Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-10-28
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Y Iowa Farmers College. 80
FMExDl MAulx 81 have been trying for
some time TO ind time TO give to the read-
ers Of the Journal a short account Of the
doipgs Of, tho Executive Committee Of the
Iowa Farmers College, and the College
Farm. asas baa bssss5b aTsT ea
l was out to it in Story county the first
week ID October. like the appearance Of
the farm much better on this visit than I
did in june, when l FIRST saw it. It il .
delightful place when we got to it. am
confident it contains within itself more e.
sential advantages for the uses Of q college
farm, than any other Of the many places We
visited while selecting the location. It
contains about 64s acres, of which about
$50 is good timber, 100 Of creek bot tom
land, which is higher and dryer and better,
than expected, and about 400 Of rolling
prairie There is some, wet laEd on the
high prairie - we'll a. on the bottom. all of
which can be made tillable land, without
much cost Of draining Squaw Fork creek,
which runs through the timber near the
east side, is lasting water. It also has .
large and lasting spring near the center of
the section. The spot We ssisctsd for tho
barn 10 about 80 rods southwest Of the
spring, the farm house about 10 rods further
southwest, and tho college building 80 rods
still farther southwest This spring can
easily be conveyed, by force Of hydraulic
ram, with which have some experience,
to all Of these building sites with far less
expense than the water is brought from my
branch up to my house; without any dam.
but some ditching, with about 20 feet els-
walton (rnine is 1907 but the length Of pipe
will have to b nearly 80 rods. A portion
of this land is quite dry and somewhat
gravely, though the gravel is mostly upon
the surface, aud although the blowing WAS
over some these of gravely ridges, tits sufici.
emily clayey to make it rich prairie land
The building sites were Of this character.
The site for the barn has an eastern slope
sufficient for bank barn, but the cattle
yard will be nearly level, dry and some.
what gr 1vely. Our plan Of the barn is ~
feet by 60, basement open to the east with
cattle she'd on the north side Of the yard.
The upper part is for the doorway to run
lengthwise, north and south, with the in
tention to add any length to the south end
which the farm may require. 1t is to be
built with oak and covered with oak side.
ing ard painted with durable brown
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The farm house is to be thirty by forty.
two feet front part, with an ell back for
pantries and kitchen-front two stories, and
ell one and half or two-of brick with eel.
lar under all. Back of the kitchen is to be
milk room, wash room with kettle set ;
and back of these, wood-house. These are
to be of wood. We have good stone
within one end half miles for cellar walls.
The site for the College buildings is not
quite as elevated as we would like; but
otherwise it is beautiful. The main road,
leading from Nevada to Boonsborough, now
runs through the south part Of our section,
but it is expected that it will be changed to
the south line. The College site is between
so and 60 rods north from the south line.--
There is small creek, which is now dry,
passing from west to east, crooking about
near the south line, and here it makes q
semi circle, leaving about 8 acres of land
on an elevation of about 20 feet but to
this site we will have to add about acres
further back to make it of sufficient size
to contain ample room for shade trees and
gardens. We wish 10 economic the funds
for this Institution as mech as possible, and
we shall present the plan to the College
Board next winter, for three SO, arate COL
lege buildings, one at time, as the State
can afford them-for ono hundred students
to begin with and four hundred eventually.
I visited the Farmers School at Centre
county, Pa, in September. Their building
is too high, being five stories above the base
ment. 1t is to be nearly 800 feet in length,
and, if it was not quite so high, would be in
good design for appearance. If ours is built
in three separate buildings, we need not nee
essarily 60 quite SO high. A room to accom-
modate two students should be about 81 by
IA feet, making 80 rooms Of this size for 100
students. We must also have lecture and
recitation rooms, and, in order to get all Of
these rooms, we must either build it more
than 100 feet long, or we must build it four
stories above the base. The height and
length is not yet determined upon. 1tshould
be about 40 feet in width. We intend
to build plain, substantial building, prefer
ing good school rather than Gerard Col.
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