Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-05-21
STATE AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOLS COMMENDED
Favorable Report by the lnvesti-
eating Committee Appointed
by the Vermont Legislature
Schools Worthy Of Continues
Interest and Patronage


was appointed To visit the scheels,
Investigate and FsPerL Its findings
were d&iAcLly favorable 10 the
o. schools Ths Legislature accepted
the report and eviG eRccd its approval
and endarsemSnt by renewing the
appropri2tioAs in the same amounts
and under the same conditions SIS tor
the preViexs two years.
So clearly were the advantages pos
sessed by these schools for impSrtlns
agricultural education 10 the youth
of Vermont sat forth in this report
thai il deserves q WIGS reading, Ca
peciaIIy BY parents interested in such
a department. OF training.
The SPECIAL committee consisted or
sub-comEittess rePreseAtin the CEN
mittees Oh sdacatton and educational
institutions OF the Senate and House,
TO which was jsiAsd the president OF
the legislative FsrmerE Club. 1t Wis
tied the Val school at LyRaolyllle,
March z, and the Vermont State AZ
rfcultur2l school 81 Randolph, March
10. The commitsse also secured such
information as ii deemed necessary
from other sources. Prom it's report
made TO the governor and to the
members OF the committees, represent
ed. is taken the following summary:
The Theodore N. Vail Agricultural
School and Farms at LyndonVille.
This school with outlying farms
has an acreage of approximately 1900
acres. About 700 acres are used for
tillace The balance of the property
is used for pasture and woodland, in
Guiding from 30 10 30 acres of pine
forestry plan tation. On the property
there are $4,000 sugar naples suit
able for tapping. G,OO0 of which were
tapped last year The balance were
not tapped owing to lack of equip
ment The State maintains the
school on an annual appropriation of
SO. 500 and the farm is better than
self-suppOrting.
Buildings and Equipment
The buildings ON Speedweu farm.
which is the farm upon which the
school is located. are of modern con
structiOn and equipped with strictly
up-to-date farm appliances. These
buildings are in a remarkably good
state of repair and have the appear
ance OF being well cared for. The
buildings on the outlying farms are
the ordinary type of Vermont farm
buildings and so far as your com
mittee was able 10 judge from it's in
spectiOn, are in excellent condition
and maintained in a good state of
repair They are not as pretentious
as the buildings on Speedwell farm,
but viii compare very favorably with
the farm buildings found on most of
our up-tO-date Vermont farms.
Water System.
SpeedWeH farm and the adjacent
buildings and those other buildings
moi maintaining their own water sys-
TEN are supplied with water from
Chandler pond, which is located in
the town OF Wheelock and is included
in the deed of gift from Theodore n.
Vail and wife TO the State. The
water pressure In so arranged as to
supply an excellent fire protection
for the farm buildings and the dor
mitory AT Speedwell farm. There is
ample hose connection and the stu
dents and farm laborers are drilled
in the use Of the hose cart in case of
q fire emergency.
Electric Light Plant.
The electric light plant, which is
located on the CahOon falls. Passump-
sic river, is thoroughly equipped and
well maintained. This electric light
plant supplies, electricity for flu-
minating and power purposes to
Speedwen farm, the Vail residence
and Lyndon Institute and in the judg-
ment OF your committee is a vaIua-
bic water night for the State to re-
tain.
Live Stock aAd Farm Equipment
Your committee found the live
stock in excellent condition. OF the
20 cattle, there are 12S mich cows
OF excellent dairy type, l Registered
Brown SwiSs and ! registered Guern-
sey bull TIE young stock are very
promising. Tia dairy II conplsde ia
every detail- About one COW LIN ten
in the herd II Thoroughbred and the
balance represents 9 very high csass
stock. The 81 horses iHcln6e one
thorouEhbreS Morgan stallion and
two Percherec stallhons. Hsed for
breeding Purpa.a. q work horsas of
the best farm typs. thersaChhree
PercheroE mares. ! Registered Shire
mare, colts sAd driving horses
The So swine are mostly Ch~sSer
White ARD the lis shoeS are lA<rr
and well selected and ara haaAsd By
one registered Shropshire and one
registered Oxford ram THe
poultry are White LsShorns BArreS
Plymouth Rsckr and White WAN
dottes- The White LeShcrn., which
predominant in numbers. are rruu
the best strain
Farm A>chlas~s .nc To0Is-
There ir comPs@fe hat q. axricul
tural machinery and tools including a
Forcson tractor. al IN e1callen; con
ditfun- The repairs aA6 painting
Necessary upoc chk e0AADneat are
done almost entirely by students OF
the school
The Ds~0$tsC.
The dornfsory was forneriy q carrn
house and las been sAlarrec and al
tered 50 2s 70 make IL suitable for
dormitory purpose AT present II
VIII accommodate about SC boys ne
toilet and bathing facilities are OF
the best The rooms are si1ply fur
ntshed, bat well kept The kitchen
Is equipped with 9 cold storage plant
and the dining hall and sitting rooms
are attractive rooms. The food FUR
nished the pupils Il mostly supplied
from Specdwen farm and In OF -r-
ceedinEly good quality.
The Administratioo 49, ldine-