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riage, teaches obedience and has a distinct value. This shows 

 the exhibit made at the county fairs every fall ; we have it in dupli- 

 cate and show it at a number of the fairs every fall. That shows 

 the farmers at Farmers Week. Last year or perhaps the year be- 

 fore we had something over a thousand people at Farmers' Week. 

 It is always held between Christmas and New Year Day. Here we 

 have a rear view of the Dairy Building. Most of you know that the 

 college operates a commercial creamery placed in this building. 

 Several hundred farmers send milk or cream to the dairy building; 

 it is open to admit all kinds of dairy products, cheese, butter, ice 

 cream and so forth, and much of this work is done by students, so it 

 is a commercial proposition and gives our students actual practice 

 in working up dairy products. You have heard probably of the new 

 dairy barn which was completed last summer, and many people say 

 this is the best looking and most popular building on the campus. 

 It was completed at a cost of something more than |30,000. There 

 is one statement I hadn't thought of making at this time, but I 

 think it is right you should have it; the legislature appropriated 

 $20,000 for this barn, and from the earnings of the college farm 

 and of the creamery, we were able to put more than $10,000 into this 

 building, so that we have a structure there of over $30,000. There 

 are some features about this building that perhaps will interest you. 

 We have two large silos, one at either end of the barn. One is built 

 of hollow tile with stucco finish; the other of concrete with stucco 

 finish. You will notice there is no barn floor such as they have 

 in most barns. About half of the building is used for the storage of 

 hay. Last summer we had 100 tons of hay stored at this end of the 

 barn; over here we have our feed rooms, students' rooms and other 

 rooms necessary in structural work. 



The next few slides will show this barn. On the side here is a milk 

 room and you can see the large number of windows all along the 

 side of the room. Here you will see more details of the construction 

 of this stucco over the end of the barn and along the side about four 

 feet of the base of the barn is brick. This is the interior of the yard 

 enclosed on three sides; a very cosy, sunny place for cattle, in the 

 winter time. We think we have the best barn in the United States, 

 considering the size and type of construction, and it was put up at 

 a very low cost. 



A Member: What is the size of it? 



PROF. WATTS: I don't believe I can give you the dimensions of 

 that barn. Is there anyone here from State College who remembers 

 the dimensions? It is a large barn. Here we have the interior view. 

 You will notice that the cattle face each other. The feed is taken 

 down here on the cart and delivered along in front of the cattle. 

 Then the manure is taken from the stable around the side. You will 

 notice the carrier. One of the best lines of work that is being done 

 in the dairy department is the judging of butter. Butter is sent In 

 from all over the State, from creameries and farms and individuals, 

 and it is scored and the results sent back to them. It is a line of 

 work which has been very productive for good. I want to show 

 you two animals. 



