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nomics building, and class-room, laboratory and auditorium building, 

 when completed will each have to be provided with separate heating plants 

 unless a centralized plant is maintained. The present college buildings are 

 heated by an already overtaxed system located in the basement of the 

 main building. The new greenhouses have a separate system. It is 

 clearly a matter of economy to provide now a central heating plant which 

 will serve all of the buildings and render possible a more economical 

 administration. Such a plant should be planned so that it may be 

 expanded to serve such other buildings as in future may be erected for 

 the College. 



2. The plant industry building, urgently requested last year, should 

 be provided immediately or some other provision made, as the plant 

 industry departments are now more crowded than any other part of the 

 College service. These departments, including Farm Crops, Farm Man- 

 agement, Farm Practice, Soil Technology, Plant Physiology, Plant 

 Pathology, and Plant-Breeding, are now housed in the west wing of the 

 agricultural group. It is very urgent that provision be made to relieve 

 this congested condition. 



3. The nezv greenhouse laboratories, which were completed this year, 

 owing to the reduction of the appropriation requested for them are too 

 small to meet the requirements of the College work, and it has been 

 necessary to repair and retain the old range of houses. These old houses 

 are so old as to be very unserviceable and will soon have to be abandoned. 

 The maintenance of separate plants is furthermore costly and a great 

 loss of time to students and faculty. Provision should be made to extend 

 the new houses so that the old range may be abandoned. 



4. Animal husbandry buildings. The importance of extending the 

 facilities of our Animal Husbandry department was especially urged by 

 Director Bailey in his report last year. Animal Husbandry is one of the 

 largest and most important agricultural interests in the State and the 

 facilities for this part of College work are meagre and totally inade- 

 quate. It is necessary that new laboratories, barns, and equipment be 

 provided before the students of various animal husbandry subjects can 

 be given proper instruction. The old barns to the north of the present 

 College buildings will doubtless soon have to be removed to make room 

 for the expansion of the campus area available for buildings for instruc- 

 tion purposes. While this barn is very old and out of repair and totally 

 unfitted for use as a College barn where instruction must be given, never- 

 theless it is large and is in constant use. It cannot be removed until other 

 barns are erected to take its place. 



