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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Nov., 1909. 



be emptied .straight into the feed troll v. Ample room has been allowed 

 for milk vats, hedding, potatoes, and other fodder. 



The cost of the buildings, yards, &c. (not including old material) 

 was about ^283. The work was carried out entirely by colonists, no 

 outside labour being employed. Further alterations to the yards and 

 surroundings to make them perfect have yet to be made. The styes 

 will hold 120 pigs, and will be used for fattening purposes, the sows 

 being kept in the yards. A small hut for the pig attendants has been 

 built, and a metal road made from the dairv to the piggery. 



OATS, PEAS, AND BEANS FOR SILAGE. 



The following crops were grown during the year : — 



Wheat and oats for hay (2^ tons per acre) 



Peas (20 bushels per acre) 



Oats, peas, and beans for green stuiT and silage (4^ tons per acre) 



Tick beans (30 bushels per acre) 



Maize (85 tons per acre, grown on hillside) 



Potatoes (4 tons per acre) 



Mangolds (25 tons per acre) 



Lucerne (sown in drills in November, fed down twice) 



Orchard and garden 



Total 



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Excellent silage to the extent of 210 tons was made from the oats, 

 peas, and beans. This, when analyzed, gave the following result : — - 



Moisture 



Ash ... 



Total proteids ... 



Crude fibre .-• 



Nitrogen free extract 



Ether extract ... 



