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this, too, upon lands so recently worthless, is surely en- 

 courao-inof to the srrowino; of corn in Massachusetts. Could 

 every acre devoted to the corn crop in Massachusetts be 

 made, by more intelligent methods, to show equal returns, 

 it would give to our farmers a larger annual sum than the 

 entire yearly expense of maintaining the Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



While the lands and crops of the college farm afford satis- 

 faction, the stock barn in no sense meets present require- 

 ments. Its early abandonment seems an absolute necessity; 

 in many essential particulars we should be unwilling 

 to commend it as having any value as an object lesson. 

 Stabling cattle over a basement where their excrements are 

 deposited no lono-er commends itself to our most intellio-ent 

 stockmen ; storing fodder in lofts above cattle is of question- 

 able utility. We are informed that the sanitary conditions of 

 this barn are such that two 1)reeds of cattle (Jerseys and 

 Guernseys) have become extinct. We are convinced that 

 from every point of view money for the erection of a stock 

 barn, complete in its appointments, healthful in its sanitary 

 arrangements, centrally located with reference to gathering 

 the crops of the farm, should be asked of the State without 

 delay. A desirable adjunct to this barn would be a dairy 

 room, equipped with modern implements for creaming milk 

 and manufiicturing butter. At one of our visits to the col- 

 lege in May last we found the Dairy Bureau conducting a 

 dairy school in the presence of the senior class. This exer- 

 cise seemed to us so useful that the question arises whether 

 the milk produced ui)on the farm should not be manufactured 

 there by the most skilled methods, thus affording a daily ob- 

 ject lesson in this important industry. 



In the near future we hope to see a well-arranged poultry 

 house on the farm, with the leadino; varieties of fowls. An 

 industry representing an annual income of over two million 

 dollars deserves recognition. 



The past growth of the college has been as rapid as is con- 

 sistent with normal development ; its future is full of hope. 

 The lines of its usefulness, viz., instruction, investigation, 

 the object lesson, we have indicated ; the harmonious de- 



