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beside the farm work, and the general trucking of the Univer- 

 sity. In the sheep barn there are representatives of three breeds 

 of sheep, and at the piggery three breeds of swine are kept. 



The College Poultry Plant consists of an incubator building; 

 with storage and laboratory above, and brooder house attached, 

 and in addition there is one long laying house, a fattening and 

 killing house, besides numerous brooder and colony houses. 

 Seven breeds of poultry are represented besides two breeds of 

 geese and one of ducks. The whole plant is arranged so as 

 to give the students facilities for instruction and practice. 



Storage Houses — A large two-story building, used for the 

 storing of fertilizer an:l farm machinery, is equipped with 

 power to demonstrate the different makes of farm machinery 

 in operation. 



Greenhouses — Three greenhouses covering 2>?)7~ square feet 

 of space, give the students an opportunity for practice i;ii 

 greenhouse management, and for the propagation of plants and 

 the growing of vegetables, which they otherwise would be 

 unable to get, <lue to the fact that most of the growing season 

 comes during vacation. 



Laboratories — The laboratories used by the various depart- 

 ments connected with the College of Agriculture were of satis- 

 factory size at the time when the buildings in which they are 

 located were built, but on account of the large number of stu- 

 dents now taking the courses in Agriculture, Forestry, and 

 Domestic Science they are outgrown and extra room will soon 

 be necessary. 



The whole equipment of the College of Agriculture has been 

 planned with the idea of giving the student the greatest amount 

 of instruction, and practical knowledge relative to agriculture ; 

 in other words, the student studies agriculture, not about agri' 

 culture. 



EXTENSION WORK. 



Agricultural Extension Work, or service as it is now some- 

 times called, aims first, to organize the great body of agricul- 

 tural knowledge into workable form ; second, to place in the 

 actual field of agriculture traveling instructors, who have both 

 training and experience and to distribute this knowledge or 



