194 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



reservoir, the whole establishment with water, should be 

 put in operation by an engine of 12-horse power. 



BUILDINGS. 



The buildings for such an object should be substantial, 

 plain, and economical. To this establishment would be re- 

 quired, viz : an institute or main building, (see plan, Nos. 1 

 and 2.) The annexed plan (No. 3) shows : [a) horse stable, 

 {b) ox stable, (t*) calf stable, (d) hospital stable, (e) cow house, 

 (/) dairy, root and steaming house, (^) piggeries and poultry 

 house, (A) sheep shed, (i) barn and stack j'ard, (k) granary 

 and cart shed, [l) shed for the grist mill, straw cutter, and 

 threshing machine, (m) workshops, (?z) beet-sugar manufac- 

 tory, (o) engine with reservoir and pump, {p) bee house and 

 cocoonery. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Working cattle. — Should the two given rotations of crops 

 be adopted for 640 acres of land under cultivation, 14 

 horses and 24 oxen would be required to perform the nec- 

 essary work. 



* For procuring the necessary manure for the two systems 

 already mentioned, and to show the breeding, rearing, and 

 fattening of live stock, extensively, there should be — 



2 stud horses, (for light and heavy breeds.) 



16 breeding mares, exclusive of the working horses. 



160 neat cattle. 



1,200 sheep. 



60 swine. 

 The live stock should consist of the most choice foreign 

 and native breeds. 



IMPLBMKNTS. 



A collection of the most important and approved imple- 

 ments should be at hand, viz : swing and wheel ploughs, 

 cultivators, horse hoes, sowing machine, harrows, rollers, 

 horse rakes, reaping and mowing machine, carts and wag- 

 ons, straw cutter, threshing machine, corn sheller, root 

 chopper, harnesses, &c. 



PERSONS KEQUI3ITE TO MANAGE THIS INSTITUTION. 



A Director, who should have the entire control over the 

 whole establishment. 



A Treasurer and two clerks, to keep the accounts, and 

 attend to all the transactions of the institution. 



For the tuition of the pupils, there should be Jive professors, 

 and a teacher for the lower branches, exclusive of the direo- 



