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smaller inacliiiic room 51 fci-t 7 iiidies liy the widtli of tlic Imildinj;. This room will 

 be used for si-tting ui», oi)cratiiiL', and testing various kinds of farm macliini-ry, sucli 

 as l)ind('rs, mowers, corn i)lanters, corn shredders, plows, wagons, etc. The connec- 

 tion witii tin- iiiuiii tiuililing is upon this floor. 



The balcony and third floor (PI. L) will beaded for storing farm machinery not 

 in nse, and will contain an office for assistants in the department, a juailing room, 

 and several storage roomss. Photograpliic and dark rooms for instructing the 

 students of this department in photography will be located on tliis fioor. 



The building has a largt' elevator with openings on each floor ami balcony. It is 

 very su])stantially constructed of brick, stone, and steel, and is fireproof throughout. 

 The cost, including heating, i)lund)ing, furniture, and other equipment, will be 

 between $«)5,000 and $70,000. Those familiar with such buildings state that when 

 completed it will be the best and most thoroughly equipped building for instruction 

 in farm mechanics in this or any other country. 



Although this department is new at the college, it already has considerable material 

 in the way of equipment. A 12-horsepower steam engine has been donated by a 

 thrashing-machine company, to l)e used for instruction purposes, and a wagon com- 

 l)any has furnished a farm wagon especially constructe<l for experimental work. 

 The equipment of this wagon includes 10 sets of wheels of different heights and differ- 

 ent widths of tire, to be used in tests to determine the best kinds of wheels for 

 different roads, and sets of roller and ball-bearing axles, which will be tested and 

 compared with the ordinary friction axles to determine the relative draft. The 

 roller bearings w'ere especially manufactured for this wagon and are thought to be 

 the first roller l)earings used on a farm wagon. A steel grain tank, having a capacity 

 of l')0 bushels, also goes with the wagon. The department is also provide<l with a 

 newly-invented dynamometer which registers maximum and minimmu drafts on 

 a sheet of paper, and by an ingenious device shows the average draft during the test. 



It will be the aim of the dei)artment to cooperate with the implement manufac- 

 turers in various ways. A friendly sjtirit has already l)een exhibited by these manu- 

 facturers. <2'>i'e a number of machines have already been received from them which 

 will l)e usi'<l for jinictice work by the students, and many others have been pronused 

 as soon as the new building is ready to receive them. Representatives of these 

 imjilement manufacturers will be inviti'd to lecture bef<jre the students in farm 

 mechanics from time U) time, explaining in detail the constructi<m of the machines 

 which they are manufacturing, with the aid of specimens of these machines for 

 illustration. In this way it is hoped to obtain for the students the best possible 

 information on implement construction by men who are specialists in their lines. 



The aim will be to make the collegiate course thoroughly i)ractical. Stu«lents 

 will be trained in the fundamental principles of construction of farm machinery, 

 and in the setting up, operating, and adjusting of various kinds of inqilements. 

 Besides farm machinery, tlu; department eud)races instruction in farm drainage, 

 road construction, irrigation, planning farm buildings, mechanical drawing, car])en- 

 tering, blacksmithing, aixl horseshoeing. Courses are provided in farm and field 

 machinery, in farm power machinery, in drainage, and farm buildings, and oppor- 

 tunity is offered for postgraduate work. A number of postgraduate stucU'Uts are 

 taking farm mechanics this year as a major study, with the expectiition of fitting 

 tlu'mselves for teaching this subject, and many inciuiries are being received from 

 prospective students. 



The new department is in charge of Prof. C. J. Zintheo, recently instructor in 

 agricultural engineering at the North Dakota Agricultural College, who was formerly 

 in tlie employ of a large implement con«'ern and has had experience in both the 

 practical and theoretical aspects of the subject. 



