Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-01-03
ANNUAL REPORT


'ne state College OF Agriculture .ra
tne Mechanic Arts
| n Tue annual report of the officers ot
tne State College of Agriculture and tho
mecnanic Arts we CLEAN the following:
| The legislature of 1882 appronr;.,oa 90
SUI for the construction and marital -.
Ineht OF building for workshops. VIII
.nis a substantial wooden structure 20
e ec o6x36, two stories high, with an eli
90 oy ~, one story high the entire bniId;no
oelng li2 feet in length The outside Us
Wen nnished, as was also a part of the inside
Money VII be needed to complete the inter;or
ana supply additional equipments The
| report OF the farm superintendent ind;ca,as
substantial and gratifying progress in that
department. The tract of twenty acres
aiuoed 10 IN the report of last year. as bav.
ing Deen redeemed from a condition of
eiat'e oarrenness and as having produced
.lop os ooo bushes OF oats, yielded over two
~, LOIS OF nay to the acre the present wear
The cost of renovation was more Tho, nd
oy the crops of 1883 and 1884. Another
tract OF nearly equal size, has been cleared
OF stones and bushes. and has been drained
pioughed, smoothed aud supplied with a
heavy coat of dressing, ready for seeding
next spring.
The needs of the college for the wears 1ss5
and 1886 will be as follows:
amount needed to pay for instruction. in
addition to revenue from endowment fund
| and tuition, $4,000 per year, Sc 600; travel
| ing expenses of trustees, 5000 per wear.
S4oo; insurance, $500 per year, 600; farm
experiments, $3.50 per year, 500; finishing
| snop and additional equipments therefor.
l,ooO; apparatus for the several departments,
| 81 600. sanitary imprayap,ant,
$500 painting farm buildings, $500; moving
barn described in trustees report, $1,000.
total, $l2, 400
The sum of 900 is asked for to erect
new building for departments of natural
history and agriculture.
The Maine State College has an endowment
from the national government of SI3I, 300.
yielding an annual revenue of about 81 6 90.
1t has received from the State SCOOPS. 1t
has buildings, grounds, library, apparatus,
farming tools, stock. &c, valued at $50, 900
1t has required from the State. in addition to
the income from the national endowment,
less than $500 a year, for purposes of in
struction and tor current expenses.
| 1t has graduated FOG students, and has
given instructions to 23l other Students in
| special or partial courses, extending through
periods varying from a single term TO three
| and half years. and averaging one and
| half years for each. These numbers do not
include the 81 students now catalogued in the
| College. except that three names are dupli-
Gated. 1t thus appears that 525 different
students have enjoyed, or are now enjoying,
the benefits of the courses of instruction
given at this institution.
The average age of students on admission
has been eighteen and one-half years, and
hence the average age on graduation has been
twenty-five and one-half years.
OF the living graduates whose occupations
are known, eleven per cent are in so-called
professional life, and eighty nine per cent are
engaged in other and varied industries; nine
teen are farmers, three are teachers of agri-
| culture in colleges, two are veterinary sur
geons, and two are employed in agricultural
experiment stations; six are engaged in man
ufactures, twenty-five in mechanics, aud
about twice the latter number in civil engi-
neering. OF the living non-graduates whose
occupations are known, thirteen per cent are
in the so called professions, and eighty seven
per cent are engaged in other and varied in
dustries.
| During the past term the greatest number
enrolled in the military department was ~,
the least Co. average 60. The average at
tendance has been %
| Total number OF students, 81 Seniors, l6;
Juniors, II; Sophomores, %; Freshmen, "a;
special, 8; postgraduate, |.
| The farm superintendent report shows:
Live stock appraised Nov. 80, 1884, 1924;
crops, S2,7S9. Total Glib. Cash receipts
for the year ending Nov. 80, 1884, S4,676.-
20; expenditures 81, ST. "a. Liabilities Nov
30, 1888, 50, AIS 60; Nov. 80, 1884, 1925
70 Farm credits, Sl.074.23; debts, excess
of liabilities of 1884 above those of 1888,
$l,347.l1.
The Arrears of crops and their yields were
as follows: Grass, 80 acres, 155 TONS men
sury barley, CT acres, 220 bushels; hulless
barley 81 acres, lis bushels; experimental
barley field 81 acres, l54 bushels; barley on
new land, 6 acres, AS bushels; oats on new
| land, acres. POS bushels; beans, 81 acres,
so bushels potatoes I acres, $40 bushels.
| The herd of cattle consists of AZ animals.
81 of which are thoroughbred. OF these, D
are Shorthorns, 10 are ''Maine Jerseys" and
| 10 are Cattle Club" Jerseys. In the dairy,
there has been an average of % and two
thirds cows and heifers. The amount of
milk produced was ,005 pounds. OF this,
| lOO, 270 pounds were manufactured into but
ter producing 1909 pounds.
Total value of dairy products 81 230 90.
! Expenditures for feed S6ll.40.
The flock of Shropshire sheep now num-
bers 30 good animals.
In the swine herd there are breeders and
II shoats-all pure Chesters.
The treasurer's report places the total re-
ceipts of the college at Sl6,S904S; dsburse-
ments. sI4. S6353 Amount on hand Dec. 4,
1884. S2.O26.95. The total resources OF the
college are Sl3l. 32695. Cash on hand S26-
80.
Church Notices.