COLLEGE FARM SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 421 



The pasture being poor, we commenced feeding- the cows on 

 green barley the last of July. The first day of August the first 

 load of green corn was cut, and that feed was continued till the 

 last of September. We cannot estimate the absolute or relative 

 value of this crop less than we did last year. It was the most 

 profitable of all our crops, and at the present high price of hay 

 worth about $200 per acre. 



Mr. Joseph How of Methuen, Mass., in the Patent OiEce Report 

 for 1849, concludes after quite a careful experiment, that green 

 corn fodder is as good feed for milch cows as good hay. One half 

 an acre of this corn was planted the first of June and one half the 

 15th of June. Another year we shall plant one-third the first of 

 June, one third the middle and one third the last of the month. 



Crops. 



The severe drought very much injured all the field crops ex- 

 cepting potatoes. The crop of hay was about ten tons less than 

 last year. The Swedes were more than half destroyed by the 

 drouth and insects. The yield of potatoes was quite good and the 

 quality excellent. The mangolds yielded fairly, as did also the 

 English turnips. There was about two-thirds of a crop of barley. 

 Apples were abundant. All the garden vegetables grew well. 



Nurseries. 



The large apple nursery is flourishing. The following shrubs 

 and roots were received from Mr. S. L. Goodale in May last, for 

 ornamental purposes, and have nearly all grown finely, viz: 25 

 Tartarian and Siberian Honeysuckles ; 25 Philadelphus Grandi- 

 flora, 12 Weigela Rosea, 6 Weigela Amabilis, 5 Purple-leaved 

 Barberry, 3 Clethra Alnifolia,, 6 Deutzia Gracilis, 12 Prairie Roses, 

 4 Grafted Rhododendrons, 4 Catawbiense Rhododendrons, 4 Kal- 

 mia Latifolia, 4 Chinese Peonies. 



Several varieties of raspberries and grapes were received at the 

 same time. 



One hundred and fifty seedling pears and a large variety of 

 forest plants were received in May and planted in the nursery. 

 These were injured on the way here, and a large part died. The 

 100 Norway maples are, however, nearly all alive, and about two- 

 thirds of the pears. 



The raspberries and blackberries set out last year, have grown 

 well ; the black caps astonishingly. 



