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provided, and the selling of one of the old teams and the purchase of a 

 new one to take its place, gave iis four teams again. The ease with 

 which our work has been accomplished this year and this without the 

 hiring of outside help and in spite of the inclement late season, speak 

 well for the investment. 



During the year Mr. Ferguson has added a number of excellent indi- 

 viduals to our flocks and herds. 



A considerable amount of milk is now being brought to our dairy by 

 farmers. This gives us sufficient milk to give our students instruction in 

 all the phases of dairy practice and at the same time gives to our patrons 

 their skim milk for feeding purposes, a thing which most of them greatly 

 appreciate. 



Respectfully, 



JOS. A. JEFFERY, 

 Assistant Professor of Agriculture. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



To the President; 



Sir — Few changes have been made in the work of the department 

 or in its working force from what was reported one year ago. Prof. U. P. 

 Hedrick has acted as assistant professor of horticulture and has had 

 charge of the teaching and much of the laboratory work; Thos. Gunson 

 has performed the duties of instructor in floriculture and florist, and as 

 such has had charge of the College conservatories; M. L. Dean, in addi- 

 tion to his duties as assistant in the horticultural work of the experiment 

 station, has acted as gardener and has attended to the growing, harvesting 

 and marketing of the vegetables and fruits that were raised either for 

 illustration or experimental purposes ; Henry Sherman has been foreman 

 of the gardens and grounds and, besides looking after the work of the 

 teams and men, has aided in supervising the work of the students. 



In addition to the regular work of the department the men and teams 

 have been occupied for a considerable portion of the time in work for 

 other departments. They have hauled all of the coal for the new boiler 

 house, greenhouses and members of the faculty; they have also hauled 

 several car loads of lumber, tile, brick and other supplies used about the 

 grounds. This spring a large amount of team-work was done for the con- 

 tractor for the bacteriological laboratory. 



THE ORCHARDS AND GARDENS. 



The trees in the College orchards made a very satisfactory growth last 

 year and most of the older ones gave a good crop of fruit. This was 

 especially true of the pears and plums. Fair crops only were secured of 



