CUO REl'UUT OK Ul-KICE OF EXJ'ERIMENT STATIONS. 



kitrhon und toilet; farm \v:itrr iiijics, pijic ami llinad cnttiii^r. < 'lass wnrk, lah<irat«ry 

 Hinl tiild j)ra(ticc. 



Field iiiacliliirri/. — The tixils ami inaciiincry <il' tlic Held, ]ilii\v>, harrow,^, aii<l hoes; 

 seeders, <lrills, corn and jMitatM iilaiitcrs, cidlivatots, wccdcrs, and sprayinj; iiuu'hiiies; 

 mowers, rakes, self-hiiidi'rs, coiii harvesters and huskers, jiotato di<,'jrers, wajjons, 

 ete. Class work and laboratory practice, includinf^ setting nj) an<l testing machines 

 (IM. XLVn, noting construction and elements necessary for successful work. 



Farm jininr vittrlihuni. — Horseiiowers, gas engines, traction engines, windmills, 

 pmnps, corn shellers, feed cutters, grinders, and thrashing machines, their construct ion, 

 elliciency, durability, and care. Class room and lalxiratory work. 



Farm linildiiKjn, fences, and roads. — The arrangement, desigTi, construction, and cost 

 of farm )>uildings, especially of barns, granaries, ami silos; the different kinds of 

 fences, their cost, construction, elliciency, and durability; cost and construction of 

 roads and walks. Class work and i)7-actice in designing and drafting buildings, 

 opi'rating fence-building machines, setting and testing fence posts, making walks, etc. 



Special imrk in funii mechanics. — Students may arrange for special work in any of 

 the lines covering drainage or farm machinery, either in the second semester or the 

 summer. 



SptM'iiil provision is iinidc for those courses in the large agrieiiltiinil 

 huildiiio- of the tiniversit}', and "tlie colle<^e keeps on de])Osit from 

 the hiroest nianufactnrers several thousand dollars' worth of plows, 

 cultivators, planters, cutters, shellers, grinders, mowers, ))inders, 

 engines, etc," This work is in charge of F. li. Crane as instructor in 

 farm mechanics. 



At the Iowa College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts a depart- 

 ment of farm mechanics has recently been established and a special 

 })uilding erected for its use. The following description of this build- 

 ing is taken from an article in the Experiment Station Record: 



The building for the new department of farm mechanics is an aildition to Agricul- 

 tural Hall, and is connected with it by a corridor 27 feet long by \5 feet wide. 

 (PI. XLVll.) The main i)art of the new building is 60 by 100 feet and contains two 

 main floors. Each of these floors has a balcony about 12 feet wide, which is sup- 

 ported by steel columns. The second floor balcony extends over only a inirt of that 

 floor, the remainder lieing inclosed and constituting an attic or third floor. The 

 effect is, therefore, that of a four-story building, there being windows on each of the 

 main and balcony floors. 



The first or ground floor (PI. XLVIII) contains a large machinery operating room 

 662 feet long by tlie full width of the building, with anai)proach 14 feet wide and i)aved 

 with brick. This room will lie useil for the study und operation of farm motors, such 

 as gas engines, steam traction engines, etc. At one side is a row of double forges 

 supplii'd with blast from a fan, and a double row of anvils, for students' use, and across 

 the end is a row of benches. On this floor are also located wood-working and iron- 

 working shops for experimental j)urposes, both well equipped with hand and power 

 machines, and also tool rooms, toilet room, and a supply of lockers. These rooms 

 and the corridor all have a brick floor. The balcony of this floor will be used as a 

 carpenter shop for students of this department, and be provided with circular saws, 

 lathes, grindstone, emery wheel, etc. 



On the second floor (PI. XLIX) are located offices for the head of the department, 

 a class room about 21 l)y ;^)0 feet, a drafting room 22 by 27 feet, and a students' study 

 and reading room 17 by 22 feet. About half of this floor will be occupied by a 



