310 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Preparation of Soil and Planting- the Seed. — Messrs. Moore, 

 Ellsworth and Bradford. 



Climate as affected by Soil and Location. — Messrs. Hyde, 

 Thompson and Baker. 



Time of Cutting and Mode of Curing Hay. — Messrs. John- 

 son, Cole and Blair. 



Road Building and Repairing. — Messrs, Davis, Hubbard and 

 Boise. 



Bedding for Stable Use. — Messrs. Birnie, Bassett and Ward. 



Breeding and Training of Horses. — Messrs. Porter, Moore 

 and Johnson. 



The Potato Crop. — Messrs. Cole, Bradford and Thompson. 



The Culture and Preservation of Fruit. — Messrs. Wilder, 

 Clement and Moore. 



The Use of Clover as a Fertilizer. — Messrs. Thatcher, Hub- 

 baid and Loring. 



Economy of Farm Management. — Messrs. Loring, Slade and 

 Stone. 



The Value and Uses of Salt on the Farm. — Messrs. King, 

 Knowlton and Cole. 



Methods of Draining. — Messrs. Plunkett, Slade and Loring. 



The Damages and the Good done by Birds. — jSIessrs. Clark, 

 Saltonstall and Moore. 



This Report was adopted. 



The Report of the Committee on the Plan of a Barn, sub- 

 mitted to the Board at the meeting at Amherst, was then taken 

 up and considered at length. 



It being difficult, in the diversity of opinions, to decide upon 

 the details of a plan to be recommended to the trustees of the 

 Agricultural College, and which should serve as a model for 

 general adoption, Mr, Davis submitted the following proposi- 

 tions as expressive of the sense of the Board : — 



1. A barn should be so constructed in the climate of New 

 England as to cover as much as is possible under one roof, pro- 

 vided it can be done without great inconvenience in any impor- 

 tant particular. 



2. It therefore follows that if two, three or more stories 

 can conveniently furnish accommodations, it is cheaper and 



