No. 4.] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 185 



903 bushels of merchantable tubers, worth $722.40, the cost 

 of production being $308.02 ; balance in favor of crop, 

 $414.38. Six acres of potatoes, following onions and roots, 

 yielded 463 bushels of merchantable tubers, worth $370.40, 

 the cost of growing being $257.25 ; balance in favor of crop, 

 $113.17, this field being somewhat injured by rot. A com- 

 parison of the two fields shows a difterence of $300 in favor 

 of those grown on grass and clover sod. 



The 22^ acres of corn grown for silage yielded 287 tons, 

 at a cost of production of $2.42 per ton. An excellent 

 illustration of the eft'ects of drainage was shown in the corn 

 field. An area of about half an acre on one side of the field, 

 not having been underdrained, yielded only at the rate of 4 

 tons of silage per acre, while the average of the balance of 

 the field was over 15 tons per acre. 



The celery crop again proved successful this season, 1^ 

 acres being grown, at a cost of $254.30, the value of the 

 crop obtained being $400. The heavy rains caused much 

 extra cost in the production of all the crops, but they were 

 kept free from weeds. 



The live stock are all in good, thrifty condition, a fine 

 herd of grade calves being grown this season and many of 

 the poorer milkers of last season's herd sold to the butcher, 

 only those showing a balance on the right side being kept. 

 Two fine-grade Percheron colts have l)een trained and worked 

 this season, and proved a valuable addition to the working 

 force. 



Tools and Machinery. 



No new tools have been added to the farm equipment this 

 season, all there appearing to be in excellent order and well 

 fitted for the uses required of them. 



Improvements . 

 The only important improvement this season has been 

 the moving and fitting for use as a cow barn of the shed 

 formerly used at the State Experiment Station for sheep. 

 The total cost of the same, including the farm labor, was 

 $300. More or less student labor is continually employed 

 at the farm, thus giving the students the opportunity to 



