70 STATE BOARD OF AGEICULTUEE. 



During the summer a large compost lieap was constructed of alternate layers 

 of swamp muck and barn-yard manure, in the proportion of about three parts 

 of muck to one of manure. The heap contains 1,500 cubic yards, and the 

 account is as follows : 



Student labor $105 71 



Men and team labor G5 93 



Manure 187 50 



Cost $359 14 



Or about 34 cents per cubic yard for the compost. This A\dll cost about 55 cents 

 per cubic yard delivered on our back fields, such as Nos. 8, 9, and 10, and from 

 35 to 45 on the fields nearer the barns. 



The remainder of the labor Avas done for the college, and is divided as follows : 



Special duty $19 23 



Mapi:)ing farm and grounds 33 34 



Plotting drains 19 44 



Building account 94 07 



Grading and breaking around new houses 310 91 



Orchard drains '. 381 71 



Eepairing fences 15 03 



Labor on lawns 74 49 



Teaming for College 33 73 



Straw for covering cistern and banking 3 50 



Total $773 33 



Cr. By hay from lawn 81 74 



Tlota $691 59 



For which the department has credit. The special duty Avas showing visitors 

 about our buildings, green-house, and grounds, and frequently so many were 

 here at one time that more than one was required for this duty. The drain 

 records Avere heretofore on detached records, but a book has been procured into 

 Avhich all drain notes are coi^ied, and descriptions of the land of College Farm 

 proper. On the pages opposite the notes a neat plat is made of the drain or 

 parcel of land described, Avith the accompan}ang scale. Tliis Avork, as aa'cII as 

 that of making tAVo maps of the farm (one for the Library and one to be sent 

 to the Centennial), has been in charge of Mr. E. C. Carpenter, instructor in 

 mathematics and civil engineering. The grade at the new houses was begun 

 rather late in the season, and pushed as fast as the means at our command 

 Avould alloAv. The grading Avas nearly completed and the adjacent land broken 

 up for frost action and spring AVork, and is then to be seeded doAvn, it is hoiked, 

 much smoother than before. 



The labor on laAvns and drives in Farm Department was more than paid for 

 by hay receiAcd from that part mown, leaving a profit of $7 35. 



In the general work of the department there have been some changes. Two 

 carts and harnesses Avere j^urchased, which facilitated A'ery much the moving of 

 muck and earth for short distances. The first half of the year the Avages Avere 

 at the old rates ; the last half the regular laljor Avas paid for at a maximum of 

 10 cents per hour, and 13|^ cents for extra. Tlie increased interest of the stu- 

 dents Avas at once apparent, and, in my judgment, the work was increased 



