With two extra rooms in the main house and about three rooms in the small house, we expect there will be room for not more than ten students during this first year. Since land is expensive and since its acquisition often requires the cooperative efforts of a group, the School of Homesteading will serve as a tentative experience in group living. There will be schedules, worked out by mutual agreement in view of the necessities of farm life, and regular hours for meals and barnyard chores will be maintained. The main meals of the day will be shared in the big house. Everyone will participate in cooking and cleaning.
Students receive no profits in cash or produce during or after their term in residence.
Just as they will eat much of the previous year s produce, so their produce will be consumed by the next year s class. Students must have resources to provide for their own clothing, spending money and routine medical needs. Insurance for hospitalization in case of accidents on the farm will be provided by the school of Homesteading. Free use of automobiles will not be provided. But it is a private venture, with no formal relationship to or financial dependence on the University.