434 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



the exception of the last mentioned, are pedigree animals, — 

 and 75 fowls. 



In taking the inventory of stock, I have put the value 

 according to the worth of the animal, and what it would 

 sell for if placed on the market. In this way the vakie of 

 the stock can be compared from year to year, without the 

 uncertainty of fancy i^rices, for these vary greatly different 

 seasons, and also with different breeders, one sellinor an 

 animal for $500 which another could not for $100. I include 

 in this report the inventory of stock, hay, grain, etc., as I 

 found it April 1st, giving credit for all stock since sold and 

 the price received. To the value of the young stock I have 

 added from $5 to $15 each, according to the growth and con- 

 dition of the several animals. The increased value of the 

 steers is the increase in weight, reckoned at five cents per 

 pound. Comparing the value of live stock of April 1st, 

 1883, with that of Jan. 1st, 1884, a balance is found in favor 

 of Jan. 1st, 1884. The value of the hay, grain, roots, etc., 

 will vary little from what it was Jan. 1st, 1883. The tools 

 and vehicles have been taken at the value given last year, 

 they being fully as valuable as then. Besides doing the 

 regular farm work, the roads have been kept in order, grad- 

 ing has been done about the Drill Hall and other college 

 buildings, the grounds have been kept in order, the cellar 

 dug for the president's house and the grounds about it 

 graded. The team-work of the experiment station has been 

 done, the crops harvested, grading about its buildings and 

 construction of the road upon its grounds. Besides having 

 charge of the farm, I have given instructions in agriculture 

 to the freshmen class throughout the year, and also taken 

 charge of class work. 



The first great need of the farm is to settle upon some 

 fixed plan for the future, to decide what branch of farming 

 shall be carried on, and then to work for that, and not be 

 shifting from one thing to another. The buildings and soil 

 of the farm are adapted to stock farming, and mono}'' should 

 be furnished with which to purchase fertilizers the coming 

 spring, that more hay, grain and roots may be grown, that 

 more stock may be kept, and in this way to improve the 



