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concrete floor lias been laid throughout this room, the cows facing outward 

 with commodious feeding alleys in front and concrete mangers and drops. 

 The entrance door, being in a very cold place, has been made double to form 

 a sort of storm house so that wlien one door is opened the other will be 

 closed. The building has been iitted up with drop-lock steel stanchions, forty- 

 two in number, also galvanized steel partitions and stanchion frames. The 

 platform on which the cows stand is graduated in width from 4 feet, 8 inches 

 down to 3 feet, 6 inches, so that the cow or heifer can be placed where the 

 platform best suits her length. The old dairy barn has been converted into 

 what is known as the " maternity ward," with box stalls for brood mares, 

 cows, brood sows and growing calves. 



Grp^exiiouse — The new greenhouse is located between the new Sloane 

 Laundry and the Sister Dora Cottage. It is 18 feet by 40 feet, having 30 feet 

 of glass and a 10-foot room on the north end for bench work, seeds, heating 

 plant and tools; the eaves at this end being 6 feet high, while those at the 

 glass end are 38 inches high. The glass super-structure has been furnished 

 by one of the best greeniiouse manufacturers and will make a very substantial 

 building, which will be an ornament to the institution. 



Laundry — Tlie entire internal arrangement of the old guard house has 

 been removed; a properly graded concrete floor with necessary sewer con- 

 nections has been made and a complete modern laundry equipment installed. 



Wash Room — The antiquated, unsanitary washroom equipment has been 

 entirely removed and concrete wash sink having individual concrete basins 

 has been installed, also a coil has been placed in the furnace in the steam 

 boiler, which furnishes hot water for washing and bathing purposes. 



Septic Tanks — Two septic tanks have been built, one to care for the sew- 

 age from the dairy, 4 feet by 4 feet, 8 inches, having a disposal area under 

 the onion bed; the other to care for the sewage from the new schoolhouse, 

 wliich is 5 feet by 5 feet, 10 inches, having a disposal area in the garden. The 

 latter was built entirely by the boys and is a credit to them. When the plumb- 

 ing is installed in tlie new school building it will make possible the oblitera- 

 tion of the very unsightly, unsanitary and disagreeable closet near the gym- 

 nasium, heretofore used. 



Rawlings Brook Water System — A ditch 2300 feet long, varying in 

 depth from 18 inches to 5 feet was dug in two and one-half days by three men, 

 two teams and the boys. The pipe was laid by three men and the boys in 

 nine hours. It was carefully graded by the use of a transit, thoroughly 

 tamped underneath and then covered; a team and plow being used for this 

 purjjose. 



Methods and Changes — After a A-ery careful study of the situation I 

 recommended the following methods and changes: 



Dairy: That the most trusty boy on the farm be given charge of the dairy 

 under the direction of the worker in charge; that he have an assistant known 

 as assistant dairyman to take the place of the chief dairyman during his 

 absence. 



That another trusty boy have charge of the boiler who also has an assistant. 



That six boys be known as milkers; two as apprentices; one as milkman 

 and one as stableman. 



That the engineer have charge of the separator, also of the washing 

 of utensils, assisted by the assistant engineer. 



