Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-02
THE U. LOGAN
A Short History Of a Very Yaluabls
and Interesting Institution,
HOW 10 PRODUCE GOOD MILK
And How 10 lake tare Of II After
You Have Goi Ian In.
eiruc i've Paper.

The Utah Agricultural COLLEGE was
organized late in the fall Of 1889 with
Prof. j. W. 5anborn. d. g., as presi-
dent aud also director Of the Exprrl-
ment Station. The location 81 the
college Is picturesque, being situated
east OF the city Of Logan on the bench
land at tho loot Of the Wasatch mon -
tains. The college over,ooks the city,
and commands view OF Cache val.
ley ton to fifteen miles westward and
thirty to forty miles north and south ..
The growth of the college has been
phenomenal and 1t can more Justly
boast OF being the largest and best
equipped educational inhtitulion 10 the
in,ermountain region.
The county OF Cache and Logan
City gave 100 acres of land as locs.
ton for the college and station, and the
Legislature in three years gave $3.50,
0C0, nearly all OF which was spent
in buildings and equipment.
During the past three years
S87 900 has been added to this
for buildings and running expenses.
The main college building is 842 feet
long anu 100 feet deep In the center
wnen compete. fThe center front, so
feet square, is not yet built) There is
well lighted basement, oDe-half
below the level OF the ground and
three fl 3ors above this. The income OF
the college and station this year from
all sources will be $50, 1000. Large ad.
ditions are being msde to the library
and to the equipment OF all the de-
psrtments. The faculty consists Of
twenty-seven professors and assistants
and last year 497 students were regis.
tered.
Six courses are offered by the college,
agricultural, mechanical engineering,
civil engineering, domestic arts, COM
meIcisl and general science, all four
year COURSES. In agriculture, domestic
arts and commercial science, y two
years' course Ia tffered, and In the
two forms short winter course Is
| offered, 10 to IL weeks commencing
with the 9TH OF January. Prot. SAN
born aimed to lay u broad foundation
for the course in agriculture
and 30 the facilities for instruction In
| the technical agricultural branches are
very good Indeed considering this age
| OF the institution. There is a good barn
aud stable, q piggery, poultry house.
| q veteri nary laboratory, a greenhouse,
and q dairy. In addition there ls the
| station farm where experiments In
| pasturing, In the growth Of fodder
| crops ana grain, In fruit and vege-
| table,, and in forestry are In progress.
The dairy, OF which 1 wish paTticu.
larly to speak, 10 l believe as well
| equipped, Rs any college dairy to De
found this eide OF lows. The floor
space occupied lie 36 BY SO feet, in The
basement OF the main college building.
This space 10 divided into separate
room, for the boiler and engines, for
milk testing, buttermaking and cheese.
ms king, and provided also with cheese
curing room, q cold room, an Ice. house
and store room The apparatus lie
| quite complete, consisting OF boiler
| and engine, steam and hand Babco ok
| testers, oiltest ohurn, hasd and power
separstors, four styles Of churns anu
| three OF butterworkers, three cream
watts, one milk vat, four cheese watts,
two styles OF cheese presses, deepse citing
tanks and four styles OF deepsetting
cans, also all the necessary dairy glass
and tinwRre. The dairy 10 heated by
steam and lighted by electricity
throughout.
This year the dairy is purchasing
milk In addition to the supply from
the station herd. and will thus be run
on the factory as well as on the home
dairy plan. AS the work in the dairy
has to fit 10 with the regular
college classroom and laboratory
work, cheese is made 0oly on Mon
days, and butter making and milk test.
ing the other days OF the week. All
the operations OF the dairy are per.
formed by the students under the
direction OF Instructors The milk
ufchased 10 paid for at 30 much per
pound OF butter fat, and thus the
method will bs practically illustrated
to the olass. Tue milk 10 now deliv.
cred to the dairy every second day,
out gets In Ia good condition. The
following is n copy OF the instructions
given to eaoh patrol:
THE PRODUCTION OF GOOD MILK.
| /. The milk from cows In good
health only should be sent.
3. Cows cannot produce good milk
unlees they have gOoI food, clean and
well saved. 10 produce milk profit
ably require plentiful supply OF
ood. Good FEEDING Is the only eco.
homie feeding. :.
| 3. To produce plentiful flow Of
milk cows should have Ru abundAnt
supply OF water. To produce good
milk they require pure water. Cows
should have all they will drink Of pure
water at least twice a day, and three
times is better. In very cold weather
1t pays to see that the COWS are not
compelled to drink out OF fIozsn
pOud or an iceu trough.
4. Salt 10 another necessity for cows
to enable them to do the best work they
are capable OF, In the production OIL
milk. some religiOusly ealt their cows
once week and that on the drst day.
1t IL better to rlghIeousIy salt them
seven days In the @eeb. IL " the
paying way. The method Is simpl
Rerp trough with little salt In 1t Ina
the cows may have sccess tC at al
times. In the stable 9 hll boa
iastened to the end II the manger is 1
good thing to hold the SAT-.
8. In the winter cows lave to be hep
warm. II not kept Ia con ortAbl,
place tney are kept warm Mt the tx
pense OF the food they tat. IT,
stable should, however, be we'll veuti
lated, kept we'll cleaned amt tree ftou
ioul O1oTi. Gypsum Is good thing Il
| EnFinkIe on ina floor to keen dow I