44 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The men and team labor has been charged to the department as follows; 



Vegetable garden 823 OG 



New vegetable garden (permanent improvements) 45 73 



Apple orchard 24 45 



Pear orchard 18 73 



Greenhouse and Flower Garden _ 32 50 



Xurscry 3 70 



Vmeyard.. 3 80 



Strawberries _ ..- 4 G7 



Ivaspberries _ 8 20 



Experimental plats of corn 12 70 



Experimental plats of potatoes 9 62 



Compost 197 51 



Team 17 30 



Drains 4 35 



Miscellaneous -_- 1 00 



1407 38 



VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



To inventory of vegetables in garden Aug. 31st, 1878 200 00 



labor for the year _ J 48 16 



134 loads manure @ 75 cts... 100 50 



By inventory of vegetables on the ground Aug. 31, 1879 100 00 



received for vegetables sold 291 39 



one-half of the cost of manure charged to permanent im- 

 provements 50 25 



By balance.- 7 03 



$448 66 $448 66 



As this is the first year the garden has received a liberal dressing of manure 

 but one-half was charged to the present crop. Some of the work was occa- 

 sioned by the experiments in growing beets and turnips, and of course made no 

 returns for labor expended. 



NOTES ON STRAWBERRIES. 



The first to ripen was the Metcalf, June 9th, a small, soft, poor flavored 

 berry ; Matilda, the 10th, fair size, good flavor, good for family or near mar- 

 ket, too soft to ship. Duncan began to ripen June 11th, good size, quality, 

 and flavor ; berries all ripen in three or four days. This is the best and most 

 productive early berry on our grounds. 



Monarch of the West, Col. Cheney, Black Defiance, Cumberland Triumph, 

 Champion, Hervey Davis, Capt. Jack, and several others had ripe berries on 

 the 14th; Cowing's Seedling, llussell, Glendale, Afriquc, and others on the 

 16th. 



The Col. Cheney is one of the largest and most productive berries, with us. 

 It is a little soft to ship, but for tlie family or near market is very desirable. 



The most promising of the new berries on our grounds is the Champion, 



