The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-09
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The province of Manitoba-which
joins North Dakota on the north-is
bending it's efforts towards developing
its agricultural resources. Six years
ago the people started their agricul-
tural college. The first building put up
was the dairy building, costing $4,000,
then an agricultural building, $107,-
OO0-and a dormitory 1872, OOO-power
house $4,000, farm machinery build
ing $42,000-and other buildings, bring
ing the total up to $75O,OO0.
The dairy building burned down and
in Its place was erected a $780, 900 struc-
ture to take care of the dairy instruc-
ton.
The progress has been so rapid that
this first agricultural college has been
outgrown. A new site has been chosen
and buildings costing $500, 900 are be-
ing put up-the main agricultural
building costing $3.50, O0O-chemistry
and physics building $115, 0O0-horti-
cultural and biology building $110, 600
power house $79, 000-dormitory $780,
600. This building is 500 feet long, is
four stories high. has four wings, sixty
feet long, two swimming pools, two
E~ymnasiums, auditorium seating 1900,
dining room for 700, living rooms for
400 boys and 900 girls.
These buildings are now practically
completed. The construction is fire
proof-and of the most modern design
and equipment. The above figures are
for the bare buildings. The plumbing,
heating and furnishing will be addi-
tionaL
Next summer there will be
buildings put up. They are dairy
building, farm machinery, home
economics, live stock Judging pa
Vifion, residences for professors,
barns, poultry plant, piggery, sheep
house, which will bring the total ex-
pended up to $2,5OO,O 900 in the two
years.
This is surprising when one remem-
bers that Manitoba has but 455, 900 in
habitants to the ST., 900 in North Dako-
ia. If North Dakota were to spend
one-tenth as much on buildings for it's
agricultural college in two years it
would be considered an enormous sum.
North Dakota has no dormitory for it's
boys, who want to take an agricultural
course. 1t has nc horticultural build
ing, no farm machinery building, no
live stock Judging pavilion. 1t has a
dairy building costing $4,000 that was
donated to the college in 1894, an SILL
900 agricultural building; and the
North Dakota Agricultural college has
been running Over twenty years.
The Manitoba Agricultural college
has some 400 students-while North
Dakota has 1900. The North Dakota
agricultural college has a faculty with
many men Of national reputation. who
have been with the institution since il
was s~tarted-yet they have v had
adequate facilities in the way of build
ings for carrying on their investiga-
tons and misunderstanding them
from rendering the state the service OF
which they are capable-nor have the
students had enough room and facili-
lies for getting out of the agriculture
college all that is possible.
Can one wonder, then, that North
Dakotans are going over the line into
. province which exalts agriculture;
The farmer pays most of the taxes and
produces practically all of the wealth
In both North Dakota and Manitoba
Then why should not a fair proportion
or the state revenue go to help the in,
sdustry-that produces practically al
gift?