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Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont fiimis en commen9ant par la premiere page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par la derniire page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparattra sur la dorniirc image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbole —*- signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atro filmte i des taux da reduction diff« EXHIBITION OIEOULAR No 33. J. H. ORISDALB, U. Agr., Director. DO.MINfON OF CANADA. DKPARTMF^NT OF AC.RICLLTURi:. EXPERIMENTAL FAEMS. S. ARCHIBALD, B. A., B. S. A. Dominion Animal Husbandman. DIVISION OF ANI.MAL HUSBANDRY. THE FEEDING OF LIVE STOCK. Ci, H. HoTiiwKi.i,, U.S.A. Assist \NT. The varying prices oi f.KHl.tuffs vari..ti. o " ', T ""'' ^'■"''^"■" P^^'"^^- affect the relative «.o„omv ollTuTT:''"'''"'^''"''^'^'''^''^' Animal Husbandry Division, Ott . .. .X ^L TV ^""'^'' -■*" *° «»>« perimental Farm. Supennte.ulont «f y„ur nearest Ex- CATTLE RATIONS. FOR THK 1,000 I-OIXD DAIUV COW iCESTH.XL C.VVADA) WINTKU KATIOX.S. ' "- t;;,;vt r ■" ' - ' "'-■"••■ •■-^""•-•"^^^ ~ •'•■' ' ■>'"■' "•■■' "«•'"■ ... .■...* i n I. of„,;r„::r,„;'j "'"'"" -'"■ » "•■ |....ui«J':;:r;;vt uZ,.;;;::;:;:,:;™,::;;:;:,';:'' ■ - — ■ Pit day.) ' '"'" ""-''' '" nicic ised t<> 50 lbs. WKSTERN CANADA. RATION 1. CDin ..nsi|-i,r,, in ii,„. ■•.. , |M,.al mixture: br„n, a.K, ^ ,.'' , ^,,^; 'i:".,;;^''--''- 'V''" '"'^ '■'"'' '« "»• RATIO.N 2 M,-,m;:,.|.s .,r tuniij.s. ;ii» ll,s- I,,-,,,,,,. l,-,v 1., II i u» lb.. With both o th .' ; ; :;,: r 'v "" "'^ ""^'" "'-^ «-"■"'. |)r..>dnc«l. ' "■'• * "^ "'"'■'' ^" '"^' '•"' t" '-'"h 3 lbs. of milk } .1^ 1 .s i •■ •; : 1 >i " 1 a ■ i 1 M * •i J U' 1 ^ij 1 1 .4 9 (Th» feeding of clorer or Blfalfa h»y,— -where thete fodder* may be euoceMfully grown, — ^would improve Ration 1.) A SUMMER RATION. Grau as soon as available, care being taken not to pasture before the grass has Attained sufficient growth to prevent its being injured by grazing and trampling. As a supplement, feed 1 lb. of the following mixture to each 3 lbs. of milk produoed : Bran, crushed oats and corn meal, equal parts. The grass should be further supple- mented with soiling crops such as green-cut peas and oats, or with ensilage, at the first sign of decreased milk production. FEEDING THE DAIRY CALF. The calf should receive for the first three or four days the milk of its dam, and for 10 days at least, should receive whole milk, giving not more than 10 lbs. per day, when fresh skim milk may be introduced and gradually increased as the whole milk constituent decreases, until the calf is receiving 12 lbs. of skim milk per day ma dean pail »t a temperature of from 90 to 100 degrees. To this skim milk should be added a quantity of flaxseed jelly as follows: Ground flaxseed, 1 part; fini^ ground sifted com meal, 2 parts; fine ground oat meal, 2 parts: boil and let stand i2 hours. Calves 1 month old should receive M lb. per day, increased gradually, but never to exceed V. lb. per day. In addition to this, feed small quantities of a mixture ot bran, whole rolled oats and cracked corn, and see that from the start calves have access to a little specially selected, well-cured clover hay. Feed clean food regularly in clinn utriisih, and in a cleanly manner, and avoid »U Midden changes in diet. By so doing, the danger of digestive ailments common to calve* is reduced to a minimum. WINTER RATION FOR THE FATTENING ANIMAL. Roughage: (to remain constant throughout period). Ensilage, 40 lbs; roots. 15 lbs; cut straw, 4 Ibe; long clover hay. Meal fed per day throughout the fattening period as follows: 1st and 2nd weeks None. 3rd week 1 lb. bran. 4th week 1% lb. bran, % lb. oilcake. 6th and 6th weeks 3 lbs. of mixture of bran, 2 parts; oilcake, 1 part 7th, 8th an 9th weeks 4 lbs. of the above mixture. 