1891.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 199 



XI. Report on General Farm Work. 



Aside from the experimental work described within the, 

 preceding pages, much has been accomplished in other 

 directions. 



Some of this work is of a mere preparatory character, and 

 will be reported in due time in connection with a detailed 

 description of the experiment with which it is connected. 

 The remainder concerns merely current farm work, as may 

 be seen from a few subsequent statements. 



The new orchard, covering an area of from six to seven 

 acres, has been in part planted -with apple, pear, peach and 

 plum trees ; other varieties, as well as small fruits, will be 

 planted during the coming spring. 



Several acres were sown with vetch and oats, soja bean 

 and corn, to furnish green fodder for the dairy, and to serve 

 as ensilaged crops for winter feed. 



One silo is filled with fodder corn, and another with half 

 soja bean and half fodder corn. 



It has been the aim to improve the productiveness of the 

 farm lands, wherever circumstances admitted a free choice of 

 suitable means. To produce a variety of fodder crops has 

 been the leading object of the general management. 



The subsequent statement contains an enumeration of the 

 principal crops raised in different parts of the farm, on lands 

 either permanently assigned for the production of fodder for 

 the live stock of the station, or engaged in a course of prep- 

 aration for future experiments : — 



Hay (first cut), 461 tons. 



Rowen (second cut), 12 J " 



Fodder corn, 5| " 



Roots (carrots, 4| tons ; sugar beets, 3 tons), . . . 7^ " 



Scotch tares (dry), Ij " 



Barley (grain, 430 jiounds ; straw, 1,200 pounds), . . 1^ " 



Oats (grain, 1,250 pounds; straw, 2,000 pounds), . . If " 



Vetch and oats (green), 4 " 



Soja bean (green), 10 " 



Corn for ensilage, 18 " 



Potatoes, 190 bushels. 



Flax, 670 pounds. 



Miscellaneous fodder crops, li tons. 



