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BULLETIN" 825, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The main floor is of wood, but between the front row of opera 
chairs and the stage is a strip of cement floor 1 5 feet wide and extend- 
ing across the building. At either end of this strip is a large double 
door through which farm stock is brought onto the cement floor, 
there to be judged at stock shows or fairs, before the public. The 
basement contains two rooms with cement floors, each 20 by 50 feet, 
and a furnace room, 12 by 14 feet. The building has running water 
and is heated by hot air. 
The building was planned by the township board in consultation 
with the local builder. Labor was hired by the day and material 
bought direct from the retailer. It is in general charge of the board 
and directly managed by the township trustee, who maintains an 
office in the building. 
Fig. 15.— Dixon Township building, Argonia, Kans. 
Among the activities for which it has been used are : Union revival 
meetings, lyceum course, community lecture course given by the State 
college of agriculture, community Christmas program, pageants, 
high school plays, glee-club entertainments, farmers' short course 
given by the State college of agriculture, farmers' institute, and fairs 
and stock shows. It is the regular meeting place of the Farmers' 
Union, the commercial club, the library board, the township board, 
and various other township and village organizations. It serves a 
population of 950 people, about equally divided between the village 
and the surrounding farms. 
REMBRANT COMMUNITY BUILDING, WOODSTOCK, TENN. 
Communities which are organized for social and civic betterment 
often realize that a community building would greatly facilitate 
