Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-10-09
THE EXPERIMENT FARM
THE NEW BUILDINGS WILL BE CON-
PLETED THIS WEEK..


Everything Remarkably Well Planned
Description of the Buildings and Their
Equipment-New England Now Offers
No Better Facilities for Instruction in
Agriculture.
The creamery, barn and dwelling house
on the experiment farm connected with the
agricultural depar tnent Of the University
of Vermont will be completed this week.
They show in their every feature the result
Of careful study and thorough knowledge of
the accepted modes of construction Of this
class of buildings and New England now
offers no better facilities for the practical
instruction of students in agriculture.
The creamery is 2Gx40 feet in Dimensions
and two stories high, with cellar and attic
1t will be provided with a 10 horse power
horizontal tubular boiler, and II horse
power engine. The boiler is from Roberts
Bros, Boston, and the engine from B. F.
Sturtevant, Boston. Power will be fur
nished for running separators, churn, butter
worker, and the ensiage cutter in the
barn. The creamery proper will be sup
piled with q butter extractor, De Laval
continuous churn, Danish, Western, Sharp
less Turbine and Alexandria separators,
churn, power butter worker and all other
necessary implements for carrying on the
work in full creamery style. The labora-
tory up stairs, "a feet square, will be
equipped with apparatus for milk testing by
| the various creamery methods, and with
charts, blackboards and seats that it can
for laoi W ha
kept up all the time for heating both tho
building and feed for the stock. a slate
table is provided in the separator room for
| washing and steainlng dishes. The Cooley
| apparatus for setting milk will be furnished.
| A room is also provided for cheese work,
should it seem desirable to go into that
| branch OF tho sub ect The walls of this
building are of 2x4 studding, with building
paper on each side, 2x2 Turing, with build
ing paper, sheathing on tho inside and
novelty siding on the outside. This makes
three air spaces and four thickuesses of
building paper.
| The carpenter shop is 20x20 feet in dimeu-
sions and just beyond is the pottng room of
like size to go with the green house. The
latter OF which the foundation is Just com
pleted, will be 80 feet long and "a wide, and
all the wood work Will be of cypress. The
glass will be 16X24 inches in dimensions
and heat will be furnished by hot water
from Foster boiler. The two rooms over
the carpenter shop and pottng-room are
laboratories for the horticuturalist and
botanist.
The barn is 10jxiS feet in dimensions.
On the west side are the horse stables and
carriage room with various closets for har-
nesses, robes, grain etc. An oil 20x40 feet
accommodates the large farm tools. Above
is a seed room now filled with some fine
squashes and oats. The COW stable has
stanchions for % head of stock. These
stanchions are of nine different kinds repre-
senting the different methods of fastening
cattle. The watering device is the Buckley
patent, the first of the kind ever set up in
the State. 1t consists of an iron bucket, on
one side Of the manger, which is kept al
ways full of water by q constant level ball
cock valve. There are three silos
with capacity OF 200 tons of
ensllage. Sawdust will be used for
bedding and there are bins for it that contain
20 cords. The grain bins will hold car
load and with the sawdust bins are on the
floor above the COW stables with spouts lead
ing down. An ell on the east end of the
barn is for sheep AMI pigs. The plan of
Prof. Henry OF the experiment station at
Wisconsin, is followed cut IN the swine de-
partment When the pigs are fed, each one
enters his own private pen through 4 slid
ing gate, and has his food all to himself SO
that there can be no inequality in the
amount they get No plan has as yet been
decided upon for the sheep department.
There is room over this ell, disposition OF
which has not as yet been made. The
manure cellar is rstc class one S0xiS
feet in dimensions, with doors on each side
50 that teams can drive through. The bays
have u capacity for 80 tons of hay which
is elevated with a horse hay fork The barn
is thoroughly ventilated from the cellar,
COW stable and barn floor through n system
Of shafts into the cupola. a flight of stairs
leads up to the cupola, which can be entirely
closed in 10y windows. The view from
this point is in many respects a,
fine as that from the University dome, aud
duriug the wiuter people can visit it with
comfort. The cola winds from which the
dome is unsheltered make it an unpleasant
place except in summer.
The house is about 40 feet square, and
has thirteen rooms. 1t is we'll built and is
very attractive from an architectural stand
point. The plans We're drawn by c. w
Fisher, and A. Il. Fisher was the builder
George Lee did the carpentry work on tn,
| Oluer DulluluRs.
Tho addition of the ono years agricul
tural course has already boon noted In thesC
! columns. and particulars given as to requir
ments for entrance. With these buildings
and their equipment, of which the above il
a necessarily brief description, the Univer
{ sity is prepared to give a thorough ant
practical course in agriculture that will b.
of the greatest benefit to any young MAJ
engaged on the farm, in the garden, or il
the creamery. Prof Cooke has given mucl
time and thought to the preparation of tn
plans for the building, having Inspected tn
J methods employed la like structures a
} various other experiment stations. They
, represent the most advantageous feature
gathered from variety Of sources, an
meet with the entire approval of all quail
fled to judge.
, ANOTHER GOOD WORD FORVERMON-
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