DIRECTORS REPORT. 1 5 



THE FARM. 



Since the reorganization of the Station in 1888 it has used one 

 of the college barns and has had under cultivation for experi- 

 mental and other purposes about fifty acres of the college farm. 



The oversight of all the work of instruction and investigation 

 of the Department of Agriculture, with the exception of the 

 college farm, is under the charge of one man in either his 

 capacity as Professor of Agriculture or Director of the Station. 

 It was thought that the best interests of the College in its rela- 

 tion to agriculture would be served by having all of the agricul- 

 tural work of the College consolidated. This will be accom- 

 plished January 1, 1897, at which time the management of the 

 college farm will be turned over to the director of the Experi- 

 ment Station. This transfer is made with such financial support 

 from the College that the Hatch fund will not be encroached 

 upon either temporarily or permanently. The capital necessary 

 for carrying on the farm is furnished by the College. All 

 expenses of management and instruction will be borne by the 

 College. The station funds will be used as in the past, only to 

 defray the cost of experiments. 



The farm will be managed primarily as a dairy farm, although 

 considerable attention will be given to swine, sheep and poultry 

 husbandry. The crops grown will be largely hay, fodder, and 

 silage crops. The management of the farm will be, as in the 

 past, under the immediate charge of Professor Gowell. 



