Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-05-21
with this building there is also a
lumber and stock room.
ExceIlenf EARN Barn Etc.


cellent building, well kept and fitted
with modern farm appliances. The
piggery, including slaughter house
and feed room, is new building,
built from the proceeds of the farm,
md was largely erected by the stu
dents and the instructors. 1t is in
coed condition and well kept.
The dairy building is also a new
building, built from the proceeds of
the farm, and was also largely erect
ed by the students and instructors.
Both these buildings were built dur
ing the summer and autumn Of 1918.
The dairy is equipped with all the
modern dairy appliances.
The hen house is of sufficient size
to care for five focks of hens of fifty
birds each and is in a good state Of
repair.
Your committee also inspected the
tool shed and found that the farm
was equipped with adequate farm
machinery and tools.
The manure shed was built out of
the proceeds of the farm and by the
school instructors and is q valuable
asset to the school.
New Modern Dormitory.
The dormitory building has been
built recently from special State
appropriation and would be a credit
to any educat' ORAL Institution. The
construction is modern, the tOilet5
and bathing facilities all that could
be desired. The rooms are clean
and well kept and simply but attract
lively furnished. The dining room is
attractive and comm0dious ard 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 81
students.
The water supply of the school is
furnished from springs o HoI by tn
State and forced by r,'1 10 GOV
cred reservoir from which .5@Ows to
the buildings by gravity
The electricity is obtained from
the Hortona Power company.
Live Stock.
The stock consists of + 4 Of Is
head of cattle. % of which dre pure
bred registered Jerseys, one pure
bred registered Ayrshire nd the res,
grade Jerseys. The bull is pure-bred
registered Jersey. There are seven
teen mich cows IN the herd There
are five horses Of the farm work
horse type. The s. head Of swine
are Of the Ohio Improved Chester
breed. The poultry consists of 4
mems in five docI.s and the breeds are
White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth
Rocks, Buff 0rpingtons. Rhode Island
Reds and White Wyand9ttos. 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 spc-
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 LIST
of June. The course is divided so
THAI 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 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
a 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 Sc per week for board and
lodging.
Their expenses for textbooks and
reference books run from $40 to $3.50
a 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 if 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 90 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
methods 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 Excollcncy and the mem
bers of the joint committee, the con
ditions as we have found them at
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