1858.] SENATE— No. 4. 211 



From the first, this Board have been favored with an excellent 

 head man, Mr. Samuel N. White, who is a practical farmer, having 

 been brought up and always been engaged in the calling ; to him we 

 are much indebted for the general detail in the management of the 

 farm. 



Wm. G. Lewis. 

 Justus Tower. 



The following is the Report of the committee on 



CROPS: 



Hay. — The amount of hay harvested upon the State Farm, includ- 

 ing Rowen and Millet, is 115 tons, in the following proportions: 

 English hay, 80 tons ; Meadow, 25 tons ; Rowen, 8 tons ; Millet, 2 

 tons. 



Those lands which received an application of guano, Gould's muri- 

 ate of lime and gypsum in 1856, produced as good a crop, in quality 

 and quantity, as last year. A few strips of the same land which was 

 top-dressed with guano last year, received an application of the same 

 fertilizer this y«ar, and in every instance the result was an increase of 

 hay. An application of liquid manure to grass lands has been made 

 to considerable extent, and in every instance with good success. 

 Wherever the liquid manure has fallen on grass land it has left its 

 niarl^ producing hay and feed in abundance. 



Corn. — The number of acres planted, not including sweet and 

 fodder corn, is 32. The Avhole yield (including sound and soft) is 

 2,228 bushels of ears, or 1,114 bushels of shelled corn, giving an 

 average of 34|fths bushels per acre. The varieties planted were 

 King Philip, Smutty White or Plymouth, Connecticut River, Loring 

 and Brigham Corn. As compared with last year, we have about two- 

 thirds of a crop. 



Of the 32 acres planted, 17 only were upon the State Farm, 15 

 acres being upon land rented by the committee. The yield of the 

 17 acres was 1,224 bushels of ears, and was manured as follows : — 



Field No. 1, in front of piggery, containing 1^ acres, received 10 

 cords of manure from the piggery, per acre, spread on and ploughed in 

 to the depth of 7 inches. The yield was 156 bushels of ears, all 

 sound and good, being 52 bushels of shelled corn per acre. Variety : 

 Brigham Corn. 



Four acres on Warren lot received 8 cords of reservoir compost 

 per acre, (consisting of loam, muck and sewerage from the institu- 



