Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-12-01
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VISIT To yHE STATl COllIGI

VISIT 10 INT STATE COlltOt.
Daring the state dalrying mc-tins rc-
c-ntly held AZ Orono took ovyasloa Ia
,isli IN. diii.r-nt department. of thl. In
stituiion, aDd see souic of th. work be-
ing doue To educate aud Improve the
mind. snd heart. oi thu students.
The fret visit va. made to th. room
of the professor ot agriculture, Walter
Bslentine, where cls.. va. rcclting on
The thsrsct.ri.tic- of Cattle foOis.
The cXcr ises ot the morning consisted
in calculating the ratio. of nearly all the
cattle focds nov IN use. ll,- .tudsnt-
sbosed a thorough knowlvtge of the
.uhjeCt In hand. aud made very crr,i-
liable appearance. Ih. work II we'll
elaborated, and With the facilities at
comminl, can be made very thorough.
Tie greenhouse lately tuili, next de-
m ,nds our attention. II .Nsll planned,
aud serves admirably tb. purIo-. iut
which u Nas dc.ign.,i. under the dlf~c-
tion ~ Professor Mun.Ou, Who lia. had
much cAV~tienc- Ia the ba.lne... Iarr-
ful experiments are being md, Niih
many ot our handy plants, which Will
is.t th.ir salu. tu the farmer. uf ths
state. Ih. prufv.sor las Catfi-si his
sofk b.yoni iiIc limit. oi the Colleg,.
oui upon the farm, of the state, sni l.
ssvAing. by teaching an1 Illustration. to
educate all Ia true appn,sisilon ~ the
value vf knosl~igc ot HORTICULTURE.
The crop. ~ the farm have b"cu alum
dsnt. and IL excellent quality. Tl,cr, u
nov q gUoi working dairy upon the
farm aud lt Nill BE- lnCrca.~i a. Circum.
stancc. all Iermlt.
Cswiul experiments arr nos bclng
mad. to ssccriain the comparative value
of a.. different hrv,,l. ~ swine. Ihos-
nov b-iug br,sl src ~. Jcr..y R~ls,
Bstkshir,s, chester whlic., Tsmworth
aud Poland ChlnAs. The daily gtoNth
iu an .ip.rim-nt ja.t finished 'hoNs
Cheshire. la pounds; Yorkshire, i.li
pounds chester White, l.u> IouDds
Poland china. I NJ pounds; berkshire, |
pound. Nhlic the weight. ~ dlgrsiiblc
t'-sd con sgme,l Too each I-ounl ot sroeth
msdr ar- as folloss Jle.hiv. 3sS
pounds. Poland chlns. as pounds
Yorkshire, , - pouni.. chester White,
40 pounds; berkshire, 2 a. pounis.
The Ism~urth .wln- ATE said 90 produce
morr lean meat La proportion tu weight
cru.. b-tNe.n The ItmNorth aut Rsth-
shire IA. pro,luc.d s"me wonderfully
.ymmctrical Young snlmsls. for-tnan
~lss has htts,i az hi I-n. Va such =
manner that u 10 not difficult Z" weigh
the different br'e,l., aud the sulm,ls u
the different period. II their gtoSth.
\ gr-at heal 10 Interest nos c"uirrs la
the dairy buildlng ju.t completed. II !.
rquiyI-'i ~lih AL the modern implc-
mrut. fur caring ior the milk, a. yell q.
Tor manufacturing chrv.. ani batter.
IIsrv the visitors 49, cream aud batter
t.iug separated from the milk hy cen.
tfiiugal iorcc ani the deep s.ttiug pr',-
So. students are given a daily drill Ia
al th. branches of this busin~ss, aud
.ons 10 the b..t prints % batter shown
Al the dairy mc-tins wrrv made hy ih"m.
Much good must n-,"sssfliy result from
this practical Instruction la feeding the
cows aud csring for the product. We
hoic Ca s.e bsiorv very long. nnimil. 20
many of our noted brrc,is, bath for bs.f
ani IN. dairy. upon the farm.
The Work shop !. being Improved
aud extended. ani !. fittoi wlih machln-
cry sufficient o. enable the Instructor. a.
give prscti,al lessons In al departments
90 meChauics. IN. nsN tool housr just
completed, siNcn frct, Nlll prove to D.
oas - the mo.l valuable ballding' upon
the farm.
Taking all together, there seems Ia bc
q determination on the part of each
msmbsf of the faculty 10 put his b-st
Efforts Into the work .ct Tor him Z" do,
which PLACES the college la the front
rank a. an e,iucstiou,l ia.iltution Tor AL
that l. practical aud useful.
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