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practice in the regular greenhouse operations. The course 

 inckides the subject of landscape gardening and the improve- 

 ment of the home grounds. 



EQUIPMENT. 



Farms — The College owns two farms, one connected with 

 the campus and one located at Stillwater, about a half mile 

 north of the campus. These two farms contain 473 acres, of 

 which about 120 acres are in field crops. 50 acres of which is 

 hay, 18 acres of oats, 19 acres of corn, and the balance made 

 up of other grains, potatoes, roots, and forage crops. The 

 whole system of cropping is planned and conducted so as to 

 make it a large laboratory for the students and to provide feed 

 for the herds and flocks. There are seven acres devoted ex- 

 clusively to gardens, small fruits, and fruit trees, which serve 

 as a laborator}^ for the men interested in this line of work. 

 The campus occupies about 50 acres, the Experiment Station 

 poultry plant 14 acres, the pastures about QO acres, and the 

 balance is timber and brush land which provides an opportunity 

 for the forestry students to do practical work. 



WinsJow Hall — The home of the Agricultural College is 

 63x100 feet, has four floors ami contains over forty rooms. In 

 it are provided the offices, lecture rooms and some of the labor- 

 atories for the following departments : Agronomy, Animal 

 Industry, Bacteriology and Veterinary Science, Biological and 

 Agricultural Chemistry, Domestic Science, Extension Work, 

 Farm Management and Agricultural Engineering, Forestry, 

 Horticulture, and Poultry Husbandry. 



The Stock Judging Pa7'ilioji is octagon in shape, and besides 

 having a twenty-five foot ring, has a seating capacity for 400 

 people. 



The Dairy Building is a two-story structure, 50 x 42 feet, and 

 contains a milk room, creamery, refrigerator, and testing labor- 

 atory. 



Barns — There are two dairy hartis. which are used for stor- 

 ing feed, and for sixty head of cattle, representing five different 

 breeds. Nine horses are kept on the farm, two of which are 

 brood mares. They are used for student work in stock judging, 



