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STATE BOAKL) OF A(JliiCLLTURE 



the students have obtained a very clear idea of proper methods of farm 

 work to prevent the loss of fertilizing material, and to prevent at the same 

 time the loss of moisture by evaporation. 



To the Seniors vv^ho elected, there has been given a course in the 

 chemistry of sugar making in a beet sugar factory, and a second course 

 in the management of beet fields to grow economically the largest ton- 

 age of rich beets under varying conditions of soil and exposure. 



In general the plan adopted and followed last year in the class room 

 work and student labor has been carried out in the year just closed. 



FARM CROPS. 



Below is given the distribution of the crops in the different fields of the 

 College farm, a synopsis of the coat and of the amount and value of 

 products. 



Field. 



S . 

 4.. 



5.. 



6.. 



8. 



II. 

 18. 



II. 



15 



■6.... I 



Area 

 acres. 



12 



27.64.. 



17.07.. 



6 .. 



17.66.. 



23.78] 

 23.55 1 



.95 \ 



I 



30 



6 . 



5 . 



9.9 . 

 13.15. 

 40 . 



4.19. 



Crop. 



Experimental plots. 

 Small pasture lots.. 

 Oats 



Wheat and sundries. 



Pasture 



Beets 



Oats... 



Pasture 



Hay 



Pasture 



Hay .- 



Corn, silage 



Pasture 



Pasture 



Hay 



Corn. 



Pasture 



Experim'tal plots for sheep 

 Exp'ntal plots with grasses 



Rape 



Oats 



Wheat 



Hay 



Pasture 



Seed. 



$7 68 

 12 00 



11 52 



3 00 



3 50 



5 20 



8 32 



49 00 



Work. 



$68 95 

 165 75 



140 28 

 "79 "26' 



35 75 

 285 71 



29 50 

 322 34 



79 14 



f>7 72 



171 16 



Sun- 

 dries. 



$14 11 

 33 47 



21 77 



14 82 

 32 76 



Total 

 cost. 



$90 74 

 199 22 



173 57 



79 26 



35 75 



288 71 



29 50 

 325 84 



84 34 



80 86 

 252 88 



Yield. 



569 bu 



i209bu. wheat... 

 I 88,270 lbs. silage. 



101,351 lbs., 

 685 bu 



95,983 lbs. 



79,041 lbs.. 

 400,764 lbs. 



46,214 lbs 



I 96,580 lbs. silage. 

 1,810 bu 



I 59,714 lbs. stalks. 



496 bu..., 

 743 bu... 

 9,695 lbs. 



Value. 



$182 08 



150 48 



110 34 



104 98 



126 69 



219 20 



5 36 



287 96 



94 



237 12 



500 95 



15 25 



146 55 



138 64 



120 73 



271 .50 



59 71 



26 48 



25 15 

 158 72 

 534 97 



21 49 

 109 32 



It may not be inopportune at this time to call the attention of yourself 

 and your fellow members of the board to the condition of the College 

 farm and equipment, nor shall I be accused of boasting for so doing. 



Not going into the past history of the farm to any great extent, it is 

 sufficient for the present purpose to remind you that, largely by student 

 labor, the fences between the fields have been transformed from unsightly 

 rail affairs to neat and well built wire structures. The improvement in 

 the appearance of the farm as a whole produced by this change cannot 

 be appreciated by people who had not visited the College under the old 

 regime, 



A large amount of manure is made annually by the horses and the herds 

 of cattle and sheep. Originally the soil of the College farm was far from 

 fertile, but the application of the manure year after year has brought it 

 up to a state of fertility far above the average. At present there is grow- 

 ing a heavy crop of clover, notwithstanding the fact that over the south- 

 ern peninsula as a whole the clover crop is well nigh a failure. The wheat 



