92 



57 days at $1.50, 185 50 



15 cwt. of State Grange fertilizer at ^30, 126 25 



Total cost ill silo, filll 75 



Crop of 65 tons, cost per ton, $171 8-10 



OTHER CROPS GROWN UPON THE FARM. 



20 tons English hay. 350 bushels potatoes. 



8 " oat fodder. 1 ton of squashes. 



5 " Hungarian hay. 4000 cabbages. 



25 '' meadow hay. 300 bushels turnips. 



Stock kept on the farm consists of 3 horses and 15 cows. 

 The committee have found by collecting the statements 

 of the cost of ensilage in the silo from some thirty experi- 

 ments in different parts of the country that the average has 

 been about il.75 per ton. It will be observed that a liberal 

 allowance has been made for the cost of labor of men and 

 horses at the same rate per day in this experiment. The 

 crop was grown upon land of ordinary tilth, and but a 

 moderate amount of fertilizer used, so that the result shows 

 what may be reasonably calculated upon in growing this 

 crop. The committee on its visit to the farm in June were 

 pleased with the general appearance of thrift and good 

 management of Mr. Bradstreet, and after a careful exami- 

 nation of the buildings found that some repairs were abso- 

 lutely necessary, which have been made at a cost of $98.76. 

 With these repairs very little, if anything else, will be 

 needed for several years to come. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Benjamin P. Wake, 



For the Committee. 



REPORT OF DELEGATE FROM STATE BOARD 

 OF AGRICULTURE, 1897. 



The Essex County Agricultural Society held its annual 

 fair in the town of Peabody, Sept. 21, 22 and 23, 1897. 



