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SQUASHES. 



1st lot, (garden) yield 11,490 lbs. 



2nd lot, (farm) on new pasture land broken up in June. 

 I acre was planted 25th June, about 5 cords cow stable 

 manure having been applied, yield 3 tons of good squashes. 

 CUCUMBERS. (Garden.) 

 Cucumbers and })ickles, 150 bushels. 



liADiSHES. (Garden.) 

 11 bushels. 



SPINACH. (Garden.) 

 154 bushels. 



LETTUCE. 



415 bushels. At least three fourths of it was raised under 

 glass. 



COST OF FARM OPERATIONS. 



It is impossible to make close figures with regard to 

 cost of farm labor here as there are from 25 to 30 patients 

 employed on outside or farm work. 



FLORICULTURE. 



As must be well known to your Committee, Mr. Tassi- 

 nari has, besides the vegetable garden, a greenhouse and a 

 large number of flower beds to care for. 



The flower beds this year aggregated one solid acre, and 

 at least 35,000 plants were required to fill tlie beds and 

 execute the floral designs. 



Roses, pinks, etc. in abundance have been furnished the 

 hospital wards throughout the year from the greenhouse. 

 Fine roses averaging 6 dozen a day were cut through the 

 winter. About one half the labor on the flowers has been 

 performed by patients. 



RECLAIMING LAND. 



All our efforts at reclaiming land for the past eighteen 

 months have been applied to the fifteen acre lot at the foot 

 of the hill Ivino' northwest of the barn and the o-as house. 



