G4 EXPKniMEXTAL FARM., 



6 GEORGE V, A. 1916 



All experiment in the economical wintering of horses was carried on. These were 

 given light work and were fed on a ration of hay and oat straw. They remained in 

 good health during the winter. They consumed slightly less than 1 pound per day 

 of each of the above feeds per 100 pounds of live weight. The weights of the horse? 

 at the beginning and end of the test showed that they lost 2 and 2^ per cent, respec- 

 tively. 



CATTLE. 



There are at this Station a good bull and twelve cows, registered Ayrshire?, and 

 seven calves of the same kind. There are also six bull calves, which may be sold for 

 breeding purposes. 



Six young grade cows were bought in May to carry on an experiment in grading 

 up by the use of a pure-bred bull. These were obtained from the ordinary herds of 

 the -districts, and probably represent the average as milk producers. They were chosen 

 for variety of colour and conformation with the view of showing the advantage of 

 continued crossing with a pi; re-bred sire for improving milk production, and uni- 

 formity of colour and conformation. 



SWINE. 



There are at present on the Station a good Yorkshire boar and two sows of that 

 breed as foundation stock. 



BEES. 



Thirteen hives wintered well in a dry and well-ventilated cellar. The Station 

 apiary has attracted much attention from visitors who had an opportunity to observe 

 the bees at work in a ghiss-fronted hive. The honey flow was abundant and of good 

 quality. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CEREALS. 



Not yet having land suitable for extensive tests of cereals, the work was confined 

 to trials of the following: Wheat, Marquis and Huron; barley, Success and 

 Manchurian; oats, Ligowo and Daubeney; and the Arthur variety of peas. These were 

 tested in small plots in the young orchard planted in 1910. More extensive trials 

 will be carried on as soon as the land to be used for the purpose can be prepared and 

 draii>ed. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Four hundred and eighty-six fruit trees were planted in the spring, including 318 

 apple, IDS plum, 40 cherry, and 19 pear trees. Many of the varieties represented had 

 not previously been tried in this district. 



Three hundred and twenty specimens of small fruits were planted iu the new 

 orchard. Two hundred and twenty-four varieties of vegetables were tested. 



IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STATION. 



Considerable work of this nature was done during the year, chieily by removing 

 stones and putting up fencing, etc. More than 900 rods of wire fencing were put up. 

 The posts were all painted, and those along the road were turned. The stones removed 

 were used for masonry, for paving the barnyard, and for foundation for tlie farm 

 roads. 



Buildings. — An old uninhabitable house was reconstructed so as to furnish two 

 good dwellings, with stone foundations. A house for the farm scales was built. 



