272 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXPENSES. 



The land is valued at $18,778 69 



The stock is valued at 6,032 00 



The farm buildiugs are valued at . . . 5,590 00 



The tools are valued at 1,100 00 



Making, $31,500 69 



The interest on this is 

 Grain purchased. 

 Labor, 



Board of men, 

 Fertilizers purchased. 

 Pasturage, 



$1,890 00 



1,591 00 



2,364 00 



700 00 



272 00 



150 00 



Making, . . . • . . . $6,968 00 



Deduct this from the amount raised for consumption by the 

 establishment and you have a margin of profits of $1,289.87, 

 besides $7,323.70, to wit: manure for improvement of the 

 farm and raising crops, and hay for the cows that produce 

 the milk and teams that do the work. 



In 1872 the products of the farm exceeded those of this 

 year by $961.10. The hay and potato crops were larger, 

 the milk product was larger, and the grain bills were larger, 

 while the root-crop was smaller and the bills for pasturage 

 and fertilizers were smaller. The products for consumption 

 by the family were larger, and as the expenses of carrying 

 on the farm varied but little from this year, the margin of 

 profit was a little broader. 



In addition, the farm has kept two horses for the use of the 

 institution alone. The teams of the farm have drawn from 

 the depot five hundred tons of coal, sixty-five tons of flour, 

 all the salt, sugar, molasses, dry-goods and groceries used by 

 the establishment. 



For the last six years the teams of the farm have done all 

 the team work and the farm hands a greater part of the labor 

 expended in clearing land of stones and bushes, building 

 stone walls, laying culverts and drains, reconstructing 

 bridges carried away by freshets, constructing dams for 



