Milford chronicle., 1909-04-09
OUR STATE FARM NEEDS
BARNS AND EQUIPMENT

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use Of Delaware College and Ex
pertinent Station, but made no pro
vision for its equipment; a matte
of vital impOrtanc to an institu
tion charged with the responsibility
Of conducting scientific investiga
ton.
The functions of College barr
are many. In the first place, i
should be building in which the
work Of an Experiment Station, SC
far as it pertains to the farm, can
be carried on with the least posi-
bility of error. To this end, there
should be suitable provision for
storing a large number of different
kinds of seeds and forage with the
assurance that they will not be YER
min, that they will not be mixed
and that they will not be in danger
of injury from mould or decay.
A College barn should be model
of neatness and convenience in ar
IN which the maxi
mum amount of work can be done
with the minimum amount of labor;
a building in which the most mod
ern labor saving devices may be
demonstrated for the benefit Of
students and visitors.
Again, on a farm as large as that
which the State has 50 generously
given, a large amount Of stock
should be kept, not only to con-
sumo the roughage grown, and for
the value Of fertilizer produced, but,
primarily, to provide the animals
for a considerable amount of inves-
eating that needs to be done in the
field of Animal Hus-
Dandry. 1t would be impossible to
house any number Of animals in
stables such as we now have at our
disposal. Present knowledge de
mands that farm animals be kept
in comfortable, light, airy, well
ventilated, and otherwise sanitary
The present College barn is in
adequate because it is much too
small for present needs poorly
adapted to College and Station
work unsanitary badly our Of re-
)air: badly located, being on low
ground.
In accordance with the regula
ions under which the Uuited
States Experiment Station appro-
are dispersed, these funds /
.annot be used for building pur
,oses. In consequence, all new |
provided tor the work of
Delaware College and Experiment (
,tation must come from the State.
1t this time important experiments
hat have been outlined, and the
lans approved by the authorities
4 Washington, cannot be carried
ut on account of not having suit
Bile buildings on the State farm.
The passage of the bill providing
II the desired buildings would
iake it possible, not only to carry
Il experiments already planned,
ut would also provide for the
roper housing of a herd of pure
red cattle which it is planned to
urchase with United States funds.
is the desire of the College Trus
.es to distribute the surplus males
ON this herd, as we'll as from the
.gistered herd of pigs and flock Of
leep that the College has, in the
tate in such a way that it will aid
the improvement of the quality
the States stock.
The buildings asked for on the
tate farm will make it possible to
,nduct the farm much more econ
and in consequence,
axe it more efficient in its work
demonstrating new ideas in farm
-actice, not only to students but
farmers in the State who visit
e State farm in large numbers
ch year.
There is another bill before the
eneral Assembly appropriating
900. 90 per year for two years for
e repairs and maintance of the
ollege buildings, which is needed
order to meet the demands re-
lting from the increasing num-
rs of students and to keep the :
,llege buildings in State of pre- I
rvation. The Trustees have 5
en- obliged to ask the State for 5
appropriation tor this purpose
the Federal Government does :
t allow any Of the money appro- 7
lated for educational purposes to 7
used on buildings either for their 7
,ction or maintenance. T