Newark post., 1910-10-05

modern horse and storage barn, and
the erection of a new cattle barn. This
barn has attracted great deal OF at
tcnt:on from the farmers who have
seen it, owing to the novelty of its
construction. it will accommodate 20
head OF cattle 1t is planned to put in
herd of pure bred Guernsey cattle
within the next few weeks. A silo OF
200 tons capacity has recently been
built ,and is now being filled The
construction of this silo is also an in
novation in this line. 1t is made OF
hollow terra Gotta tile blocks, s inches
thick, reinforced with twisted wire
cable, and dashed with cement mortar
both inside and out 1t not only makes
a very attractive looking building, but
one that is nearly as cheap as the
wooden silos which have been Used so
much during The past few years.
The commercial orchards arc one
OF the greatest attractions OF the farm,
4 number of visitors having ,xpressea
themselves as never having seen 4
better looking leach orchard than rhe
one Prof. McCue is now growing for
experimental and educational pur
poses.
Owing to the development of the
department, more room has recently
been provided for class rooms and
laboratories. There are more students
pursuing Agricultural subjects now
| than ever before in the history of the
institution.
One OF the attractive features ad-
, ded to the Agricultural Course is the
effort that is made to place the stud
ents on successful farms during the
! summer vacation. The men for whom
| positions were found by the faculty
| during the past summer, report
very profitable vacation The expert
ence they thus gained could have been
obtained in no other way, and will be
! of the greatest value to them in round
! ing out their College education. Fur
, thermore, it will be of material assist
ance in securing satisfactory positions
at the end of their College course.
During the summer, the Mechanical
| and Electrical Engineering Depart
ments have been the scene OF many
, improvements.
! A single phase induction motor has
been installed in the shop, and so
connected to the main shaft through a
Jaw clutch that most of the metal
working machines may be operated
independent OF the main source of
power. This is OF particular advan-
| tage as the necessity Of running the
entire plant for some light piece of
work is thus done away with A large
number of small tools have been add
ed to the stock already on hand.
A complete lighting plant has been
set up in the Electrical Laboratory
This plant consists of 5-horse power
cycle gasoline motor beted to a 4
horsepower direct current generator
1t also includes the necessary water
and gasoline tanks, switchboard, i'll,
struments. and regulating devices. Sew
eral new instruments have also beer
added The latter consists OF one
Wall Pattern D'Arsonval Dead Beat
Rejecting Galvanometer, one Queer
Horizontal Magnet D'Arsonval Gal
vanometer with telescope and scale
one Weston Standard Portable Mill
Volt Meter, one I5-volt ID. C. Portable
Volunteer, one 5 ampere d. c. Portable
Ammeter, three Ring Rheostates anc
two Reading Telescopes and Scales
besides many smaller pieces OF appara
ttls. such as keys. standard cells. swift
cheS, etc.
The laboratory itself has been en-
tirely re-arranged, and it is hopet
) thereby to facilitate the experimental
work considerably.
: The various outside interests of til,
,tudents-the Review, the boarding
| club, and athletics-are Hourishing. I
! special effort is beng made by th
5 capable board of 1itors, with MI
McChesney. editor,iu-chief, and th
business manager, Mr.. Eastman, tt
make the Review OF interest both t,
students and graduates. 1t will b
: much more than heretofore pape
. rejecting all phases OF college activity
: The boarding club is more prosperou
in every way than last year. Nor
e than 90 boys dine there regularly. Th
2 interior OF the dining room has bee
. beautiied and various much needle
e Improvements made in the culinary dc
A , Dartment