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The main building (figs. 5 and 6) contains offices, class rooms, labora- 

 tories, and seminary rooms, as well as the general offices and the 

 assembly room. The general offices are directly opposite the main 

 entrance of the building, on the lower floor. The entrance is into a 

 lol)by 16 ft. square opening into the main office room, 30 by 50, with 

 excellent accommodations for 6 stenographers. Opening off this main 

 room are a stationer}^ room 16 by 20 ft., a fireproof vault somewhat 

 larger, a faculty room, 2 private offices, a storage room, and a mailing 

 room. The space underneath, about 50 by 60 ft., is cemented and will 

 serve as a mailing room for bulletins. The south end of the lower 

 floor is for class rooms and laboratories for horticulture and farm 

 crops, and the north end for animal husbandry and dairy husbandry. 



On the second floor of the main building (fig. 7), directly over the 

 general offices and extending to the roof, is an assembly room capal)le 

 of seating between 1:00 and 500 people, including gallery accommoda- 

 tions. Upon the south are cloak and retiring rooms for men students 



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and upon the north similar accommodations for women students. It 

 is designed upon occasion, when association meetings arc held in the 

 assembly room, that these small rooms may be used by visitors for 

 similar purposes and for committee meetings. The south end of this 

 floor affords further accommodations for work in farm crops, and also 

 a suite of offices for the department of economic entomology. At the 

 north end is located the main office of the department of agronomy, 

 with class rooms adjoining; also the laboratories of soil physics and 

 soil biology. On the third floor (fig. 8) are the experiment station 

 laboratories, vault for the storage of negatives, blue-print room, and 

 the office and class room for veterinary science; also museum for the 

 department of horticulture, etc. The attic is spacious and well lighted 

 and affords excellent storage for lighter materials. 



