184 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Report to the Legislature of the State Board 

 OF Agriculture, acting as Overseers 

 OF THE Massachusetts Agricult- 

 ural College. 



[P. S., Chap. '20, Sect ">, adopted l.y the Board, Jan. 11, 1898.] 



To the State Board of Agriculture, Overseers of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College. 



In compliance with the by-laws of this Board, the com- 

 mittee on Agricultural College and education has visited the 

 college from time to time during the year, attended the ex- 

 amination for the Grinnell agricultural prizes, and was pres- 

 ent at the commencement exercises. The prizes were awarded 

 as follows : first, to Liberty Lyon Cheney, Southbridge ; 

 second, to Philip H. Smith, South Hadley Falls. 



The Farm. 



The following farm crops were grown on the college farm 

 this season : Japanese millet, 4^ acres ; field corn, 7 acres ; 

 celery, 1| acres ; potatoes, 12 acres ; corn for silage, 22\ 

 acres ; soja beans, 3 acres ; oats and pease, 1 acre ; beets, 

 half an acre ; carrots, 1 acre, — the last two, however, prov- 

 ing total failures from excessive moisture. The total cost 

 of growing these crops was $2,000.06, charging the crops 

 for one-half the manure and three-fourths the fertilizer ap- 

 plied. The value of the crops obtained is estimated to be 

 $2,895.60, — all, with the exception of the field corn, soja 

 beans and roots, being grown at a profit over cost of 

 production. 



There were 79 acres in grass, yielding 236 tons of cured 

 hay and rowen and 74 tons of soiling crops fed green. Six 

 acres of potatoes, grown on grass and clover sod, yielded 



