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addition to which I am relieved of duties that hitherto have prevented 

 me from exercising the close supervision necessary to get the best 

 results. 



Stock. 



The dairy herd consists of 117 head and 3 bulls, and 8 commercial 

 cattle for killing purposes. Twenty of the oldest and least profitable 

 cows have been rejected from the milking herd, and will be used for 

 beef or disposed of as opportunity offers. The places of these will be 

 filled by young heifers out of selected cows by the Jersey bull ' ' Canary 

 Lad IX." The herd is being steadily improved both in character 

 and yield, and many excellent young heifers by the above bull are on 

 the farm at present. A heifer, the progeny of this bull, on her first 

 calf has given up to 3 gallons per clay, with a test of 5.2 per cent, 

 fat, and promises to be a much superior cow to her mother, whose 

 test was. 4.5 per cent. This fact is of considerable importance, and 

 very encouraging for the future, and I anticipate still better results 

 in the direction of type as well as production. The young Jersey bull 



BERKSHIRE BOAR. 



"Gold Brew," purchased by Mr. P. J. Carroll, Superintending 

 Trustee, commands the admiration of every farmer who inspects him, 

 and, having come from a noted butter producing family, should 

 further enhance the value of the herd as butter-fat producers. 

 Another valuable t>ull on the farm is the pure bred Ayrshire 

 " Newport," out of that noted cow "Edith," whose photo and record 

 appeared in the September number of the Journal of Agriculture. 

 This bull is being mated with some Ayrshire and Ayrshire cross cows 

 in addition to some of the Jerseys which it is thought would not mate 

 to advantage with the Jersey bull. 



Pigs. — The season just closed has not come up to expectations, 

 chiefly on account of the slump in prices in pigs and the increased 



