Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-05-21

with this building there is also a
lumber and stock room
Excellent Farm Barn, Etc
The Gov and horse barn is an ex-
ceIlsnt building. well kept and ntteo
with modern farm appliances me
piggsry, Including slaughter mouse
and feed roam. is new s1iloln&
built fron the proceeds Of tho fsrn-
and wa. largely erected By the stu
dsRts and LAS iRstruc1Ars IL - IN
good csnAirisn sad well kept
The dairy building Is also new
building, built from the prsceoAs O.
ths farn. sAS was akes largely sreofr
&c by tbs stnleRts and iaS<r~sfArs-
Beth tAssA buildings were seah sur
ing the summer and sstsmA q S1s-
The dairy n equipped with sA Inc
Rs&Arz dairy appliances.
The ksn hsuse Is Of An.oaaAt s<xe
to care fer ave fSoks of hs.s 81 sly
Bird each and u in . good SKATE o<
repair.
Your committee aAss tA&Sscs>d the
tool shed and feuHd tAst the farm
was equipped With adeqps<s r.rm
machinery and tooAs.
the proceeds of the farm 80 ny the
school instructors and IN vaS~ss4e
asset to tAs sohssl
Now Madam Dsrr.tss~S.
The dsrmitory b4idiAg has hson
built rssSntly from q special Ssate
appropria1kcn and would 20 sre<l1t
to any educational iRstitUtten. The
construction IN Rsssrn, the teatets
and bathing facilities all that eeals
be desired The roons ara Glen
and well ksDt aAl siRDly sat sttrsst-
lively rurniaAsA. Tbs aiRtAg reom In
attractive and csmmodisus and the
kitchen well kept. tbs quality Of fcoe
is excellent. One portion OF thu dor
mitory is given over TO q recreation
room and library of ample size. The
dormitory can now ACCOMMODATE u
students.
The water supply OF the school Ii
furnished from springs owned by the
State and forced by a ram TO Gov
cred reservoir from which ii flows to
the buildings by gravity.
The electricity is obtained from
the Hortonia Power company.
Live Stock.
The stock consists of herd Of IS
head Of cattle, % of which are pure
bred registered Jerseys, one pure
bred registered Ayrshire and the rest
grade Jerseys. The bull is a pure-bred
registered Jersey. There are seven
teen mich cows in the herd. There
are FIVE horses of the farm work
horse type. The 35 head of swine
are of the Ohio Improved Chester
breed. The poultry consists Of II
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 a spe-
cial course of one year main tanned
for graduates of approved high
schools Under normal conditions
the school year opens in the middle
of September and closes on the LIST
of June The course is divided SO
that about one-half 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 a 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 a theoreti-
cal school of agriculture. ON the
contrary il is emphatically a practi-
hn ND
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
a tuition OF $40 3 year. All boys are
expected to furnish their own towels
bed linen, blankets, etc, and to pay
for laundering the same and are
charged SO per week for board and
lodging.
Their expenses for textbooks and
reference books run from $50 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 20 take
up some farm project during the
summer vacation and II possible
some member OF the faculty visits
his farm during the vacation for the
purpose of Inspecting and supervis
ing hR work.
Opportunities are given to the stu
dents 10 do sutside work for compen
satieH in the evenings and On Satur-
dayr, while IN attendance at the
school There Is also an opportunity
for beg 30 earn something By work
ing in the dornitsry
Out OF last years graduating class
OF AZ stnSentx IT least % Per cent
returned 10 work upon Vermont faxms
Summary.
foar coznnfttee has gone into con
Siderable detail In inspecting and de-
scraARg the buildings. stock and
methods Of instruction ~ the The
odore n. Van Agricultural School and
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