The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15
Annual Report Of The State College Of
AgncuIture and the Nechanlc Arts


Annual Report OF me state College OF
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
from me annual ltP"r' II III, officers of The
STATE COLLEGE Of Agriculture ana The. mechanic
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iIlt IrSl>iajGtr OF 49, appropriated S2.S0V
Tor III" construction and partial equipment OF a
p!liuih% i"f Workshops W nh jhlS >ub>tan-
Ilal wooden STRUCTURE was erected. 16N36. two
stories hl4h. vi n an eli 10 by "A, one story
hl@u, ihr entire building beng II feet in
lPii2'h' ht outside wa We'll finished. as was
il>" fait OF lhe inside. Money Will be need
" 70 c"lh"lott me interior an" supply addition
~ lulphthi>' Ne report OF the farm super
'HFhdthJ indicates substantial and gratifying
progress III llat department.. lie tract Of
twenty acres hiIlGtd to IN the report of last
year. as having been redeemed from II cundi-
tl"h ~ RELATIVE baffenno : ana a. having pro-
uHtcd IA crop OF S0o bushels Of oats. yielded
over Two IONS 81 nay 10 "" acre the present
ttdI. Inc cost OF renovation was more than
pitld ny me crop, OF 1853 and lSS4 Another
tract OF nearly equal size. has been cleared of
stones and bushes, and LA, been drained,
pIou4hed smo"thed and Supplied with heavy
'nAl 81 dressing, ready fof seeding next spring.
ne E"tH> nl me college Tor the years lSSI
ana lNN6 VIII toe a. follows:
Amount needed 10 pay i"r instruction, in adj
dltioh TO revenue from endo~ment fund and
pen>e> on trustees, S2DG per year, 500. in>ur-
ance. S"Oo per var 5000; farm experiments,
-" per year, H''p"; finishing shop and add
'lltiVhal equipments therefor, - 900; apparatus
lof lDt several departments. 81 100; sanitary
Improvements ana repairs, SoJ0; painting farm
buiiulh9H, SoUU; moving barn described in
trustees report, $1,000; total Sl2,400
me sum ct SIo,o00 Is asked for to erect IA
new bulluiHS Ter departments OF nal ural his
tory ana agriculture.
The Maine State College has AN endowment
ll"u Ihe national government OF Sl3l 800.
Yielding an annual revenue Of about s 900. 1t
has received from The STATE S200.2lS. 1t has
buildings. grounds, library, apparatus, farming
tools, STOCK &c., valued at Sl50,000. 1t has re-
CURED troh he Stale. ia addition to the income
from the national endowment, les than 81. 300
year, for purposes Of instruction and for cur
rent expenses.
II has graduated 2UG students, and has given
instructions TO 2al other students, in special or
partial courses, extending Trough period> vary
ing from single tern. To three and 4 half wears.
and averaging one and "A half Years for each.
here nunher> 10 not include the 81 students
three names are duplicated. Ii thus appears
that 90 different students have enjoyed. or are
now ENJOY ny, the benefits OF The courses of in
>trucllon gwen al this Institution.
The average age Of students on admission
mas been eighteen and one-haf years, and
ii''i'N INV ''''' AZ va HIS Dttll
twenty-tWo and one-half years.
or the living graduates whose occupations
are known, eleven per cent. are in so-caled
professional life, and eighty-nine per cent are
engaged IN other and varied industries: nine
teen are farmers, three are teachers of agricul-
'uie III coiiests, Two are veterinary surgeons,
ana two are employed III agricultural expert
mtht stations; SIX are engaged in manufac-
lures, twenty-five in MECHANICS and about
tWire me latter number in civil engineering.
OF the living undergraduates whose occupations
are known, thirteen per cent. are in the so
called professions, and eighty-seyen per cent
are engaged in other and varied industries.
During the past term the greatest number
enrolled IN the military department was y, the
least %; average 6S. The average attendance
ma, been o..
Total number of students, 81; Seniors, IL ;
juniors, II; oophomores, %; Freshmen, a :;
special, $; postgraduate, /.
Inc farm superlnendent'S report shows ::