A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . milkyielded in a given time. Experiments have shown that regularityin hours of milking is of great importance. SWINE. As in the case of the dairy cattle, the swine are managedin such a way as to gain the utmost profit from the herd. To thisend, only prolific animals of good type are kept, and these are caredfor and fed so as to insure the maximum of vigor and thrift. Formany years, even during seasons of high prices for feed and of low prices for pork, the hogs fed at the Central Farm have yielded asubstantial profit. The methods that have broug
A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . milkyielded in a given time. Experiments have shown that regularityin hours of milking is of great importance. SWINE. As in the case of the dairy cattle, the swine are managedin such a way as to gain the utmost profit from the herd. To thisend, only prolific animals of good type are kept, and these are caredfor and fed so as to insure the maximum of vigor and thrift. Formany years, even during seasons of high prices for feed and of low prices for pork, the hogs fed at the Central Farm have yielded asubstantial profit. The methods that have brought this abouthave been learned from experiments, the particulars regarding whichare at all times available to persons who apply for them. In viewof the difficulty of many in making a profit from feeding pigs, theinformation gained and given out in bulletins and the Annual Reportsof the Farms is of great value to the country. Only pure-bred swine are kept and many are sold at abouttwo months old at from $6 to $10 per head for breeding purposes,. Winter health resort at the Central Farm. but against the extra revenue these bring, there must be placed alarge amount of experimental work that cannot yield much, if any,immediate profit. Very valuable lessons have been learned in regard to maintainingthe breeding stock in a high condition of vigor. A satisfactory methodof accomplishing this has been worked out at the ExperimentalFarm, and more than that, it is done at the minimum of only has expensive housing been found unnecessary for thebreeding stock of both sexes, but expensive feeding is not onlyunnecessary but positively harmful. The breeding stock live out-of-doors practically the wholeyear round, and feed upon such cheap foods as pasture, roots, soilingcrops and clover hay with very little grain food. Of course, whenthe sows are suckling litters, a richer diet must be given for thebenefit of the family, but at other seasons, the food of the sows isof a cheap charac
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