372 AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



The expcrimeutal larin now contains 1G3 acres, 70 of which have been 

 brought into a tolerable state of cultivation. The system of farm-labor 

 for the practical instruction of the students in agriculture has not yet 

 been fully matured. A small part of the work, however, has been done 

 by them the preseut year, and it is the purpose of the professors to 

 make such arrangements as Avill enable them to do the greater part, 

 and, if they choose, to pay a portion of the expense of their education. 

 There have been raised on the farm this season, SO bushels of corn, 200 

 of oats, and 70 tons of hay. Some few experiments have been made iu 

 testing the value of different kinds of commercial fertilizers. 



It is the intention of the trustees to erect a new building soon, to l)c 

 called the Conant Hall. It will contain rooms for the superintendent 

 of the farm and for students, and also a boarding establishment, which 

 will be supplied with provisions from the products of the farm, and fur- 

 nish board for the students at cost. The library contains 1,200 vol- 

 umes of select scientific works, about 100 of which are from the private 

 library of the late Professor Faraday. Students also have access to the 

 college library on the same conditions as those of the academical de- 

 Ijartment. 



The number of students in the College of Agriculture and the Me- 

 chanic Arts during the preseut academic year is 23 ; in all the depart- 

 ments, or college proper, 408. 



KEW JERSEY. 



BuUjers College — Scientijic School at Wew Brunswick^ Rev. William E. 

 Cani])hell, I). D., LL. !>., president. — The farm of the Scientific School 

 contains 09 acres, 72 of which are cultivated with plowed crops, 25 are 

 in grass, and the remainder is occupied by the buildings of the college 

 and the school. In the management of the farm the prominent objects 

 had in view are the instruction of the students in practical farming, in 

 experimentation in crops, and in stock-raising. Students do not engage 

 in manual labor, but are required to visit the farm and inspect the mode 

 of cultivation of the different crops, the management of the stock, and 

 to take special care in the conduct of the experiments. Great attention 

 has been given to the improvement of the soil of the farm by under- 

 draining, and manuring with green-sand marl and animal manures. 

 Barn-yard manure is chiefly relied on for permanently enriching the soil 

 and bringing it into a high condition of fertility. About $15,000 have 

 been spent in the improvement and equipment of the farm since its pur- 

 chase, in 18G1. Elaborate and exact experiments have been made under 

 the direction of Professor George H. Cook in the cultivation of Indian 

 corn, with different chemical manures, the details of which are given in 

 the eighth annual report of the Scientific School for 1872. Professor 

 Cook has also given lectures on agriculture in the different counties of 

 the State agreeably to law, which requires that the professor of agri- 

 culture shall deliver at least one lecture during the year in each county. 

 During the year, 1,205 feet of tile under-drain have been laid, and all 

 the Avet land of the farm is now thoroughly drained, and can be culti- 

 vated with any farm-crop. 



There have been raised on the farm the present year, 196 bushels of 

 Mediterranean wheat on 12f acres, yield 15.4 bushels per acre j 20-J 

 bushels of Fultz wheat, from seed furnlslied by the Department ol' Ag- 

 riculture, on 1.15 acre, yield 18 bushels per acre : 1 ,CG8 bushelsof ears 

 of corn on IG acres, yield 104 bushels of ears per acre ; 26G bushels of 

 Surprise oats on 8 acres, yield 28 bushels per acre ; 7G7 bushels of Early 



