KXPERIMEN'T station bulletins. 489 



other costs: 



Veterinary charges 



Shoeing 



Bedding 



Medicines 



Miscellaneous 



122 68 



Total cost not including labor $1,374 81 



Receipts: 



3 horses sold 1550 00 



1 colt sold in spring 125 00 



1675 00 



Credit on remaining feeds. 



Hav, 2 tons 



Grain 



Bedding 



Miscellaneous 



323 91 

 Total cost $1,050 90 



LAND CLEARING. 



Land clearing has been going on quite rapidly on the Station farm. 

 In the summer and fall of 1916, 235 acres were cleared of second growth 

 and slashings. In 'doing this work a strip about 20 to 30 rods wide 

 was cleared around tlio entire piece, and l)urnod at favorable times, 

 to help Iveep the tire undin- control. After this stri]) was entirely cleared, 

 men were put to setting fires over the entire inclosed tract, at such 

 times when it was very dry and the wind strong. Fire did much of 

 the clearing and reduced the labor cost fully one-half. It cost $946.68 

 to clear tlie entire tract of slashings and second growth, or an average 

 cost of .|4.02 per acre. 



SEEDING. 



This tract was seeded in ^la.y, 1917, with the following mixture and 

 with the following proportions respectively: Alfalfa 2 pounds, ^lammotli 

 Clover 2 pounds, June Clover 2 pounds, Timothy 4 pounds, at the rate of 

 10 pounds per acre. It cost $439.00 to seed this entire tract, or $1.87 

 per acre. The seed was scattered broadcast anuuig the stumps witli an 

 ordinary hand seeder. The soil was not prepared in any way, nor was 

 the seed harrowed in. It was just thrown on and washed into the soil 

 by the rain. The seeding that developed was fairly good. After one 

 year of reseeding, it will furnish excellent pasture and hay. 



All of the different seeds are well represented. It is planned to pas- 

 ture this new seeding for a period of four or five years before plowing. 

 At the end of this time, all of the small brush will have been killed and 

 the stumps mostly rotted, which will again reduce the cost of clearing 

 of stumps to a minimum. 



