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makes the basement floor fully as desirable for class rooms or office 

 as any other part of the building. The building is so arranged that 

 greenhouses may be constructed against the south end of the building. 



The main entrance faces the east. The south end of the basement 

 is occupied by the hoi-ticultural department and the north end by 

 the dairy department. The first floor affords space for the offices 

 of the director, and the superintendent of farmers' institutes, library 

 and reading room, and the offices, class rooms, and laboratories of the 

 departments of agronomy and animal industry. 



The second floor of the building is used by the domestic science 

 department of the college, and is fully fitted up for this work. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



The new $50,000 dormitory recently occupied at the Rhode Island 

 college is unique among agricultural college dormitories, in that pro- 

 vision is made in it for society rooms, a bowling alley, and a room for 

 billiards and other games (PI. XII, fig. 1). The building is three 

 stories high above the basement, and the two upper floors contain 48 

 rooms for students, all of which are well lighted by electricity and 

 heated by steam from the central plant. There are also bath and 

 toilet rooms on each floor sufficient to meet all needs, including enough 

 shower baths for all athletic purposes. On the first floor there is a 

 large reception or social room, an assembly room, which will also 

 serve as a chapel, and an attractive dining room to seat 150 people, and 

 connected with it pantries, a kitchen, and other service rooms. The 

 building is constructed of native granite and covered with a slate 

 roof. 



WISCONSIN. 



The new animal husbandry pavilion recently completed at the Wis- 

 consin College of Agriculture at a cost of $75,000 marks a step in 

 advance in the agricultural college structures in this country, since 

 it provides facilities not only for classes, officers, and the housing of 

 animals, but also for large gatherings of farmers, stock sales and 

 shows, and demonstrations (PI. XII. fig. 2). The building fills a 

 space of 207 by 114 feet, with a stock- judging tanbark arena, 104 by 66 

 feet, occupying the central space. Around this arena are seven con- 

 crete ledges upon which are grass-cloth mats providing comfortable 

 seats for over 3,000 persons. The entire structure is of reinforced 

 concrete with brick exterior and a green glazed tile roof. 



In the basement, which extends along one side and the two ends of 

 the buihling, are provisions for housing live stock, including 14 large 

 box stalls, 22 hitching stalls, and a large foaling stall for brood mares. 



