248 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 



The University of Illinois is situated in the eastern central part of 

 the State, 128 miles south of Chicago and between the twin cities of 

 Urbana and Chambaign. It is at the junction of the Illinois Central, the 

 Big Four, and the Wabash railroads. 



Conspicuous among the buildings on the campus is the Agricultural 

 Group, which was erected at a cost of $150,000 and is devoted exclusively 

 to the work of the Agricultural College and Experiment Station. The 

 group consists of four separate structures built around an open court 

 and connected by corriders. The main building is 248 feet long, from 50 

 to 100 feet in depth, and three stories high. It contains offices, class 

 rooms, and laboratories for the departments of agronomy, animal hus- 

 bandry, dairy husbandry, horticulture, and veterinary science; the chem- 

 ical laboratory of the Experiment Station; commodious administration 

 rooms; all assembly rooms with a seating capacity of 500, and on each 

 floor a fireproof vault for records. The other three buildings are each 

 45 by 116 feet and two stories high; one is for dairy manufactures, one 

 for farm machinery, and .one for veterinary science and stock judging. 

 These buildings are of stone and brick, roofed with slate, and contain, all 

 told, 113 rooms, and a total floor space of nearly two acres. 



. The . State legislature has, in the past few years, made generous 

 appropriations for the College of Agriculture and it is now well equipped 

 and fully prepared to give instruction in the various subjects. 



Department of Dairy Husbandry. 



The work in dairying is divided into three lines: 



1. The economic production of milk, which includes the proper 



