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‘twenty-four and nine-fortieths acres ; oats, six and Hine -eighths acres, 
and corn, five and one-quarter acr es. The aver age yield was 
"Wheat, 29.50 bushels per acre. 
Oats, 57.41 ae 
Corn, 40. Seay 
The corn crop was materially diminished by the ravages of the 
cut worm. 
Eleven acres of ground, planted in winter wheat, was thoroughly 
summer followed, and over 100 loads of quack grass roots were re- 
moved and destroyed. About eleven and one-half acres have been 
fall plowed for spring crops. 
The farm is now approaching a condition of efliciency, but 
much work of a miscellaneous character remains to be done. 
The origifial foulness of the land has been somewhat overcome, but 
as the coarser weeds will have to be removed by hand, much work 
of considerable difficulty remains, while we are at present depend- 
ent upon summer fallowing for cleaning our fields of the miscella- 
neous weed crops. 
The cow barn has been repaired and placed in good condition, 
both for the use of cattle and for storage. Some repairs have also 
been made upon the horse barn. The teams have been employed 
to a considerable extent in moving manure, while the experimental 
department has given them employment at times when they were 
not required upon the farm. 
