21(5 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



in which they passed the examination. The faithfulness and 

 earnestness of the instructor, AVilliam P. Brooks, professor 

 of agriculture and director of the farm, was manifest 

 throughout all the exercises. 



Inspection of the Property. 



The requirement to inspect the property of the college 

 has been complied with, and the inspection was done as 

 thoroughly and carefully as possible for a visiting committee. 



The numlier of acres in the several crops are given as fol- 

 lows : grass, 85 ; potatoes, 8i ; onions, 2f ; carrots, 1 ; corn 

 for the silo, 25^^; corn for husking, 6; soja beans, 4; oats 

 and vetch, 2 ; millet, 44 ; celery, 1 ; mangolds, 1 ; Swedes, 

 11; horse beans, 1. Hay at the first cutting yielded 144 

 tons ; the second cutting 52 tons ; oat and vetch hay, 5^ 

 tons ; millet hay, 6 tons ; making a total of 207J tons. In 

 addition to the millet made into hay, 40 tons was put into the 

 silo. Of other crops raised for ensilage, the 4 acres of soja 

 beans yielded 41 tons and the 25^ acres of corn yielded 280 

 tons. Although the yield per acre was not large, the corn 

 was well eared. 



Celery was grown for the first time last year, and seems 

 well adapted to the soil. One acre on the north flat was 

 planted with the Giant Pascal celery. The cost of produc- 

 tion, when packed in the pit, was $98,01 ; yield, 300 dozen 

 at $1 per dozen, $300; balance in favor of the crop, 

 $201.99. 



Potatoes. — But little fertilizer was used on this crop, 200 

 pounds per acre being the limit. The yield was 1,041 bush- 

 els large potatoes and 273 bushels small potatoes. The 

 average per acre was greatly reduced, owing to low, wet 

 places in the field, which have not yet been fully under- 

 drained. The Robbins potato planter was used this year for 

 the first time, and gave excellent satisfaction. 



Horse Beans. — These were planted in drills 18 inches 

 apart, with 6 to 8 seeds to each foot of row. They were 

 cut and fed green by the first of August, and yielded 5 tons, 

 or 1,541 pounds per acre. 



The land on which the onions, carrots and mangolds were 

 planted proved too w^et and cold to produce good crops. 



