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Department of Farm PracTICE. 



FARM OPERATIONS. 



The following statement gives a number of activities that have engaged 

 the attention of the Department of Farm Practice during the past year: 



1. We have installed 1,032.5 rods of farm drains, besides some odd 

 drainage jobs about the new barn and in the athletic field. 



2. We have erected 290 rods of new farm fence and repaired a lot of 

 old fence. As fast as circumstances will permit we are clearing away 

 the stones from the old hedgerows that have been removed. There is still 

 much of this work to do. 



3. During the year we have secured in the city and hauled to the College 

 farm 926 loads of manure, and have produced at the College barns 989 

 loads. 



4. The areas devoted to crops on the College farm and on rented land 

 are approximately as follows : 



Acres. 



Corn 48 



Oats 28 



Peas and oats 6 



Wheat 25 



Rye 31 



Potatoes 3 



Acres, 



Mangels 3 



Carrots, rutabagas, and 



cabbages 1 3^ 



Soy beans i 



Buckwheat 40 



(Part for green manure). 



5. The crops produced (so far as they can be reported on at this 



date) are about as follows : 



Tons. 



Alfalfa hay 23^/^ 



Green alfalfa (in silo) . 100 

 Timothy and mixed hay 116 



Clover hay 60 



Corn silage 240 



Bush. 



714 

 152 



Rye 



Wheat (on rented land) 

 Wheat on C. U. farm 



not threshed. 

 Other crops not har- 

 vested. 



J. L. STONE, 

 Professor of Farm Practice 



