734 REPORT OF OFFICE OK EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



(\)nrs(' IX. MdiKitjoitnd of farm. — Tlmv credit,^;. I'ractici' is given in directing 

 till" Avork nil tli<» college farm iiiuler Ihe su]>ervisiiiii <>f tiie foreman of the farm, 

 ("oui-se X. I'liullni niixiiKj. — Two creilils. Tractici' is given in caring for poultry, 



in llic niMUMgrincnt of inniliators, ])roo(lers, etc. 



Instruction is o;iven by the prot'es.sor of agriculture and chemistry, 

 two assistants, and the director of industries. Most of the class reci- 

 tations are in the main huilding- (]M. L\'I). This is a large lirick 

 l)uildino- with stom> and terra-cotta trinuuino-.s, two stories high with 

 basement. In th(> l)as(>nient is the chemical la])orat()ry, and on the 

 first floor physical, chemical, and bacteriological laboratories and 

 libi'arv. The remainder of the building is devoted to class rooms. 

 The barn is a modern structure of w^ood and ])rick, the basement of 

 wiiich is used for dairy cattle and second floor for horses and farm 

 implements. The dairy is a twQrstory brick and wood ])uilding, con- 

 taining on the Hrst lloor a separating room and butter-making room 

 and on the second flooi' a milk-t(\sting la})oratory, offices, and reading 

 I'oom. The dairy is well ecfuipped with modern separators, churns, 

 butter workers, refrigerators, Bal)cock tests, and other dairy apparatus. 



There are also three greenhouses — one for the forcing of carnations, 

 one for roses and other flowers, and one for earl}^ v"egeta))les. The 

 e(|uipment for laboratory' work in physics is modern in every respect 

 and includes a l>all-hearing balance, 50 cubic centimeter flasks for 

 specific-gravity work, brass tubes for the determination of volume 

 weight, apparent specific gravity and porosity of soils, apparatus to 

 determine the power of loose and compact soils to retain moisture and 

 the rate of percolation of water through soils, a set of galvanized-iron 

 cylinders to show the efi'ect of nudches or evaporation of water from 

 soil, and a set of glass tubes for determining the capillar}^ attraction 

 of soils. 



The farm of 1^5 acres is stocked with a fine herd of 3.5 pure-bred 

 and grade Jersey cows and equipped with the most improved farm 

 machinery and labor-saving devices. Corn, wheat, and potatoes are 

 the most important crops, while other vegeta])les are grown to such 

 extent as the market demands. A barn and 90-ton silo are the princi- 

 pal buildings on this farm. The college has purchased and received 

 as donations from a luimber of firms a considera])le amount of farm 

 machinerj', plows, harrows, cultivators, a seed drill, a corn harvester, 

 and various tools and machines for market gardening. 



OKLAHOMA. 



Agricultural and Normal University, Langston. 



This institution was established in 1897 and now has several substan- 

 tial stone and brick buildings, including fairly Avell equipped shops, 

 dormitories for bo3^s and girls, and the president's house. The four- 

 year courses offered by the university are the classical, scientific, 



