Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-05-21
with this building there is also 4
amber and stuch room,
CNCelIent farm parn. Ctc.


The COW and horse barn is an eX-
rtllent building. ~,ll kept and n;tvd
with modern farm appliances. fht
piss,ry. including slaughter house
ana teed room. ~ Il new building
built from The proceeds ot the fam
ana was largely erected b! the sta
dents and the instructors. II is n
good condition and well kept.
The dairy building is also a new
building. Luilt from the proceeds of
the farm, and was also largcl$ erect
! ed Wy the students and instructors.
Both these buildings were built dur
ing the summer and autumn Of 1913.
The dairy is equipped with all the
modern dairy appliances.
The hen house is OF sufficient sz,
to care for five tio"hS OF liens OF nifty
birds each and is in u good state Of
repair.
Your committee also inspected the
, tool shed and found that the L.! IL
was equipped with adequate farm
machinery and tools.
The manure shed was built = Of
the proceeds of the farm and L., tn
school instructors and is IA valuable
asset to the school.
New Modern Dormitory.
The dormitory building has been
, built recently from Il special State
appropriation and would be Il credit
10 any educational institution. The
construction is modern. the toilets
and ba,hing facilities all that could
and well kept and simply but attract
e., hn1 mi, ~,
attractive and cOmnodious and the
kitchen we'll kept, the quality of food
is excellent. One portion Of the dor
mitory is given over TO a recreation
room and library of ample size. The
dormitOry can now accommodate "a
students.
The water supply of the school is
furnished from springs owned by the
State and forced by u ram to COW
cred reservoir from which it flows to
the buildings by gravity.
The electricity is obtained from
the Hortonia Power company.
Live Stock.
The stock consists of a herd Of IS
head Of cattle. % of which are pure
bred registered Jerseys. one pure
grade Jerseys. The bull is Il pure bred
registered Jersey. There are seven
teen milch cows in the herd. There
are five horses OF the farm work
horse type. The 80 head OF swine
are of the Ohio improved Chester
breed. The poultry consists of Il
hens in five f1ocks and the breeds are
White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth
Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island
Reds and White Wyandottes. All
the live stock is in good condition
and shows the result of careful care
and attention.
The Curriculum.
The curriculum at the Vermont
State Agricultural school at Randolph
Center covers two school years of
nine months each. There is spe
cial course of one year maintained
for graduates of approved high
schools. Under normal conditions
the school year opens in the middle
Of September and closes on the 1st
of June. The course is divided so
that about onehalf of the students
time shall be devoted to the prac-
teal work and problems of farming
and the other half to the study of
theoretical courses closely applied to
these problems, such as physics,
chemistry. biology. rural sociology
and ethics. English, farm arithme
tic and short course in history are
also taught.
Your committee does not wish to
have it understood that the school at
Randolph is in any sense theoreti-
cal school of agriculture, on the
contrary it is emphatically practi-
cal school and the practical and the
oretical courses are used to supple
ment each other.
Tuition.
Vermont boys attending this school
are not charged any tuition. Boys
from outside the State are charged
tuition of $40 a year. All boys are
expected to furnish their own towels,
bed linen. blankets, etc, and to pay
for laundering the same and are
charged S. per week for board and
lodging.
Their expenses for textbooks and
reference books run from $40 to $50
year and every boy is expected to
remain at the Randolph school for
the nine consecutive months that
make up the school year. The
school encourages every boy to take
up some farm project during the
summer vacation and il possible
some member of the faculty visits
his farm during the vacation for the
purpose of inspecting and supervis-
ing his work.
Opportunities are given to the stu
dents to do outside work for compen-
sation in the evenings and on Satur-
days, while in attendance at the |
school, There is also an opportunity
for boy to earn something by work |
ing in the dormitory.
Out of last years graduating class
of % students at least 80 per cent
returned to work upon Vermont farms
Summary.
Your committee has gone into con-
siderable detail in inspecting and de-
scribing the buildings, stock and
of instruction at the The
odore N. Vail Agricultural School and
Farms and the Vermont State Agricul-
tural school at Randolph Center. We
have done this in order to place be-
fore your Excellency and the mem
bers of the joint committee. the con-
ditions as we have found them at
these schools. While visiting the
schools your committee had ample
opportunity to observe the students
at their work in the barns, shops and
We conversed freely
with the students of both institutions