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the best. For instance, at Utica sufficient grass seed was not fur- 

 nished to seed the ground down properly. Farms cannot be made 

 profitable in that way. Utica should be equipped as a great dairy 

 farm, and the Marcy site will become a great profit to the State. 



We predict that the low cost, all things considered, will in the 

 future go to the large hospital with a large, well equipped farm. 

 These farms may not necessarily join the hospital grounds, but will 

 be within reasonable transportation distance. 



For several years a committee with representatives from the 

 Hospital Commission, Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities, State 

 Superintendent of Prisons, State Comptroller, and Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, together with the stewards of the charitable insti- 

 tutions, have met at the Agricultural Department and agreed on 

 prices of farm products to be used by the different institutions. 

 These prices, a list of which follows, are made as near what the 

 institution would have to pay as it is possible to do. A form of 

 farm census report, which also follows, is agreed upon at the same 

 time. 



SCHEDULE OF PRICES FOR HOME PRODUCTS OX STATE INSTITUTION 



FARMS 



October 1. 1914, to September 30. in 15 



VEGETABLES MEASURE PRICE 



Asparagus pound $ . 12 



Basil, sweet pounds 10 



Beans, string pounds 025 



Beans, dry bushel ( 60 lbs. ) 3 . 00 



Beans, lima ( dry ) pound 07 



Beans, lima (green) pound 06 



Beets bushel 50 



Beet greens pound 02 



Brussels sprouts pound 08 



Cabbage 1 00 pounds 60 



Carrots bushel ( 50 lbs. ) 40 



Caul iflower pound 04 



Celery, heads pound 05 



Celery, tops pound 025 



Chard, Swiss pound 02 



Citron, green pound 05 



Corn, sweet, with busks 100 pounds 1 .00 



Corn, pop bushel 1 . 00 



Corn, dried sweet pound 07 



Cress, water quart 02 



Cucumbers, table use pound 02 



Cucumbers, small, for pickles pound 03 



Egg plant pound 05 



