The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-02-05


breeding accommodating large and excellent stock of the var
breeds chickens ducks and Somewhat similar conditions
exist the other New England agricultural colleges The Rhode Island
State College has three poultry husbndy Of which
required all agricultural freshmen In contrast the activity
this field elsewhere New England poultry husbandy is given
the Agricultural College by president lecturer
expenditure by the university $3.50 There is however
that Vermont not quite much adapted
this lucrative side of agricultural industry the other New England
states There similar absence of other subjects usually present
the curriculum of the better agricultural colleges such instruction
in farm machinery.
The entire agricultural equipment at Vermont Thus
the equipment for teaching scientific dng not adequate the de-
pamen not adequately housed and there animals avail
able for teaching purposes 1t true that there animals
the farm attached to the Experiment Station but they have been
selected for commercial reatons and not necessarily adapted to
the needs of teaching In addition students have to this
farm and professors very limited access For this reason livestock
Judging properly carried upon its empirical
basis professor charge compelled take his
students establishments in the vicinity of Burlington
pgg few live the cellar under the
The barn for the dairy cattle erected twenty-five
is not of modern construction This lack Of equipment seriously affects
animal MISUNDERSTANDING dayng which is the
principal industry in Vermont marked lack Of the Agricultural
College separate technical library available the
There few agricultural books almost exclusively
partmena Experiment Station housed the
of the general library there is no adequate collection of scientific
agricultural literature and few of the agricultural technical jour
nails would be impossible for this to be otherwise in
the fact that the available agricultural literature year
is only $62.5O
the situation with respect College Agriculture
be said that its not based upon
tna policy that the equipment teaching
practical side the courses seriously lack equipment and that by
of these conditions the College of Agriculture not adapted
well either the needs the boy who desires practical
those the youth who looks toward scientific training agcu
ture and finally that this whole situation has lent itself regime
which the college has slender connection with the
ura industries of the state 1t does not help these industries
such should be expected efficient agricultural
lege
These statements not made with desire to criticize the
professors the Agricultural College, These excellent
they admirably with the
had at their command The situation which the College Agr
culture finds she lack of equipment the empirical quality of
its and the failure to connect itself with the industries the
ae the result of policy of administration for which the
responsible This consists the expenditure that the
of the annual gift that the state receives the United
States government amounting little than
$4,000 this must be spent for the Agricultural Experiment
The $3.50 received interest the federal
required law to be expended specific
used the support of the university remaining
$4,000 received annually from the
follows according to the Unversty's report
Engineering $133O2
Natural and physical ce.................. 11246
Botany and zoology $500
Agriculture 548
Mathematics 5240
Economic science 1857
English 4122
Sundries