32 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



jd-oj^Tcssivc faniK'is. To lliis ciid several jtioiiiiiiciit stcxU hreedei-s and 

 JiiriiK'is liavc been iiivitcil to address our sliideiils and (jiiite a iiiiiiiImm- 

 of our best lainis in llie State have been visite(l. We t liorouj;hIy believe 

 that such trips and the contact of the stu(h'iit with the best that is in 

 ])ractical aj^-^iicultui-e is of incalculable benefit to the student. We 

 ho]»e to develop this line of worU in thefutuic. 



The (h'i)ai-tnient has helped to organize and maintain an annual 

 students' jud<^in}jj contest which promises to be of j^reat value to the 

 student. 



The Michij;an Ajiricultural Collejic was represented by a creditabh' 



exhibit of live stock at the Chicago International f]xposition of 1!M)0. 



Some fine specimens of sheep have been added to the college fiocks. We 



believe tliat we are not ojttimistic when we state that the colleoc stock 



and farm were never in better condition than at the present time. 



It is indeed an invigorating experience to a farmer, who loves so 

 mudi to see a "good stand" of cloA-er, to wander along the college lane 

 and find that every field on the left side of the lane is beautifully seeded 

 to clover. Only in one field, number 13, was any timothy sown with 

 the clover. 



In our opinion such clover is only possible on fertile virgin soil or 

 where an abundance of barnyaid nuinurc^ is regularly applied. It is 

 no secret that such a system of farming brings success. The Farm 

 Department is doing what it can to emphasize this fact among students 

 and farmers by the most potent factor possible — an object lesson. 



The present agricultural laboratory is in no way adequate to the 

 needs of the de])ai-tnient. We ho})e in the near future to see a suitable 

 building which will in every way meet the wants of the dei)artment and 

 represent the importance of agriculture in ^lichigan and of agricultural 

 education at our college. 



Respectfully submitted, 



HEKBERT W. MT'MFORD. 

 Professor of Agriculture and Superintendent College Farm. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., 

 June 30, 1901. 



