Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-04-06

tion. Heretofore the instructors
have looked forward to the spring
term as period of relief but now
several departments find themselves
so crowded as to demand more assist
ance, while to accommodate the calls
upon the departments Of Mathematics
and Horticulture classes have been
arranged at one hour earlier than the
regular schedule plans for.
The class in Dietetics, which Is
composed of the more advanced pupils
In the Domestic Science courses, ia
doing some very interesting work as
well as very practical work, along
the line OF balancing dietaries. This
work is done, not only with the view
to the nutrittve value Of the foods
and to their ease of djgestbility, but
the materials which are used for this
work are purchased by the girls
themselves, who are limited as to
the amount of the money they are
to spend for it, so that very good
knowledge Of the cost of materials
will be gained IN this way. The girls
will be required to check up their
bills, each week with the merchants
accounts and will be marked to a
certain extent upon the ability dis
PLAYED in their purchases and in their
accounts.
The public was Informed yesterday
through the local papers of the pre-
sentation to the Agricultural college
of $751; by Mr.. Carnegie to be used
in the erection of a library. This
gift comes to the college only after a
great amount of work and cores
pondence on the part of Pres. Worst
and in spite Of repeated refusa1s on
the part of the donor, and the en-
thusiasm with which the news was
received yesterday shows how greatly
the college appreciates the zeal of
it's president. The plans which were
prepared by Mr.. Albrant of Fargo
have already been submitted to Mr..
Carnegie and his approval is expected
in the course of a few days. These
plans call for building 5sx6s feet
over all, giving a clear floor space of
about 66x56 feet, basement and one
fleor. The basement is to be of stone
and eleven feet in height. The first
floor and library proper is to be OF
pressed brick, giving reading rooms
and stack room seventeen feet high.
There will be two reading rooms.
one for the young ladies' and one for
the young men. each 23x3O feet and a
stack. room 23x66 feet and having
stack space sufficient to store $4,000
volumes. Over the center of this
floor and lighting both reading rooms
and the stack room will be venttlat.
ing shaft and dome fifteen feet in
diameter.
The Agricultural department. sold
this week number of fat cattle that
have been on feeding experiment
during the past three months, and
that were used for giving instruction
In judging beef cattle during the
winter term. The object OF the ex-
pertinent was to determine whether
it is profitable to finish cattle in
North Dakota before sending them to
market and to see whether this can
be done with the feed from crops
that are being grown in this section.
These cattle received a grain
ration of one-fourth bran and three
-fourths ground barley. The rough
age consisted of corn fodder and
mixed hay. These cattle we're feed
at good profit but the experiment.
must be carried on with larger num-
bers before definite conclusions can
be drawn as to whether it will pay
the farmers to feed on large scale.
As soon as enough figures can be
obtained concel ming cattle feeding
to warrant the publication of bull
letin the figures Of this experiment
will be available to the farmers of
the state. These cattle were bought
at IL cents per pound and the best
Of them sold at five cents to G. E.
Green one Of the leading butchers of
Fargo and the carcasses may be seen
on exhibition at this market for the
next few days. They are pronounced
by all who have seen them to be as
good beef as has ever been seen in
Fargo.
Consul Bray at nsms.
Consul General John Bray Of Mel
bourne is spending few days at bis
old home in Grand Forks, having
come direct from Melbourne to