Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-11-16

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making room. This room is 16x5O and
will be fitted with the most modern
appliances for butter and cheese max
ing. The floor is of concrete, covered
with asphalt and laid with view OF
draining everything into the sewer
This insures absolute cleanliness to
every part of the room.
On the west side Of tie hall is the
cheese room, l6x20, and on the east
side is the milk testing room, l6x2o.
At the rear of the butter making
room is a small room that will be oc-
cupied by an upright engine of sutiic-
lent capacity to drive the necessary
machinery.
The rear entrance is made under
perte cochere, three feet above the
floor of the main building. This en-
tranca is used for receiving milk, ice,
etc, and is built at this elevation In
order to make the work of receiving
ma tsrials into the building as easy as
possible. To the left OF this entrance
is the cold storage and beneath is the
cheese curing room.
The second floor of this building
contains five large rooms, two offices,
two class rooms and the agricultural
museum.
Both the agricultural building and
the gymnasium will be lighted by
electricity and heated by steam from
the central plant. Both buildings
are supplied with water and sewerage
and the architect, A. r. Saunders,
inform us that all OF the work has
been done In frst-class shape. Our
own observation bears him out In the
statement.
The steam plant has undergone a
thorough overhauling and, although
not yet complete, it presents the ap-
psarance of having been we'll done.
The boiler room has been enlarged,
new and improved coal bunkers built,
the old boilers thoroughly overhauled,
repaired and put in shape for the use
OF high pressure steam and new 100
horse high pressure water tube boiler
added. Automatic return water re-
ceiver and boiler feed pumps have
been put in.
The water supply has also received
attention. The large tank was raised
II feet to increase the head, new
pipes laid, new wind engine erected
with a hot air engine for contingent
pumping. All this has entailed an
immense amount of labor.
SHEEP BARN.
This new building has been erected
on the college farm and covers
ground area whose extreme dimen-
sions are 36X250. 1t is built in the
shape Of an L, opening to the south
east, thus affording the most COM
plete protection from the northwest
winds.
This barn is a model Of neatness and
convenience. The east wing will be
used for feeding and the south wing
for breeding purposes. At the end of
the east and south wing, as we'll as at
the corner Of the el, are hay barns,
the latter having capacity for nearly
100 tons CT hay.
An Office, wool room, warm pen for
lam bing purposes, feed room and root
cellar are among the many conven-
fences of this model barn, which must
be seen to be appreciated.
MINOR IMPROVEMENTS.
The REGISTER has aimed at detail
ing the more important improve
ments made this season, but there is
much more that might be said, and
the endless amount Of minor improve
ments can only be touched upon at
this time. These are IN way of re-
pairs to buildings, painting, remodel
ing rooms, etc. A 200 light gas ma
chine has been added to the central
building. Water and sewerage facili-
ties have been extended to the girls
cottage and to the other buildings on
the campus. Woodbine cottage has
been repaired and Laundry and bath
room added.
While all these Improvements have
wrought great change tor the better,
there is still much that could be done
to make this Institution what 1t really
ought to be, the leading agricultural
college Of the northwest. This season