328 iu:ruRT or office of experiment stations. 



collogo campus, and is (lio nntural onlranro for sludonts. As the 

 class rooms iiiul lalxu'atorics for (he hir^rcr chisses are located on this 

 floor, tlic inovcnuMit of larp' l)odics of students iij) and down stairs 

 and tliroiiirh the hallways is avoided, and there is no (jistnrhance of 

 work' wjiich may he in projjfress on lh(> other two floors of (he hnild- 

 in<j:. Only small classes of advanced students are provided for on 

 the ui)])er floors. 



The first or middle floor opens on the ground level on the east side 

 of the building. This is the side on which the grounds of the depart- 

 ment of horticulture are located, and the principal ofliee looks 

 directly out upon the grounds. Between (he oflices of the head of 

 the department and the assistants is a small room for records, experi- 

 mental files, etc. At the other end of the floor are a nniseum and a 

 laboratory for senior students in horticulture, with a reading room 

 adjoining in which horticultural periodicals and reference books will 

 be kept. Provision is made in the center of the western side for a 

 winter conservatory. This suite will constitute a sort of clubroom 

 for the advanced students, and form a meeting place for seminars. 



The upper floor contains a large draughting room for landscape 

 gardening, as the work in this course is largely done on draughting 

 tables. There is also a large class room fitted w'ith drawing tables, 

 photograjjhic rooms, a private laboratory, and quarters for a janitor. 

 This floor is well lighted, there being four large skylights in addition 

 to the windows. 



NEBRASKA. 



At the University of Nebraska an agricultural hall (PI. VII, fig. 

 2) was dedicated January 10, 190G. This building is of gray pressed 

 brick, three stories high, with interior finishing of oak, and cost 

 about $05,000. It is 140 feet long by G4 feet wide, and contains 

 about 20,000 square feet of floor space. It contains executive offices 

 for the experiment station and agricultural college and school, to- 

 gether with class rooms and laboratories for the departments of 

 botany, animal husbandry, animal pathology, agricultural economics, 

 mathematics, i)hysics, and English. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



A new building, known as Agricultural Hall (PI. VIII), has been 

 erected at the North Carolina College of Agi'iculture and Mechanic 

 Arts, wdiich marks a noteworthy step in the development of agri- 

 cultural instruction at the college. It is one of the largest and best 

 equipped agricultural buildings in the South. It will place the agri- 

 cultural department of the college on a par with any in the institu- 

 tion, and will add very materially to its facilities for instruction. 

 The steady growth of interest in the agricultural courses, which has 



