Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-29
ELABORATE PLANS MADE FOR
STATE FAIR
BY PROF E. H. HARRINGTON
Work of University School and Sup
plies of Dairy Manufacturers to Be
Feature of Show-Improvements at
School-NotabIe Visitor at Varsity
Farm From South Africa.
Madison Aug 26.

IL, AAOiuolSO, IuIS year Ludu ever D6
fore. Prof. E. H. Harrington, unde
whose direction the display will b.
made, spent several days in the cream
city recently making the necessary ar
rangements. An addition of 80 feet il
length to the building has been award
| ed for the use Of the school and Prof
Harrington has so arranged the in
terror that rows of elevated seats viii
be placed in such position as to com
mand a very good view of the machin
cry which will be in operation during
| the fair. This will be a pleasant fea
ture to the visitor. being both restfu
and instructive, as sightseeing is hare
enough work at the best. Butter anC
cheese will be made each day durins
the fair from milk purchased neal
there. The Hart-Parr Co. will furnish
a gasoline engine to supply the motive
power and the leading makers Of
creamery supplies will contribute free
ly of the machinery which they manu-
facture. 1t will require six men to
demonstrate the workings of the dairy
school.
In the center of the building will be
large refrigerator 40x15 feet for the
display of butter and cheese. This
will have glass sides for the proper
display of the product, and will also
contain room where the judges can
hold confab with the competitors and,
Of that must prove to be beneficial.
after the awards, point out to them
the merits or defects of the various
samples shown, thus making the edu
cational benefit Of much value.
There will also be charts displayed
showing the Importance and growth
of the dairy Industry and among
other things of interest the special
glass jars in which will be shown the
component parts of a quart of milk
and cheese, making an object lesson
that must prove to be beneficial.
improvements in Progress.
Hiram Smith hall. the present home
Of the dairy school, is again in the
hands of the workmen who have
torn out the north end where the
boilers used to be. An addition of 20
feet in length is to be put on the
building.
The increased space thus obtained
will be used for two large cold storage
rooms, one pasteurizing room and a
butter-wOrking room.
Thn ha cd T.,
the height of the present building, two
stories. The machinery for CONCEAL
ing the atmosphere will be placed in
the machine shop which was built last
year. The exact style to be adopted
has not yet been fully determined.
The tunnel, six feet or more in di-
ameter, that will lead from the new
heating plant to the proposed site of
the new building for the college of ag.
riculture is in process of construction
considerable Roadway having already
been made. Contractor L. B. Gilbert
is doing the mason work on these
changes and n. Fredrickson's Sons
look after the rest.
The sub-earth duct method of venti
lating the new cheese cellar is also
Of interest. By its use an abundance
of fresh air is induced, yea, inve1gled
to enter this underground building
and drive out the concentrated odors
generated from the fragrant limbur
ger, Swiss, Edam, brick and cheddal
cheese that are in process of curing
Heretofore instruction has been con
fined to the manufacture of American
cheese, but future graduates Of the
school will know all about the mystic
ries of the foreign produce which is 81
rapidly driving the cheddar out Of the
market. The ventilation is accom-
plished when the wind blows. b!
means Of pipe Is inches in diameter
and 80 feet higher than the building
This pipe is equipped with a funne
fully three feet in diameter. The pure
ozone is thus trapped and Wander
| down 80 feet into a deep we'll, wher'
| it is cooled Off and finds it's way through
six-inch tubes into the different rooms
| This method is known as the vertical
the more common being horizontal
where pipes buried in the earth AM
| leading around the room reduce tn
temperature sufficiently before it is al
lowed to enter. When the wind cease
| to blow an electric fan is used in tn
outlet pipe and the concentrated odor
from the mixed cheese are induced t
come up and mingle with the fou
winds of heaven.
Some light-fngered crank obtaine
| access in some way to the room wher
this fan is kept and stole the motto
out of it. Should the culprit be d1!
covered, he will doubles be throw
into the outlet pipe that he thus tan
pered with and be compelled to inhal
the odors until he returns the motor
A novelty in the form of motors
one of very slow speed that is at pre-
ent pumping water from the well IL
feet deep, and distributing it throug
Ia three-inch pipe to Prof. E. S. Golf
plum orchard on the north slope of tt
hill. The professor has assurance
a good crop of this delicious fruit
he can only give the trees sufficiel
moisture, and the dairy school out
has thus come to the rescue with
reasonable assurance of being able
accomplish the end sought
= South African Visitor.
Y Dean w. A Henry had a dist
. guiShed visitor rpcpnt1y in the narc,
e Of Neville G. T. Harper, Malvern, n
: tai, South Africa. The gentleman
q engineer of a large estate in that fro