LIVE STOCK BUILDING AT THE MINNESOTA COLLEGE. 



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The centra] portion of the building- is two stories high. The first 

 floor (fig. 2) is occupied by an arena extending across the entire front, 

 with class rooms at either end, which can be cut off by sliding doors. 

 The arena proper is provided with a tan bark floor 25 by 104 feet in 

 extent, making it possible to study the gait of a horse without going- 

 out of the building. The central part has an amphitheater at the 

 back, seating 225 persons. The two class rooms in the wings are each 

 36^ bv 54 feet, and will accommodate about 150 students each, the 



Fig. 2. — First-floor plan, live stock building. Minnesota College of Agriculti 



seats being arranged in semicircular form. All can be thrown 

 together into one large audience room for demonstrations or meetings. 

 The animals will be brought up to the arena from the stables below 

 over inclines built at an easy grade. Between the tan bark floor and 

 the front of the building will be an area covered with a brick floor, 

 which can be used for instruction in harnessing and hitching up teams, 

 grooming horses, etc. 



