8 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



tlio farm and in tlie shoe shop, each earned 824,46 a year, or 

 14.35 a year, for each boy, more than during the first period. 



So far, therefore, as the interest of the State is affected, it is 

 apparent tliat greatly increased efiiciency marked the manage- 

 ment of the institution during the five years since the Board 

 took charge of the farm, and that the proportional earnings of 

 the boys were considerably increased. 



If now we consider the comparative amount of produce 

 raised on the farm and supplied to the institution, during the 

 five years preceding the occupancy of the Board, and the five 

 years since, we shall find the results to be as follows : — 



In 1849, the quantity of milk was 6,641 gallons. 



1850, " " 



1851, " " " 



1852, " " " 



1853, " " " 



And in addition to this, in 1850 there were 642^ pounds of 

 butter made ; in 1851, 964| lbs. ; in 1852, 877 lbs. ; making, 

 in all, 2,484^ lbs. During this period of five years, therefore, 

 when the farm furnished the school 30,421 gallons of milk, at 

 least 6,210^^Q^Q- gallons must have been skimmed. During the 

 period, from 1854 to 1858 inclusive, the Board of Agriculture 

 furnished the school with 40,721 gallons of milk as it came from 

 the cow. If the making of butter had been allowed, this milk, 

 at ten quarts to the pound, would have made 16,288^^q lbs., 

 but the boys would have had skimmed instead of new milk. 

 The annual supply of milk from the farm was as follows : — 



In 1854, . 



1855, . 



1856, . 



1857, . 



1858, . 



