328 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS, 



May. 



Size of plots one-twentieth of an acre, soil rich black loam ; all were sown on 27fch 



Name of Variety. 



Japanese 



Hungarian 



Golden Wonder. 

 New Manitoba.. 

 New Siberian . , . 

 Golden Millet . . 

 ♦Holy Terror . . . 



When 

 Sown. 



May 27. 

 I. 27. 

 H 27. 

 „ 27. 

 .1 27. 

 ,. 27. 



o 



CM 

 O 



<x> 



Acre. 



When 

 Headed. 



Aug. 20. 

 u 15. 

 .. 1. 

 I. 20. 

 ■I 11. 



Kind of Head. 



Not headed . 

 Round 



Branching . 

 Round 



6c is 

 ■£cc 



Inch. 



.32 

 33 

 30 

 44 

 31 

 30 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



1,000 



1,800 



800 



1^800 



• Destroyed by wind, &c. 



CATTLE. 



The herd of cattle on this farm now consists of 20 head ; all have been perfectly 

 healthy during the year. 



Since the outbreak of tuberculosis in 1894 all animals have been tested with tuber- 

 culin before being admitted into the regular cattle buildings. The whole herd has been 

 tested again this fall, and none of the animals have reacted. 



The following is a list of the names, breed, age and weight of the animals : — 



Name of Animal. 



Qu'Appelle Red Knight, bull. . . . 



Brandon Fashion, cow 



Rideau Chief, bull , 



Dandy, cow 



Brandon .Jock, bull calf 



Princess Leda 2nd, cow 



Manitoba Prince, bull 



Leda of Brandon, cow . . 



Leda's Princess of Brandon, heifer 



Brandon Monk, bull calf 



Lady Jane Grey, cow 



Topsy, cow 



Daisy, cow 



Pansy, cow 



Fanny Fern, cow 



Violet, heifer 



Jennie, lieifer 



Black Prince, steer calf 



Barney, steer calf 



Spotty, steer calf 



Breed. 



Shorthorn .... 

 II • . . . ■ 

 Ayrshire , 



Holstein . 



Grade . 



Age. 





4 years . . . 

 4 .. . . . 

 4 M . . . 



8 II . . . 



9 months.. 



8 years . . . 



4 I. ... 

 3 



18 months. 



10 I. ... 

 years.. . . 



5 ,1 ... 



9 .1 . . . 

 3 ., . . . 

 2 ,. . . . 

 21 months. 



19 II ... 

 2 years 



6 months.. 

 2 



Weight. 



Lbs. 



2,165 



1,265 



1,570 



1,200 



430 



1,545 



2,170 



1,235 



1,000 



785 



1,220 



1,115 



1,300 



1,140 



1,135 



875 



920 



1,290 



540 



170 



EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING STEERS. 



The exports of steers from this province have been much larger this year than 

 during any previous year in the history of the province, but I regret that a large pro- 

 portion were stockers sold probably at from fifty to seventy-five per cent less money 

 than they would bring if stall fed and shipped to Great Britain ; if it pays the Ameri- 



