250 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



lining. The ensilage in this silo keeps most admirably, and 

 is a source of pardonable pride to Professor Brooks, under 

 whose superintendence the silo was built. We found the 

 barn and accompanying buildings not only improved but 

 well kept, and the neat stock, horses, sheep, swine, etc., in 

 fine condition. Professor Brooks is now experimenting with 

 milk, testing its quality, etc., in different breeds of cattle. 

 We are especially pleased to note the financial success thus 

 far of his attempts at dairying with a new lot of cows bought 

 during the last part of the year. But, as the professor will 

 make an annual report, these and many other details will 

 therein appear, and the bulletins of the Hatch Experiment 

 Station will contain all that is being done under that manage- 

 ment. We can only say that we wish that every farmer in 

 the State would at some time or other visit the college, and 

 the experiment stations there located. 



These institutions are a God-send to the farmers, and may 

 be said to be already indispensable to their welfare. At all 

 events, the farmers who take advantage of their teachings 

 have a long leverage over those who do not. The college 

 has thus far received a liberal support from the Legislature 

 of our State. It is a State institution. From the very 

 nature of the case, annual wants will occur, and appropria- 

 tions of money yearly become necessary. This year a barn 

 is needed west of the Hatch experiment barn, for the econom- 

 ical storing of food and soiling of cows in summer, thus 

 affording convenient means of increasing the fertility of that 

 portion of the form. The system of underdrainage is yet 

 incomplete, and more tile is needed for the purpose. 

 Additional farm implements are wanted for the more 

 economical cultivating and harvesting of crops. A steam 

 boiler is wanted to supply heat to the squash room, hospital 

 stalls and piggery, which, as the professor says, are now 

 as cold as Greenland's icy mountains ; and he suggestively 

 adds, "Here is a good chance to see which is cheapest in 

 sustaining animal heat, — food or fuel." 



The Experiment Station. 

 The nearly fifty acres of land, under the eye of Dr. 

 Goessmann, with the buildings specially arranged for the 



