DOMINION OF -CANADA. 



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RELATIVE YIELDS OF THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 



To aid in an understanding of the relative merits of the respective 

 breeds I embody herewith a table showing the results of nearly five 

 thousand tests made at the Agricultural College and Model Farm : 



NUMBER AND KINDS OF CATTLE IN THE CHATHAM DISTRICT. 



The number of cattle in three counties, as per report of the Provincial 

 Bureau of Agriculture, with a classified list of thoroughbreds, is given 

 below. 



RELATIVE VALUES OF CATTLE FEED. 



The following results of a critical test as to the relative value of va- 

 rious diets in their effects on the different breeds will not. I conceive, bo 

 without interest in this connection, as illustrating their particular idio- 

 syncrasy as to fodder : 



[From Model Farm Report.] 



Corn fodder newly cut and drawn from the field when green, cut into inch lengths, 

 packed into a common rough stone root cellar half under ground, and weighted with 

 600 pounds per superficial square yard, can be preserved, except adjoining such a wall, 

 for an indefinite time in a condition lit for animal food, at a cost not exceeding $1 per 

 ton, exclusive of cultivation. 



In competition with Swede turnips, ensilaged corn fodder gave 15 per cent, less milkf 

 30 per cent, less butter, and a poorer marketable butter in color. 



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