556 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The barn and adjoining sheds are well preserved. Some 

 parts of them have been transformed into a balance room, a 

 feed room, a seed room, a tool room and workshop, and an 

 office, aside from some root pits and silos. 



The dwelling-house of the farmer is, as far as circum- 

 stances permit, in a satisfactory condition. The building will 

 soon need, however, in common with some of the older farm 

 buildings, a new coat of paint. 



The work in the field has been greatly increased, in conse- 

 quence of the recent addition of an area of thirty acres of 

 land. These lands are located on the east side of the high- 

 way, and consist of ten acres of wood land and of twenty 

 acres of worn-out grass land. Twelve acres of the latter, 

 which had been underdrained, graded and ploughed during 

 the preceding year, were utilized during the past season for 

 the raising of potatoes, corn, horse bean, squashes, o:its and 

 barley. Most of the crops succeeded fairly, while others 

 suffered seriously from frequent and heavy rainfalls during 

 the months of July and August. The lower part of this 

 portion of the lands, about four acres in size, has been 

 seeded down into a permanent meadow. The up{)cr part 

 will be again planted with some general farm crop, to reno- 

 vate it, by drill cultivation, for future experiments. The 

 remaining eight acres of old grass land have been extensively 

 underdrained during the latter part of the autumn and sub- 

 sequently ploughed. These lands are designed to serve 

 ultimately in part for the cultivation of general farm crops 

 and for a fruit orchard for experimental purposes. 



The lands located on the west side of the high road have 

 been rcsurveyed, and the outlines of each experimental field 

 marked !)y painted gas pipes ; the latter are buried four feet 

 ni the soil, to prevent the shifting of the markers and to servo 

 the farmer as future guides in ploughing, etc. The entire 

 area of ploughed land is divided into four distinct fields, 

 named A, B, C, D, of which there is a complete record of 

 their past history. 



The experimental work carried on in the barn, the fields 

 and the laboratory of the Station during the past years is 

 described in the subsequent pages under the following 

 headiuirs ; — 



