88 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



April 27 ; three bushels of seed per acre, without manure, and seeded 

 to grass ; yield, 64 bushels ; very nice. The grass appears finely. 



Five acres on Warren lot. Sown May 2 and 3, without manure, 

 with three bushels of seed per acre. This piece was also seeded to 

 grass and looks equally well. Yield, 150 bushels; about one-twelfth 

 wheat ; very heavy and nice. 



BEOMUS. 



One-half acre. Sown May 23. Manured from piggery at the 

 usual rate — eight and one-third cords per acre. This was sown with 

 oats, as directed by Mr. Benj. Willard, who sent the same here for 

 experiment. The crop was good ; the cattle loved the feed, and the 

 fall feed on it was very abundant. 



MILLET. 



Three-fourths of an acre. Sown June 15, without manure. The 

 crop was a fair one. A part was cut green for cows, and 1,500 pounds 

 harvested as hay. 



WINTER KYE. 

 Number of acres, 11. 



On Sibley Lot — 5 acres. This is the field on which the experiment 

 with potatoes was made last year. The rye was sown after the 

 potatoes were dug, and was, consequently, late. The crop was a 

 light one ; but the yield, per acre, was as follows : \st acre — manured 

 with barn manure last year ; yield, 10 bushels. 2d acre, — manured 

 with guano last year ; yield, 8^ bushels ; straw was light. Zd acre — 

 Mapes' super- phosphate ; yield, 12 bushels. 4.th acre — De Burg's 

 super-phosphate; yield. 111 bushels. 5th acre — manured with 

 super-phosphates, at half the expense of the other acres ; yield, 8 

 bushels. Total amount of rye on this field, 50 bushels. 



The six remaining acres of rye have not yet been threshed. The 

 yield will not be less than 100 bushels. 



The above acres were seeded to grass ; but this was a failure in 

 consequence of dry weather. 



FKUIT. 



10 bushels pears ; 28 barrels apples. 



The garden produced well ; but the sales did not equal those of 

 last year. 



IIAT. 

 On State Farm, 

 English hay, 34 tons; meadow hay, 22 tons ; rowen, 3 tons. 



