216 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



8. Report on General Farm Work (1891). 



Aside from the farm work connected with the different 

 field experiments previously described, much has been accom- 

 plished in other directions. 



Considerable progress has been made in perfecting the 

 arrangement for a system of co-operative work in the vege- 

 tation house and upon the experimental plats in the field. 



The new orchard for testing the influence of different sys- 

 tems of fertilization on the health and general condition of 

 fruit trees has received the needed attention. More young 

 trees have been planted, and suitable crops have been raised 

 over the entire area to economize the ground while the 

 trees are still small. 



Some reputed fodder crops comparatively new to our 

 locality have been raised on a sufficiently large scale to serve 

 for feeding experiments. Most prominent among them are 

 a mixed crop of spring vetch and oats, and soja bean, both 

 for green fodder. 



Several acres have been planted with oats, barley and 

 Indian corn, besides some varieties of roots and potatoes to 

 furnish fodder for our farm live-stock. - 



Two silos are filled, one with Stowell's Evergreen sweet 

 corn and the other with a dent corn, Pride of the North, to 

 compare their feeding value as well as their general economi- 

 cal merits under fairly corresponding conditions. 



A new barn has been built, to allow a proper separation 

 of the crops obtained in connection with different field 

 experiments. 



A liberal production of fodder crops for the support of 

 the farm live-stock has been for economical reasons a leading 

 object in the management of the farm. 



The improvement of the general condition of the various 

 parts of the farm, wherever circumstances admitted a free 

 choice of means, has received at all times deserved atten- 

 tion. 



The following statement is an enumeration of the principal 

 crops raised on different parts of the farm, on lands either 



