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N. II. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Bulletin 151 



Farm Crop Report. 



The following table will show the number of acres, the total yield and the 

 average yield per acre of the various farm crops including pasture from 1903 to 

 190S inclusive. 



1903 



1904 



1905 



l'jiiii 



Hay, acres 



Hay, tons 



Hay, average per acre 



Ensilage , acres 



Ensilage . tons 



Ensilage, average per acre 



Field corn, acres 



Field corn, baskets 



Field corn, average per acre. . . 



Corn stover, tons 



Other grains, acres 



Other grains bushels 



Straw, tons 



Potatoes and turnips, acres. . . 

 Potatoes and turnips, bushels. 



Mis. Exp. plots, acres 



Hog and sheep lots, acres 



Pasture, acres 



Trans, to Hort. Dept., acres. . 



Total acres, Agricultural Department. 



126.00 

 150.00 

 1.19 

 4.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 3.00 

 0.00 

 36.50 

 4.00 



173.50 



108.40 



149.30 

 1.37 



10.10 



73.50 



7.20 



8.00 



414.00 



51.80 

 6.00 

 3.50 

 0.00 

 5.20 

 1.50 

 210.00 

 1.50 

 0.00 



43.50 

 0.00 



107.40 



140.20 



1.35 



12.60 



118.20 



9.40 



5.00 



540.00 



108.00 



8.50 



0.00 



0.00 



0.00 



0.00 



0.00 



5.50 



3.00 



43.50 



ii on 



106.00 



149.50 



1.41 



8.50 



56.00 



6.60 



4.50 



322.00 



71.00 



6.10 



1.00 



42.00 



l 1.60 



1.00 



225.00 



1.50 



3.50 



45.00 



2.00 



1907 



1908 



80.40 



120.70 



1.51 



11.00 



109.80 



10.00 



7.80 



262.00 



33.60 



9.00 



8.50 



320.00 



7.50 



1.00 



245.00 



2.00 



4.00 



54.50 



3.50 



73.0 



95.8 



1.3 



12.5 



132.0 



10.6 



5.5 



652.0 



118.0 



10.7 



5.0 



60.0 



4.2 



0.5 



102.0 



1.5 



4.0 



66.0 



2.0 



173.50 173.00 173.00 172.20 



170.0 



It will be noted from the table that the total acreage of the farm used by 

 the farm department has decreased 3.5 acres since 1903. This decrease has 

 been due to an enlargement of the campus for the erection of new buildings 

 and for the opening of a clay bank. The pasture acreage has been increased 

 almost thirty acres. This was necessitated principally for accommodating 

 the sheep flocks and partly for more cattle pasture. The area used for grain 

 production and experimental plots has also increased since 1903. As a result 

 of these various changes in the cropping system the hay-producing acres 

 have been decreased from 126 acres in 1903 to 73 acres in 1908. There has 

 been, however, a steady increase in the yield per acre of hay during the six- 

 year period, seasonal variations being considered. 



Hay Production. 



In 1903 the only crop harvested by the farm department, with the excep- 

 tion of a few small experimental plots of millets and alfalfa, was hay. The 

 total yield of hay was 150 tons from 126 acres, being an average of 1.19 tons 

 per acre. About four acres of corn had been planted but this was a complete 

 failure and none was harvested. 



In 1907 there was cut 120.7 tons of hay from 80.4 acres, an average of 1.51 

 tons per acre; in 1908, which was a very dry and unfavorable season for hay 

 throughout the state, 95.8 tons were cut from 73 acres, an average of 1.3 tons 

 per acre. Besides the hay crop in 190S there was produced 132 tons of ensilage, 

 652 baskets of corn, and other small grains for experimental purposes. 



Appropriations. 



For the five fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, the 

 Board of Trustees appropriated an average of $660 per year from the college 



