6 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL
omy, we have felt it our duty to furnish the greatest possible
amount of labor to State beneficiaries, and others whose
J attendance upon the Institution was conditioned by the .
l necessity of earning as much as possible. To this end we
‘   have sought to put in such crops as would furnish the great-
I est amount of labor, and yield tl1e largest profits.
{ The distribution of crops I have sketched as follows:
" ` \\’heat ......... I2 acres] Cabbage . ...... 3 acres
Corn .......... 35 " iSweetpotatoes. . . . . 1 "
_— Irish potatoes ...... IO " l Miscellaneous. ..... 2 "
Grassland forhay. . . . 4 " l
/ The experience of this College is that of all Agricultural
, Colleges throughout the country, that compensated labor is
·   profitable only to the student. The majority of those who
I work for compensation are unused to farm labor; many of
l them never had a plough or a hoe in their hands. But, in-
asmuch as one of the special objects in this College has been ._
to assist indigent young men as far as possible, and at the
. least possible loss to the Institution, I am warranted in say-
ing that this end has been attained.
· _ I am glad to say that Professor Crandall has been enabled,
. { by the appropriation which you placed at his disposal, to
furnish instruction in theoretical and practical mechanics to
. many students who availed themselves ofhis services in this .
department. Even with the limited means placed at his
l command, he has shown what could be done if this depart-
l ment were provided with the appliances and facilities pro-
[ portioned to its importance.
l It was found necessary, at the beginning of the session,
l to provide elementary instruction for those who were not s .-
J prepared to enter the regular classes. This was done by
I employing the most capable of the advanced students in the
, capacity of tutors, under the supervision of the professors to
T whose departments the elementary instruction required be·
longed. Provision was thus made for the instruction of six
. classes, at rates of compensation profitable to the tutors
and advantageous to the College. I take great pleasure in