Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . iss. That is, it is a comparativelynew breed for Canada, though it is abreed which has stood the test for gen-erations in Switzerland, a country whichrequires an animal of vigorous consti-tution and general thriftineas. - Thefirst Brown SwiSS. came to Canada in1^06. In 1914, the Canadian BrownSwiss Association was formed. It hasgrown now to include thirty members,owning approximately 500 head ofBrown Swiss catte in Canada. The ma-jority of these breeders are located in Quebec, but advocates of theare scattered throughout theDominion. Perhaps the twoe
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . iss. That is, it is a comparativelynew breed for Canada, though it is abreed which has stood the test for gen-erations in Switzerland, a country whichrequires an animal of vigorous consti-tution and general thriftineas. - Thefirst Brown SwiSS. came to Canada in1^06. In 1914, the Canadian BrownSwiss Association was formed. It hasgrown now to include thirty members,owning approximately 500 head ofBrown Swiss catte in Canada. The ma-jority of these breeders are located in Quebec, but advocates of theare scattered throughout theDominion. Perhaps the twoest enthusiasts in the Browncause to-day are W. Waterloo, Que., and Ralph Stanstead, Quebec, preaand secretary, respectively, oflBrown Swiss Association. Theirlbined entries made a very credlshowing for the breed at bot|Sherbrooke and St. John, ,this year. According to SedLibby, there is a promising futui|the Brown Swiss in Canada, jusoon as they can be tested fortion and fair comparisons made 1them and the other dairy breeds!. A bunch of lusty youngsters from the herd of Ralph H. Libby, Stanstead, Qu l^armers Magazine J)f bone in the pasterns. One per cent.|)f bone meal was mixed in both the dryjfeed and the slop feed of the dams offhese litters while suckling, and of thejigs themselves both before and afterJveaning. An ordinary farm ration)f two parts barley and one part wheat^horts with five per cent, each of tank-age and linseed oil meal was fed todl the litters. They all ran on mixedpasture. A noticeable difference was found in;he strength of bone in the pasterns of;hese pigs but no difference in the size)f the bone. The litters that received he one per cent, of bone meal hadstronger and more erect >pasternsthroughout. This is a great show dvantage in itself and indicatesstronger bone. After the first yearstrials, ground bone meal was alwaysfed regularly as part of the hog ra-tion. The winning of the Winona herdon the Pacific Coast for the years thisherd wa
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