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In the Prairie provinces the ration suggested is for a 1,200 Ib. 

 cow. 



PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 



J. H. S., Bay View, P.E.I. Feeds grain all the year round. 

 When grass begins to fail, supplies green feed, oats and peas, vetches, 

 corn and roots. Allows cows to pasture on the aftermath of clover 

 and timothy crop. For winter ration, feeds: 50 Ibs. pulped turnips, 

 clover and timothy hay all they will eat, and a small quantity of 

 oat and barley dust. 



F. G., Margate, P.E.I. Ports cows on pasture about June 15. 

 Soils with oats and vetches, later corn. No meal in summer. In 

 winter feeds silage, roots, oat and vetch hay, with two gallons crushed 

 oats. 



W. C. & S., North Wiltshire, P.E.I. Feed no grain during first 

 two months of pasture, but after that, supply for one month 35 Ibs. 

 green feed (oats, peas and vetches) 4 Ibs. crushed oats and Q Ibs. 

 bran per day. Next two months feed 40 Ibs. corn fodder," 6 Ibs. 

 crushed oats, 2 Ibs. bran and 1 Ib. oil cake. The winter ration con- 

 sists of 30 Ibs. roots, 15 Ibs. hay, 8 Ibs.. straw, 6 Ibs. crushed oats, 2 

 Ibs. bran and 1 Ib. oil cake. 



NOVA SCOTIA. 



S. A. L., Amherst Point, N ? S. Feeds 3 to 6 Ibs. bran or 

 middlings to each cow at pasture. When pasture begins to fail, 

 soiling crops (peas and oats, vetches, corn and turnips) supplied. 

 When cattle are housed feed consists of marsh hay all they will eat, 

 10 to 60 Ibs. swede turnips, 4 to 10 Ibs. per day of meal crushed 

 barley, oats, peas, wheat bran, oil cake or gluten meal or mixtures 

 of these. 



F. M. T., Antigonish, N.S. Feeds cows nothing but pasture 

 until toward end of August when soiling is resorted to, the crops 

 being peas and oats, vetches and oats and, later, turnips. The winter 

 feed is made iu.p as follows : 20 Ibs. clover hay, oat straw all thoy 

 will eat; 40 Ibs. turnips; 8 to 12 Ibs. meal (wheat bran and cotton- 

 seed meal in proportion of 100 to 20). 



C. A. A., Truro, N.S. As a rule feeds no grain to cows at 

 pasture, but in dry season supplies one quart oil cake meal and two 

 quarts of wheat bran once a day. In winter, hay all they will eat, 1 



