liEPORT OF THE DIRECTOR z^ 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 ' - 



Attention is drawn to tlie fact that butter valued at 30 cents per pound is equira- 

 iriit to milk at only $1.65 per hundredweight; yet, in reality,.the manufacture and 

 .^;ilo of cream cheese, Coulommier cheese, and certified milk, with a large part of the 

 niilk, has nett-ed $3 per hundredweight. The above valuations are useful for the com- 

 parison of production with the average herds throughout Canada. 



BEEF PRODUCTION. 



It is to be regretted that, owing to the lack of buildings, no beef-breeding work or 

 lieef-feeding investigation work has been conducted on this Farm during the past year. 



SHEEP. 



Although the great difficulty of the sheep investigation work, namely, the short- 

 age of available land, continues, yet better results than usual have followed the work 

 of the past fiscal year. Breeding work on a small scale with Shropshire? and Leicestcrs 

 has been most successful. Aside from this, a feeding experiment with 120 lambs,' 

 investigating the feeding value of elevator by-products and screenings, was conducted, 

 giving valuable results and showing a reasonable margin of profit. 



SWINE. 



Considering the shortage of pasture, another successful year is to be reported for 

 ewine husbandry. The three breeds of swine, namely, Yorkshire, Tamworth and Berk; 

 shire, have bred exceptionally well, and there are now in our pens one of the finest lota 

 of breeding stock in Canada. 



Several lines of investigation work in the feeding of swine were conducted. Briefly 

 these are: (1) the value of tanlcage and other foodstuft's in feeding pregnant brood 

 sows, both in the winter and summer; (2) the value of tankage and other meals as 

 milk substitutes, fed in conjunction with other meals to young pigs during and after 

 weaning; (3) the value of elevator by-products (screenings) in feeding four-month 

 shoats for the marlcet. Very valuable data have been acquired in these experiments, 

 which may be found "in the report of the Dominion Animal Husbandman. 



LIVE STOCK BUILDINGS. 



Under my supervision, the Animal Husbandly Division has during the past year 

 finished the preparation of plans and largely supervised the erection of the new dairy 

 barns "at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Illustrations and brief specifica- 

 tions of these barns may be found in the report of the Dominion Animal Husband- 

 man. 



Many- plans of farm buildings, and specifications for the same, have been sent out 

 to farmers free of charge. ^ It is to be hoped that this work will stimulate the keeping 

 of better farm buildings throughout Canada. 



MISCELL.\NEOUS. 



The correspondence of this Division pertaining to the feeding, breeding, care, and 

 management, and housing of animals, together with the prevention and treatment of 

 many of the minor ailments of all classes of stock, has largely increased during the 

 past year. 



The Dominion Animal Husbandman, in attending to his duties outside the 

 Central Experimental Farm, has officially visited all of the brnnch Farms in Canada 

 where live stock work is being conducted. In addition to such off.cial trips, both he 

 and the Assistant Dominion Animal Husbandman have made many trips, attending 