10th, 11th and 12th weeks— 5 lbs. of mixture of 1 part bran; 2 parte oilcake SUM.IHR FEEDING. Where steers are being finished on grass it is frequently advisable to supplemein their succulent feed with 2 or 3 lbs. daily of a meal mixture similar to that fed during the 6th and 6th week as outlined above. Where grass is becoming scarce, ensilage an.l clover hay may also be made use of. RATIONS FOR HORSES. FOR THE FARM HORSE AT AM-niAGE WORK the following mixture an 1 method of teeding has been found particularly satisfactory; Grain mixture of 5 parts whole oat.s: 2 parts bran ; fed at the rate of 1 lb. p.. 100 lbs. weight. Hay : either clean timothy, or mixed timothy and alsike, fed 1 U per 100 Ibe. weight. FOR THE HORSE AT PARTICPIAIILY HEAVY WORK such as would be ni. t with during the spring and fall, the grain mixture just mentioned should bo coiicentrat. ■ by using 5 parte of oaU to but 1 part of bran, and fed at the rate ot 1'/. lbs. per 1 u lbs. live weight. METHOD LK FEEDING. 5 a.m.-% of the total days grain mixture; I, of the total day's hay. 12 a.m.— Ji of the total day's grain mixture; 'A of the total day's hay. 6 p.m.— X of the total day's grain mixture; % of the total day's hay. > FOB THE IDLE HORSES IN WIKTTPP ». * l might be termed a maintenan^ ratim; ^^^' **' '*"" ''?''■«• *•>»* ""wely require what the horse'a weight be Jedllb mixed hay 11^^^?'^'''^ **!f* f*"" «very7o0 Ibrof «.ght be added a smaU feed d "ri bra^A andTts/SllTaVs '"• *"''''^- '^'^ *»•'» FOR COLTS AND YOUNG HORSPS «.h .. u ent« are necessary, grain feed should nnfh i- • ., "'"^ muscle-forming con.titu- -K^mewhat as follows f "'** ""^ ""^ eliminated, but should be administered A grain mixture of % oats, >. bran, to be fed a. follows: Up to 1 year of age q * . „ From 1 to 2 years of ago.... - !° 1 ^ From 2 to 3 years of age iT V^u' „, *" 6 to 8 lbs. winter months:' "''"'^ ^*"'" '"'''^■'' ''•''y -1 » --«-! or turnip each day during th, SHEEP RATIONS. A WINTER IIATION FOR PREONANT EWES: except'^ir" o:^; a..rtL,'/;\.c tLrl2i%-e 'M!t t'h- '^^'^ f r« ^^-''^ -ffi- mixture containing oats. 1>- parts; bran 1 n It ' nd „n t'' ,"*'' "'^ ^ ^^- '^''''y »f » February, March and Apr I, should Kctivoth.' nlf ^"''■^ ^ P"' *''»-^« '"mbing in succulent food such as ensilage and turn ps ^ivin ^n.^♦^","' °"f*"'« ^'^^ Pl«"ty <>* age, which should consist of 'good gr^onrrel'cr^r'^f a^'falfa'":;*"" *° ^''^ ""*'" A RATION FOR YOUNG LAMBS. which tjm^i^: hr^^,f nrhl'VoXT.i-j'h :!;°';l^,^:;j''"i' •- ^ --^ - •■"■i- oato and bran, to which may be later aXl a"'H;t'.? .T.nr "' » n-J^ture of crushed be placed a rack containing some specif «lected^ 4 ''*• ^'^ **"* "^P """y "J*" A FATTENING RATION. Equal parts ensilage and turning- • in i ii>« „i„ ■ , . ture as follows: turnips, . to 3 lbs. clover or mixed hay; and grain mix- Oat* _ n 200 lbs. tiran ,, , ^., „ , 200 lbs. ^"*°"C'"'« 100 1b,. ing to%:^\o7l2\X^ ^2.1^^,.^^^ -"'■ ^ P"-'' P- 'iay, inerea.- SWINE RATIONS. FOR THE PREGNANT SOW- .'>.«rts,'rpart" """'"^ "" '^P*' '='°^«'' """'f- - vetch. Meal: Bran, 2 parta; »^an Ji>tTs; shX itan. '"''"*^''^'*- *'""'"^ ^"" ^'-- -<1 »"»»« h.y. Meal: FOR THE SOW AFTER FARROWING of ''.^^\^TJZi^^C:''J!ri^^^^^^^ ^' '"'^"""«'- ^^*^- " «-ture EXERCISE IS A MAIN FEATURE IN THE TREATMENT OF BROOD SOWS ^^rio.Z^pz:^^ti^^!z:^'^::::ij::i:!jr^y^'-^ '-owi„g, which '''^.°V'-of:door8. with a small portable cabin for a she! er^ Tv"'''~\'^^ ~^^^ • onditions m practically all part/of Canada *"" 'PP''* ^° ''''»*««■ n fe ; :^*. ^A 5 I'W i'l! ; ii 4 Iffl ■5 IM 3- 'f |i ? S * ^ f 3 ' * in f i if RATION FOR YOUNG PIGS. For the first feeding of young pigs, middlings, finely gronnd sifted oats and ■kirn milk will be found excellent. Later on, say at three months of age, a mixture of middlings, 2 parts; finely ground oats, 2 parts; corn, 1 part; and skim milk may be used. Here again, exercise is essential, care being taken that the youngsters do not get too fat from over-feeding and lack of exercise, with the ensuing ailments. A FATTENING RATION. An economical feeding ration is as foUnws : Equal parts of shorts, ground oats, and ground corn, with 5 lbs. of skim milk per pig per day, and all the clover or alfalfa pigs will clean up. Where such a ration has been used, skim milk has been shown to be worth all the way from 28c. to 79c. per cwt. Green-out clover similarly may bo made worth $4.50 per cvt. Are you utilizing these feeds to the best advantage? IN GENERAL, for all classes of stock, where natural conditions are altered, striTe to approximate the same. PALATABILITY, DIGESTIBILITY and POWER TO INCREASE PRODUCTION are tho prime factors of all rations, viewed from the standpoint of economy and animal health.