270 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Forage Crops. 



With the approval of Director Goessman, I ordered from 

 England some seeds of forage crops, that seemed to be 

 worthy of trial, which have been sowed on a series of plats 

 just north of the plats heretofore described. From delays in 

 transportation and detention in the custom house, the seeds 

 were not sown until June 6th, the beginning of the dry 

 season. Notwithstanding the unfavorable conditions of 

 growth, the plants appear to be fairly well rooted, and the 

 results for next summer will be looked for with interest. 

 The varieties of seeds sown are marked on the plan of plats 

 given in the report on corn experiments, marked " Exhibit 

 B," as follows : — 



1. Perennial Red Clover. 



2. Welsh Red Clover, claimed to be " well adapted to 

 land at all clover-sick." 



3. Imperial Giant Cow Grass. 



4. Giant Perennial White Clover. 



5. Webb's Improved Italian Rye Grass. 



6. Webb's Colossal Italian Rye Grass. 



7. Perennial Rye Grass. 



Feeding Barn. 



The feeding barn was repaired and reconstructed, under 

 my personal supervision, in accordance with the plan ap- 

 proved by the Board of Control, and under the advice and 

 direction, from time to time, of Mr. O. B. Hadwen and 

 Director Goessmann of the Building Committee. It is 

 arranged with six box-stalls with cement floors, for feeding 

 cattle and valuing manure, and twenty pens for feeding pigs 

 and other small animals. There is also a silo, an engine- 

 room, and feed-rooms, with convenient fittings for experi- 

 ments. 



The ground floor of the barn is given in outline on the 

 following plan : — 



