The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
AoricuItural Colleges and Their Work.
p 3. Linf5eId, Utah Agricultural College.

rs,-, maDapfmpnt LAYING out a farm,
rotation of crops. drainage systems.
irrigation systems. SOIL cultlFdtloh
etc. received practical eEenlpiI1CdIIoL
for the edi6catiUn of the student 1
found such farms connected with the
colleges in Nebraska. Iowa, Minnesota
Wisconsin. Michigan, New York, Indl-
ana Ohio. Illinois and Kansas Farms
of several hundred acres were man
aged as q part Of the college equip
ment in addition To the experiment. sta
ton farm
Ideal Farm Buildings.
The build ngs OF the college farms,
particularly the more modern ones, are
constructed 50 as TO provide the most
healthfUl surroundings for the stock.
The best type of stable is easy to keep
clean. easy to yentilate and amply pro-
vided with light. 1t is also substan-
italy built; it is d state building and
permanently has not been forgotten.
These stables illustrates principles IN
construction which every farmer could
and should apply. vet their finish and
substantially are such as the practical
man can look up to as ideal. Of the
colleges visited. Wisconsin Agricultural
college has perhaps the best farm
buildings, $4,000 has been invested in
a dairy barn ana $10.0 600 in a horse sta
bic. Their sheep and hog buildings are
EGZ * III tA "a ~ " a
Minnesota and Michigan have nearly
as much invested, Kansas IS building
a new arr for dairy cows at q cost of
$4,000, and Colorado expects to spend
$4,000 the coming year for additional
stable room.
The art student wishes to see and
examine the work of the pest masters;
it raises his ideals: it gives him inspir-
alton; it fires his ambition TO strive up
ward towards the standard which they
have set. These attachments of the
past are to him the means by the help
Of With he strives TO elevate himself
TO equal or even greater eminence. The
best specimens of pure-bred livestock
present. perhaps, the highest attain
ment Of the practical agriculturist. The
examination Of these high types of the
breeders art leads the student to in
quire with zest how they have been
produced, while, by comparisons in
the study of the different animals. the
teacher can point the way TO future
Improvement. At every college visited
the study Of the best specimens of live
stock. through contact with the living
animals. is recognized as an essential
part Of the agricultural course. Nearly
all of the colleges keep valuable speci-
mems of pure bred animals. and stock
are specially fitted during the summer
and fall for student work in practical
handling and judging. The past year
the Iowa college spent $4,000 for pure
bred stock. and there saw two ami
mails for which 1000 zach had been
paid.
Students Comfort Considered.
I also found the fact generally recog-
uized that the comfort of the students
had to be considered. even when study
ing animals. Students do not take with
eagerness to standing out in a bleak
winters day examining the beauties
Of nature. nor yet OF animals. even if
they have an enthusiastic teacher. This
facet is biting recognized by the col
Ieges, and large. well lighted. well
equipped and comfortable rooms are
provided for the study of livestock.
Iowa already has a large class room for
this purpose, and was building. when ]
was there. a stock-judging pavilion
sixty feet in diameter. Nebraska Min
nesota. Wisconsin. Ontario. Canada.