802 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



deemed this event of sufficient interest and importance to warrant us in 

 in giving here a brief description of the building, accompanied by 

 some illustrations. 



The building has been named Townshend Hall, after the late Dr. N". 

 S. Townshend, " as a memorial of his public services and his work in 

 advancing the cause of agricultural education." The exterior appear- 

 ance of the building is shown in the accompanying illustration (fig. 7). 

 It is 2G0 feet in length, and varies in width from G4 to 78 feet. It is of 

 slow-burning construction and cost about $70,000. It contains a base- 

 ment and two main floors. Plans of the basement and first floor are 

 shown (fig. 8). 



The basement, which is 15 feet high, is entirely above ground on 

 the rear of the building, and is amply lighted from all sides. At one 



Fig. 7.— Townshend Hall, Ohio State University. 



end is located the dairy department, with rooms for testing and pas- 

 teurizing milk and for butter and cheese making (fig. 9). An adjoining 

 building, 16 by 30 feet, contains the boiler and engine for the use of 

 this department. At the opposite end of the basement are accommo- 

 dations for live stock, while lecturing upon or judging them. Adjacent 

 to, but detached from, the soil storage room is a glass house, 30 by 40 

 feet, for the experimental study of soils and farm crops. 



The first floor contains the offices, class rooms, laboratories, reading 

 room, library, and museum of the department of agriculture. The 

 museum will contain not merely specimens of farm products and sam- 

 ples of agricultural implements, but an attempt will be made to show 

 the development of both Ohio and American agriculture and the indus- 

 tries intimately connected with it. 



