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the college buildings. Furthermore the
new plant has been designed with espec-
| lal view to its availability for testing.
| Inc exhaust steam from the engine can
ne exhausted into a surface condenser
| from which it can be collected and weigh.
| ed. The amount of coal and water sup
piled to the boiler the electrical OUTPUT
or the generator, and all other data ap-
pertaining to the complete test of a pow
er plant can readily be determined.
Several new units of apparatus are be-
ing added to the Electrical laboratory.
among which are six one X. w. transform.
ers and a three-phase 3-K.W. motor gen.
orator set. These will be used by the
students in power transmission studies.
Several pieces of auxiliary equipment
have been added, such as circuit breakers,
rheostats, and measuring instruments.
The Old switchboard in the engine and
generator room has been thoroughly rem
oVated SO that every part of it is readily
accessible from the back and each con-
nection easilty traced. A new Westing.
with I .dir0ae connected EXETER has been
Installed in. the engine room. This is to
| run by belt from the new. Ames engine.
1t will deliver, current at. 24O xvalts to the
new Westinghouse panel to the left side
of the old panel. The current before en-.
tering the, laboratory is transformed
from 24O volts to l20 volts by means of
three l5-k.W. transformers connected in
delta. The wiring in the engine room
Will soon be entirely in conduit and
thoroughly up-to-date in every respect.
The old three-wire 23O volt direct cur.
rent generator also belts from the Ames
engine, and, controlled through the old
panel, will deliver current at 1l5 and 23O
volts. When the engine is running every
phase of tiexibility. is provided for in
the study of theoretical and practical
electrical engineering. At other times,
the town current can be used by motor
generators for either alternating or III.
rect current work.
A number of important improvements
! have recently been made in the Agricul.
trral Department, which will make the
work OF this department more attractive
to the students and more satisfactory to
the instructors. These improvements have
been made possible partly by the liber.
ahty of the trustees in setting aside a
larger portion of the College funds than
heretofore for agricultural instruction,
and partly by the maturing of certain
plans which the Experiment Station has
had under way for several years, and
which, although, of particular value to
the station, will also help in instruc-
tional work.
One new instructor has been added ia
this department, Mr.. NJ. o. Cooper, who
has brought great deal of enthusiasm
and inspiration to the work in Animal
'HusDandry, is a graduate of the Iowa
Agricultural College, and has the de-
gree of b. S. A. in Animal Husbandrv
He is giving considerable time to the
training OF team in stock Judging
which will compete in the inter -collegiat,
contest at the National Dairy Show a,
, Chicago next week. A similar contes,
was held last week at the Hagerstowr
FAIR, in which the representatives from
Dlaware College were he victors.
At the College farm a new silo ha.
been erected, the dairy barn completed
and a new dairy house buildt. On tn,
second floor OF the latter are rooms to b,
occupied by students taking the Agricul
F tural Courses, who, by working in tn,
, barns nights and mornings will not only
= he able to get a great deal of practica
: experience that will stand them in goo,
stead later on, but also will be enable,
,, The College orchards are now comm.
) into bearing and furnish the student!
with practical experience in the picking
packing and marketing of the various
kinds of fruit. This is decided addition
to the equipment of the department, an,
supplements in desirable manner tn,
classroom instruction in Horticulture.
The work in Soils and Agronomy il
being strengthened by the progress tha
is made each year on the 500 expert
mental plots at the farm. Many of thes,
have produced six crops under controlle,
conditions. The results are becomin.
! more valuable each year. A large par
OF the student demonstration work in sol
treatment and in field crops is taker
,, from these plots.
a The experimental plots will also furnisl
valuable data in Soil Bacteriology, whicl
study has just been added to the cours
in Agriculture. TT
During the summer a number of i'm
portant additions were made to the liv
:, stock on the farm. Of these mention
,, should be made of an imported Hackne
g mare, four fine Ayrshire cows, and a nun
= ber of pigs and sheep of different breeds
The variety and quality of the live stoc
: available for the use of students at Dela
ware College is not excelled.by any O
; the Land Grant institutions in the Eas
; or South. ..-...,...
= That the opportunity in Agriculture j
: being appreciated, is evidenced by tn
fact that large proportion of the tw
last entering classes are taking the Ayr