Nothing For 

 Agriculture 



while Three Engineering Buildings 

 Near Completion at State University 

 Ag College Lacks Veterinary, Home 

 Economics, and Engineering Facilities 



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THE PICTURES of four buildings on this page tell one 

 of the reasons why young fann boys leave the pro- 

 fession of agriculture to become engineers in the city. 

 The wooden frame structure in the picture at the 

 bottom of the page is the present agricultural engineer- 

 ing building on the University of Illinois campus. 



It was built in 1905-06 at a cost of about $40,000. It is 

 wholly inadequate for training young farmers in modem 

 day mechanized farming. 



Contrast this with the pictures of the three modern en- 

 gineering buildings being completed on the same campus 

 at a total estimated cost of $6,835,000. 



The Chemistry and Chemical Engineering building will 

 be ready in September, 1949. It is estimated to cost $3,- 

 402,000. 



The Electrical Engineering building is ready now at an 

 estimated cost of $1,661,000. 



The Mechanical Engineering building will cost $1,772,- 

 000. 



If your boy wants to be a chemical engineer, electrical 

 engineer or mechanical engineer, he has the most modem 

 building in the world where top technical facilities can be 

 housed and used. 



If your boy wants to study agricultural engineering and 

 keep up with the latest research and advances in mechaniza- 

 tion, he is handicapped by lack of facilities. 



The present agricultural engineering building is struc- 

 turally substandard, and a potential fire and accident hazard. 

 It was erected more than 40 years ago for the farm me- 

 chanics division of the department of agronomy. 



Since that time there has been a revolution in the business 

 of farming. Agricultural engineering is important in to- 

 day's agriculture because of advances in mechanization, 

 soil and water conservation, rural electric service, building 

 and housing needs, and emphasis on food preparation, 

 processing and storage. 



It doesn't take too much figuring to see that a new 

 agricultural engineering building is needed. 



As President Charles B. Shuman of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association has said, "The College of Agriailture 

 building program has been too long neglected." 



That is why the lAA is pledged to support appn^riations 

 for an agricultural engineering building, an agricultural 

 laboratory building, a veterinary college building and a 

 home economics building. 



A bill seeking an appropriation of $2,250,000 for building 

 and equipping a veterinary college has already been intro- 

 duced. Bills on the other agricultural buildings will be 

 introduced later. 



To f/luitrota our argumunt that Ihu building program of tfe« 

 Unlverttty of llllnolt CoHugo of Agrltulturm hat b*mn aoHlf 

 neglected take a look at the agrltaltural engineering building 

 (below) and compare It with the chemical, electrical and 

 mechanical engineering bulldlngt (left). 



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