900, the steers cost $3.25 per hundred pounds, and 

 they s#ld on April 20, 1901, for $4.60 per hundred pounds. 



This experiment, like the one conducted last year, would lead us to the conclusion 

 that dehorning has very little effect on the fattening of the animals. 



