The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-22
STATE AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOLS COMMENDED
Excellent Farm Barn. Etc.
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| lumber and stock room
| Excellent Farm Barn. Etc.
The COW and horse barn II ~ *.
/ cellenl bdilding, we'll kept and ni,ea
with modern farm appliances Ihe
pigeery. including slaughter house
and feed room, II new butldlng
built from the proceeds OF tile farm
and was largely erected By the stu
dents and the instructors, II IL ~
good condition and well kept
The dairy building IL also a new
building. built from the proceeds q
the farm. and was also largely erect
I ga by the students and instructors
Both these buildings were built dur
ing the summer and autumn OF 1915
The dairy In equipped with ali the
modern dairy appliances
The hen house Ia OF sufficient size
to care for five nocks OF hens OF NIFTY
birds each and is in good state Of
repair.
New Modern Dormitory.
The dormiiory building has been
built recently from special state
appropriation and would be credit
10 any educational institution The
construction is modern, the toilets
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 commodious and the
kitchen well kept, the quality OF food
Is excellent. One portion OF the dor
mitory lis given over 10 recreation
room and library OF ample size, the
dormitory can now accommodate ~
students.
The water supply of the school Is
furnished from springs owned by the
state and forced by a ram to q COW
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 o. 80
head of cattle. % OF which are pure
bred registered Jerseys, one pure
bred registered Ayrshire and the rest
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 IS head OF swine
are of the Ohio Improved Chester
breed. The poultry consists OF n
hens in five flocks 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 al Randolph
Center covers two school years of
nine months each. There is a 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 LIST
OF June. The course is divided so
that about one-half OF the students
time shall be devoted to sthe prac-
tlcal 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 10
have il understood that the school al
Randolph il in any sense a theoreti-
cal school of agriculture. on the
contrary ii is emphatically a practi-
cal school and the practical and the
oretical courses are used ~ 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 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 boarl and
lodging
Their expenses for textbooks and
reference books run from $40 to s3v
year and every boy is expected 10
remain at the Randolph school for
the nine consecutive months that
make up the school year. The
school encourages every boy to take
I'D 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 compen7
sation in the evenings and on Satur-
DAYS. while in attendance at the
school. There Is also an opportunity
for a boy to earn something by work
ing in the dormitory.
Out of last years graduating class
OF 22 students al 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 ana
methods OF instruction at the The
odore n. Vail Agricultural School and
Farms and the Vermont State Agricul-
tural school Al Randolph Center. We
have done this in order to place be-
fore your Excellency and the mem
beers OF the joint committee. the con-
ditions a. we have found them a.
these schools. While visiting the
schools your committee had ample
opportunity to observe the students
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