NEW BUILDINCxS AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MISSOURI 

 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. 



One of the most evident sig-ns of the l)etter financial support wliich 

 is being- accorded our agricultural colleges is the increasing number 

 of new buildings provided for their work and that of the experiment 

 stations. In the past two years more than twenty-five new buildings 

 for class-room instruction and la])oratories for the agricultural col- 

 leges and the experiment stations have been provided by State 

 appropriation. 



In several cases these have been large, imposing* buildings, designed 

 to house the principal departments of the agricultural college, and 

 comparing' in size and general character with any on the college 

 campus. In other cases they haA^e been intended for a group of 

 related departments, or for some single line of instruction and research. 

 But they have' uniformly been of a style of construction which gives 

 character and an air of permanency to the departments which they 

 represent, and is in marked contrast to the buildings which public 

 sentiment made possible a few years ago. 



This improvement in equipment has come as a response to popular 

 sentiment and the real needs of the agricultural work, and can not be 

 said to be an anticipation of the needs of that department of instruc- 

 tion. In this respect the result is encouraging and inspiring to the 

 friends of agricultural education. 



The new agricultural l)uilding at the New Hampshire College of 

 Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, known as Morrill Hall (PI. I, tig. 1), 

 is intended to house the departments of agriculture, including agron- 

 omy and animal industr}'^, horticulture and forestry, and botan3\ 

 These departments have heretofore occupied a building jointl}^ with 

 the experiment station. 



The State legislature in 1901 appropriated $30,000 for the building, 

 which was begun in May, 1902. The college assumed the cost of 

 preparing the foundations, and the contract was made for the building 

 with the attic unfinished. The contractor's work is now nearl}^ com- 

 pleted and the building will be occupied as soon as it can be equipped. 



The dimensions on the ground are 58 by 110 feet, with a projection 

 in front 14 by 4:4: feet, which provides for entrances. The building is 

 constructed of brick with dressed granite trimmings and a slate roof. 

 All partitions are of brick, and below the attic wood is hmited to 

 floors, casings for doors and windows, baseboards, and chair rails. 



A feature of the building is the mortar for the outside courses of 

 brick, which was prepared from selected lime contaming the least 



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