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ing horses, oats were added to the rations. The horses were ahnost 

 exchisively Percherons. A grey two-vear-old colt had just been pur- 

 chased for $1,500. 



The cow barns were very extensive. Beef cattle were kept in one 

 wing of the barn, and dairy cattle in another, and a feed room con- 

 nected the two portions. 



Records were kept of the amount of feed — alfalfa, hay, silage, roots, 

 grain, brash, beet pulp, &c. — fed to each animal; the body weight, 

 weight of milk, percentage of fat and solids in the milk. The records 

 of milk and butter fat production of the cows were set up in front of 

 the stalls. Two records which appealed to me were : — 

 Holstein— 20,106 lbs. milk, 718 lbs. butter fat. 

 Jersey— 13,165 lbs. milk, 809.7 lbs. butter fat. 



The floors were of cement, and the feed bins were open cement 

 structures. They were milking 31 cows, mostly Holsteins and Jerseys. 

 The cows were being fed on moistened beet pulp and alfalfa hay, with 

 a little crushed barley. 



The bails were not unlike those of Werribee, except that they had a 

 movable centre piece, which could be adjusted to move 4 inches forward 

 or backward, according to the length of the cow. 



The beef cattle section comprised Shorthorns, Herefords, and Aberdeen 

 Angus. They were being fed on corn silage and alfalfa hay. The cattle 

 were certainly fine specimens, and were kept in excellent condition. A 

 long open shed with racks fitted at_ the back for hay were used for 

 young stock. The cattle also were allowed to eat as much alfalfa hay 

 as they chose. 



The hog house was a large building divided into 40' pens, connected 

 by races with hog yards containing portable self-feeders and triangular 

 hog houses. 



The breeds kept were Duroc Jersey, Chester White, Berkshire, and 

 Poland China. 



The animals on the whole were an exceptionally good lot. 



Two hundred and sixty sheep were kept on the place, the principal 

 breed being Shropshire, Hampshire, Romney Marsh, and Rambouillet. 

 The latter appears to have a much bigger frame than the merino, and 

 certainly has as many folds. One ram shore 301 lbs. of wool, with 364 

 (lays between shearing. 



On the afternoon I visited the sheep and hog yards the students were 

 standing around watching the assistant marking the lambs. The 

 students caught the lambs and held them on a block whilst the instruc- 

 tor seared off the tails with a hot iron. All went well till the Persian 

 fat-tailed sheep were marked. The size and thickness of the tails tem- 

 porarily puzzled the operator and the students, but an extra heating 

 of the iron and a little more fortitude on the part of the operator 

 enabled the operation to be carried out without mishap. Nor did the 

 fat-tailed Persian appear to suffer more discomfiture than the other 

 breeds. 



Irrigation Division. — This division deals with the preparation of 

 land for irrigation, the water requirements of field crops and orchard 

 and application of water, the design and construction of farm laterals, 

 and^ methods and devices for measuring water and drainage problems. 



The water requirements of alfalfa under various conditions were 

 being tested by a series of 24 pots 4 feet deep and 23 inches in diameter. 



