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The cost per acre of this crop was $21 79, nearly. 



Field Xo. 11 was in permanent pasture for the year, and had considerable 

 ■clearing and stumping done. The field will be fenced from No. 13 next year, 

 and is proposed to be put in corn, or at least a large part of it. The labor is 

 this : 



Students' labor $63 04 



Men and team labor 10 05 



Total - _ _ $72 09 



All i^ermanent improvement. 



Fields 'No. 12 and 14 combined and called 12, vras also permanent pasture. It 

 had some clearing of swamps and logging done. Also an old ditch was reopened, 

 •deepened, and "widened. It was then extended into the large swamp in No. 12, 

 making a ditch 174 rods long. In many jDlaces the labor of cleaning and 

 enlarging the old ditch was more than to have dug a new one. The labor is as 

 follows : 



Labor on wood cut in 1874 to haul to boarding-hall $153 29 



Cleariug, and repairing fence 82 04 



Ditching 184 68 



Total $420 01 



Student labor $296 11 



Men and team labor 123 90 



Total $420 01 



This field, as well as ISTo. 11, had grown up since chopping over, largely to 

 thistles and mullens, that required mowing and burning, and that labor is 

 charged as clearing. It is proposed to extend the large open ditch in No. 12 

 into and across No. 11 and 13 swamp, thus getting it diyer for future operations. 



Of other labor of the department we have, 1st, the cattle barn, where we cut 

 and prepare the feed for stock, and this year, after Sept. 30, did most of our 

 grinding with a Challenge feed mill sent here for trial. The summary is : 



Student labor $81 29 



Men and team labor '. 327 



77 



Total labor $409 06 



Produce consumed 1,675 28 



Labor and produce _ $2,084 34 



Less manure 252 00 



Cost for year $1,832 34 



Charged to stock. 



The necessity for better jjower, either steam or something equivalent, is 

 strongly felt, as, often, with the power we have, the work is slowly and ineflS- 

 ciently performed. With the increased acreage of productions soon to be grown 



