COMPARISONS WITH OTHER COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE. 



The buildings of the College of Agriculture devoted to purposes of 

 instruction, for laboratories, class rooms and offices, cost the State for 

 construction and equipment $340,000, and furnish 120,662 feet of floor 

 space. With the present attendance of 968 students, this gives a floor 

 space per student of 125 sq. feet. This is much less floor space per 

 student than is provided in any of the other State Colleges of Agricul- 

 ture that rank with the New York State College. As an illustration of 

 the space per student furnished in other State Colleges, the following 

 may be given, computed from statements given to the writer on a recent 

 visit to these colleges : Wisconsin, 208 sq. ft. ; Illinois, 305 sq. ft. ; Min- 

 nesota, 223 sq. ft. ; Iowa, 350 sq. ft. 



The cost of the agricultural buildings and barns in all of the insti- 

 tutions mentioned in the preceding paragraph exceeds the cost of those 

 of the New York State College of Agriculture. 



In the New York State College of Agriculture the number of regu- 

 lar long-course students and post-graduate students exceeds consider- 

 ably that of any of the above institutions, except Illinois, which has 

 only a slightly less number than New York. The higher grades of 

 students would naturally be expected to require more space for their 

 work than the lower grades. 



The faculty of the New York State College of Agriculture, now 

 numbering 83 professors, instructors and assistants of all grades, ex- 

 clusive of student assistants, stenographers and workmen, is larger than 

 that of any other institution. 



The Empire State should give more liberal support in the develop- 

 ment of its State College of Agriculture. Other Colleges of Agricul- 

 ture are forging ahead, and if New York is to keep pace with the 

 institutions in other states, and if it is to meet its own need for agri- 

 cultural education, greatly increased facilities will have to be provided 

 for the College of Agriculture, particularly in buildings for laboratory, 

 class room, and experimental work. 



