DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 83 



current Expense. X'tho'^^SSL 



Cash receipts of Farm Department: 



Lumber $ 88 



Men and team 123 36 



Students 112 50 



Cattle 1,989 oG 



Team 25 39 



Sheep 784 04 



Swine 396 57 



Grain 796 43 



Potatoes -. 



Repairs of implements 59 59 



Farm house 



Wood 472 92 



Drains 16 35 



$4,777 59 



SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF FARM DEPARTMENT FROM SEPT. 



1, 1880. TO SEPT. 30. 1882. 



Disbursements as seen in classified statement above: 



Current expense, 1880,1881 $5,520 28 



Special appropriations, 1880,1881 2,182 46 



Current expense, 1881,1882 5.807 87 



Special appropriations, 1881, 1882 4,744 91 



Receipts as seen in classified statement above: 



Cash received, 1880, 1881 $4,777 59 



Cash received, 1881, 1882 5,747 93 



Inventory, Sept. 30, 1882 $25,527 48 



Inventory, Sept. 1, 1880 17,480 62 



Increase of inventory from Sept. 1,1880. to 



Sept. 30,1882 '. 8,046 85 



Balance 316 85 



$18,572 37 $18,572 37 



The large increase in inventory during the two years ending Sept. 30, 1882, 

 is largely due to the purchase of thoroughbred stock, and the increase in the 

 herds as seen in the enumeration of stock. The farm and buildings thereon 

 are not embraced in this inventory, nor any items that properly belong to 

 permanent improvements. When it is remembered that we have expended 

 for new buildings, 83,450.96; for posts and boards, fencing, $181.05; drains, 

 tile, etc., 8405.32; well at farm-house, 8140; other permanent improvements, 

 $167.04; total, $4,344.97; and that aside and independent of this amount we 

 have a small balance on the right side of the account, as seen in the above 

 summary, it will, I think, be considered as a fair showing for the farm 

 department. I may say that we have not in our plans and work been giving 

 undue prominence to the financial outcome. To make the department most 

 efficient, of most practical value to students with the means at our command, 

 has been our first thought. To do this with that that true economy and 

 regard to business which are underlying principles in all successful practical 

 management has been our purpose. 



I may not close this report without expressing my obligations to the State 

 Board of Agriculture for hearty cooperation and support in my plans for the 

 improvement of the department. 



