TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 77 



During a part of the time, officers were supplied by Capt. levers 

 of the 53rd Precinct, and they did extremely good work. The 

 arrests made and summonses issued by these men are not in- 

 cluded in the above number, 



NURSERY. 



The customary amounts of vegetable and animal foods were 

 raised at the Nursery, and a certain number of the animal ranges 

 that were utilized the previous season for war crops, were again 

 used for growing food stuffs. In spite of the very bad growing- 

 season and the aphid epidemic that was prevalent throughout 

 the season, the following foods were produced : 



Vegetable Food. 



Mangels 27'4 Tons 



Carrots 2813 Bunches 



Potatoes 90 Bushels 



Cabbage 2983 Heads 



Lettuce 3828 Heads 



Beets 821 Bunches 



Turnips 14 Tons 



Cornstalks 30 Loads 



Rye, Green 5 Loads 



Grapes 219 Lbs. 



Honey 10 Lbs. 



Animal Food. 



Rabbits 1,165 



Rats 619 



Guineas 368 



Chicks 2,036 



Ducks 6 



Pigs : 54 



Eggs 1,904 



In the greenhouses, 28,100 plants for bedding or other orna- 

 mental purposes were produced during the year. This work was 

 carried out with difficulties ever present. 



GENERAL. 



The high cost of building materials, steel and paint, the 

 great number of changes in the labor force, and many actual 



