GUAM AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIOX. 7 



Morgan stallion Cassius 5869. This filly, foaled February 25, 1913, 

 is of good conformation and has a natural pacing gait. In both 

 conformation and style this filly shows greater resemblance to the 

 dam than to the sire. Another foal, a colt sired by Cassius and out 

 of a native mare privately o^\^led by ^h\ P. Nelson, of this station, 

 shows a distinct improvement in type over the ordinary native colt. 



The three mares belonging to the station have all been bred to 

 Cassius, and several other mares, some of American- blood and others 

 of purely native stock, belonging to outside parties have also been 

 bred to the same stalhon. Four mares belonging to private owners 

 have also been bred to the young staUion Donald 6483 during the 

 past season. Both stallions have shown a tendency toward impo- 

 tency, but it is hoped that this tendency may be rectified through a 

 modification in the methods of feeding and handhng them. 



CATTLE BREEDING. 



The work inaugurated during the preceding fiscal year to secure 

 a better class of cattle through the use of introduced American 

 A^Tshire cattle has gone on ^dthout reverses of any nature during 

 the year just ended. The imported cattle have, without exception, 

 continued to tln-ive, and aside from a few cases of an apparently 

 temporary diseased condition manifested by the presence of an abnor- 

 mally high temperature, the causes of which are not fully understood, 

 each has maintained a good condition of health. The interest shown 

 by the native cattle owner in tliis fine of work during the fu-st year 

 has been continued and a number of calves of the native-A^Tshire 

 cross are now to be found scattered over the island. Twenty-seven 

 cows have been bred to the bull WillowTuoor John Gray during the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, giving this buU a total service record 

 of 50 cows for the 20 months since his importation. In addition to 

 this number eight cows have been bred to the young buU Netherhall 

 King B 14987 during the same period. This buU was an unweened 

 caK at the time the animals arrived in Guam in October, 1911, and 

 was just 2 years old at the close of the year herein reported. On 

 October 16, 1912, the registered A^Tshire cow, Willowmoor Red 

 Rose, gave birth to a heifer calf (PI. II, fig. 1) by Willowmoor John 

 Gray. Tliis heifer has been raised on the pail and has made steady 

 and consistent gains. Another caH (PI. II, fig. 2). a bull by the same 

 sire and out of WiUowmoor Queen Bess, was calved on January 23, 

 1913. At the time of birth this calf was small and lean, weighing 

 only 50 pounds, but he has made fair gains and at the close of the 

 year, when 5 months old, his weight was recorded at 318 pounds. 

 It should be understood that in the management of tliis calf, as with 

 the other voimg stock, no effort was made toward forced growth 



