272 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. 



With the aid of my assistant, the work of making feed- 

 bins, racks for drying experimental crops, fittings for pens 

 and boxes, and other appliances for the purpose of experi- 

 mentation, has been done in the intervals of other duties. 



Hay. 



The hay of the experimental farm was turned over to the 

 college farm by Director Goessman, with the exception of 

 the produce of certain areas, which I was requested to select 

 for experiments in feeding, which is stored in the feeding- 

 barn on the upper floor 



Grounds. 



The grounds around the building have been graded and 

 seeded with a mixture of lawn grasses, and the road-bed of 

 the carriage way in front of the buildings has been filled 

 with stones and partly covered with gravel. 



Pig Feeding. 



Permission having been given me to " make any experi- 

 ments that did not involve expense to the station," ten Berk- 

 shire pigs were placed in the pens October 18 and fed until 

 December 17. The details and result of this experiment are 

 herewith presented in the paper marked " Exhibit F." 



In the supplementary papers presented with this report 

 approximate estimates have been made of the additional 

 facilities that are required in this department to carry on the 

 work in a satisfactory manner. 



Massachusetts Experiment Station, 

 Department of Field and Feeding Experiments, 

 Amherst, Dec. 22, 1883. 



