, 1872-12-30

nave Us yet Gully tecl planted III nurseTy-r0Ws,
and the expense added to nursery account.
TIE NURSERY
is designed mainly to give instruction, and now
contains IS, 400 trees, and good variety Of small
fruits. Tho account stands as follows:
Cost CT stock in Manhattan Nursery, with in
Receipts from sales. ..................... 5a6M
Value Of present stock ut Wholesale ratss.
Orders tor spring delivery to date Dec. ie:.. 135G7
EXPENDITURES.
Student labor, ,GJ! hours $901 f3
Labcr OF nen By the month. Observation-Disclosures. 3S505
Ditto men and TINS by the eaay............. ca5oo
Ditto Col:cge-team lifting ground. i5o
Ne" Stock 21o5o
TEE REPORT OF THE FARM SUPERINTENDENT,
MAJOR Z. MILLER,
is mado to the President, Dr.. Denison, and Is
3 very yolumnous document, From it the fol-
lowing extracts have been made: !:
There were 267 acrcs of land to be cultivated.
10 DO this, there was one e!nploye, one team OF
mules, harness and wagon, ono plow, one
square harrow, Two cultivators, one roller, one
eeed-tl:ill. one reaper and mower. ono revolving,
rake, and e few LanL-tcols. a team Lad been
quite bank Of which was found on plat NJ. s.
shy far the most cheering indications to be
seen"
The Legislature as yet had made no provision
for the support and development Of the indus
trial department of the college; consequently
much to do With"
Relief came at last in the shape OF an appro-
priatlon of 1880, expended in part RS follows !:
Two spans Of mules at 5400 each (they are
very superioc, Of which have personal knowl-
edge; ono span, pair Of 3-year old mares, took
the first premium at the Kansas State Far) one
saddle~lorse, another wagon, harness, gang
plow, subsoil ,plow, smoothing harrow, cprn-
planter, stalk-eutter, hand-drin, and lawn
mower,-theso last, in tho aggregate, costing
S464.50.
Since spring, over 500 tons Of manure have
been hauled, and during this winter 1000 tons
more will be added aad compcsted. (The Col
leSe is fortunate in having the opportunity to
obtain all this for the removal simply. In one
or more instances, farmers ere willing to pay 20
cents per load to have their fa.myaras ridded Of
" the nuisance" If the example Of this institu-
ton shall prove of worth, the time will soon come
when these same farmers, or their successors,
will be willing to pay for manure 20 cents per
load in tho city, aud haul it three or four miles
to tAe1 woln-out farms; and DO glad Of the
chance.)
The crops grown consisted mainly Of corn,
oats, Hungarian grass, clover and timothy, Va
rlous kinds of beets. potatoes, and turnips. The
wheat was mostly rinter-k;llal- zoo late.
and against the recommendation Of the Farm
Superintendent, but by order Of the Board OF
Regents.
The total cost OF labor, including that Of stu
dents. from Dec. l, 1871, to Oct 81 1872, amounts
to s9to.G5. The cost CT corn per bushel varies
On Ile QlIeTEOt ulaLS 1TO1u 10 CEutb LU oo CeQl6
(some Of the benefits Of manures VIII Of course
accrue to succeeding crops); the yield on the
three highest plats shows respectfully, l19, 113,
ard LOO bushels per acre. as testified to by o
special Committee chosen from the residents Of
Manhattan.
The Superintendent says: 1.-THE farm is a
| grand and complex piece Of machinery, filed
| with subtle balances aud colnpensations. To
| search out the avenues Of loss and gain, and to
reduce tho one and increase the other, is the
| tice, and constitutes the real province OF farm
accounts The necessity OF buildings is thus
set forth: Without barns, stables, or grain o.
store house, OR workshop, much that might have
| then becauao Of exposure, otc. The student
| labor performed In this department amounted tx
| 5,G70 hours, at cost Of GS22.21, OF an average
Of about 1415 cents per hour.
| (As all example Of how much this helps indus
| trious young men, honorable mention il made o1
q Ar. Smceter, who has not only been able tt
pay from his earnings Ill OF his expenses bu
to lay by during the season $50, while his stand
ing as student is equal to tho best in his class
The lat IT Of students is generally performed il
4:30, and On Saturdays Something should b.
done to furnish employment to such young Ia
dies as desire. To gain this point, it would b.
an advantage if tho hoa1aing-houao ar1angemen
gentlemen boardcrs, and they be instructed il
housekeeping, dairying, etc. and also green
house aud other appliances for Aoraculture b
added.)
the '' silican, and tho French Imperial vii
be submitted to au analysis, to ascertain accu
1atcly their saccharine proportions.
Tho potatoes were infested by three sovera
species of bugs. to-wit: the Colorado do,-yphor
dece7n fl,seat1, the long grey cdnMdrades, and
bogus chinch-bug, new, and perhaps ns yet un
described; yet the yield was at the rate OF IL
!; bushels per acre, the "Pcerlcss" leading Us
J quantity. Tho other varieties were Early Ros
TEE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE FARM
, can be formed from tho report Of the Visitin
Committee made at the close of the fall tern
Dec, II, 1879. Tho report is made to presioe1
Dcnison:
impose tho duty v:it the different sections Of Il
ColJege-farm, beg le:vo to report:
trn0er-ty!,s around tho present college buil>tin
Having seen and noticed these in former yea1 wo III
a m. rsh o IN u dn
seeding down to timothy and clover, the alteration
the drivea, the laying down Of the walk the parti
pruning Of the trees in the te end the cultivation
the old orchard. &C., all obvious to the most
Observer aud hesitate not to suy improvement
in the right direction and such were much needle
After this, your Committee visited the other el
Gown to winter grain !wAeat and rye), and the hcl
t upon which corn had been grown thesc were e'
- hare bern dune Il God be pleased to Rcad L
enrIy and the latter rain" tho lands will laugh with
|
l The oxreri imcnts inaugurated by the present Far
q Superintendent Major Miller only be made ava
able when Tho lands shal have bcou permanently p
ted, and courBc for the rotation Of crops institute
Only in this will they do good. The advantage
. manure, the application Of lime, etc, can ba dcte
mined under the present system.
Tho nurseay and new orchard grounds are In ve
fine condition, md here, perhaps, all that could reasc
ably be expected has been done during the Inst
Z II suggestion Ia allowed, your Committee
opinion that the 'pyramlda" is tho best form Of t,
to be adopted as general r1,lo Also, the low-head
trees tie best for the open prairie, while those
higher heads perhaps better adapted to moro she
/: cred situations.
. The gratugrown <corn is Of e1cellont quality, brig
d eouud, and heavy.
The hay WIS gathered in good season, and stacked
. good order.
Q The stone walls aud gates leave nothing to
desired III this direction.
8 1t is hoped that the lime Is not distant when
O "modc barn :" and the new buildings will .>e CO
n peted, and when tic Kansas Agricultural College
= take rank, se Eay, among The foremost Institute
Of tho land, whore thorough industrial education
| be obtained.
u Al Of which Is respectfully submitted.
II CHARLES ". MuRTFELDr,
6 L. S. STONE,
"a MANHATTAN, Kansas, Dec 20, 1872.
~ About one mile and a-half Of these wallis have b
- laid, at cost OF about S per rod. Good walls
IL ordinary farm purposes, faced on side only,