SECRETARY'S REPORT. 89 



On Fay Farm. 

 English hay, 34| tons ; 2d quality English hay, 4-1 tons ; meadow 

 hay, 5 tons. 



Total, English hay, .... 76 tons. 



do Meadow hay, . . . . 27 do 



103 do 

 Corn fodder on State farm, 24 tons. 

 Corn fodder on Fay farm, 6 tons. 



Note 1. In all cases the ploughing for roots was deep, prohably 

 averaging ten inches. For corn and potatoes, seven inches. For 

 oats, from five to seven inches. 



Note 2. The manure denominated barn manure, is made in the 

 barn cellar, and is composed of manure from cattle, meadow muck 

 and loam, about one-third each ; the same proportions as used last 

 season, 1854, and estimated at three dollars a cord of 102 bushels. 



Note 3. The manure called piggery manure was made by swine 

 at the new piggery. A large proportion of it was loam, and not as 

 good as usual, from the fact that it was worked by the swine a less 

 time than any previous year, and was constantly exposed to the 

 weather, there being no piggery cellar. 



Note 4. The sales from the garden were less this year than last 

 by about two hundred dollars, fur the reason that nearly two acres 

 of land were improved by the State Reform School as a garden, and 

 all varieties of vegetables raised, to a greater or less extent ; and of 

 course their demands on our garden were less. 



Note 5. The Fay farm is the farm hired by the Board last spring, 

 and lies west about three-fourths of a mile from the State farm. The 

 crops raised upon it were hay, corn, potatoes and beans ; and the 

 income of the farm has yielded a profit. 



Note 6. Whole amount of corn raised on State farm, 1,964 

 bushels of ears, or 982 bushels of corn. 



Whole amount raised on Fay farm, 470 bushels of ears, or 235 

 bushels of corn. 



Note 7. The carrots, as before stated, have all been accurately 

 weighed, and fifty pounds have been allowed to the bushel ; but if 

 measured as farmers usually measure carrots, we should have 116 

 bushels for every 100 given. This fact is stated from actual trial. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



S. N. White, Head Farmer. 



For Messrs. Wildek and Nasii, 



Committee on Crops. 



