Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-05-21
STATE AGNICJl TDRaL
SCHOOLS CUHiMEENDE1
Favorable Report b. the lnvesti.
eating Committee Appointed
by the Vermont Legislature
Schools Worthy OF Continued
Interest and Patronage.

During the recent session of t.I'
| Vermont legislature the discontin
uance Oh one OF both Of the state ag
ricultural schools having been mace
I'm issue. Il special joint committee
! was appointed to visit the schools
| investigate and report. Its findings
were distinctly favorable to tho
| schools. The legislature accepttG
the report and evidenced its appro,a
and endorsement by renewing tht
appropriations in the same amount
and under the same conditions as fol
the previous two years.
So clearly were the advantages pos
sessed by these schools for impartine
agricultural education to the youth
Oi Vermont set forth in this report
that ii deserves d wide reading, es-
pecially by pare hts interested in such
a department Of training.
The special committee consisted OF
sub committees representing the com
mittees on education and educational
institutions OF the Senate and House,
to which was joined the president of
the Legislative Farmers Club. 1t Wis
tied the Vail school at LyndonvillP,
March :, and the Vermont State Ag-
ricultural school at Randolph, March
~. The committee also secured such
information as il deemed necessary
from other sources. From its report,
made to the governor and to thu
members of the committees. represent
ed, is taken the following SUMMARY e:
The Theodore N. Vail Agricultural
School and Farms at LyndonviIIc.
This school with outlying farms
has an acreage of approximately 1900
acres. About 700 acres are used for
tillage. The balance of the property
is used for pasture and woodland, in
GLIDING from 30 to 80 acres OF d pipe
forestry plantation. On the property
there are 10000 sugar naples suit
able for tapping, COCO of which We're
tapped last year. The balance were
not tapped owing to lack of equip
ment. The State maintains the
school on an annual appropriation OF
$22,500 and the farm Is better than
selfsupporting.
Buildings and Equipment.
The buildings on Speedwell 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 to judge from its 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 Will compare very faVorably with
the farm buildings found on most of
our up-tO date vermont farms.
Water System.
Speedwell, farm and the adjacent
buildings and those other buildings
not 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 is so arranged as to
supply an excellent fire protection
for the farm buildings and the dor
mitory at Speedwell farm. There is
dIUple HOSe anu the STU
dents and farm laborers are drilled
in the use of the hose cart in case of
a fire emergency.
Electric Lioht Plant
The electric light plant which Ia
located on the Cahoon falls passumn-
sic river ia thororghly eo,,;pned and
well maintained. This electric light
plant supplies electricity for illu
minating and mower nurposes to
Speedwell farm the Vail residence
and Lyndon Institute and in the indp-
ment of vour committee is val,,a-
Bile water right for the State to re-
tain
Live Stock and Farm Eouipnent.
Your COMMITTEES found the live
stock in excellent con,lition or the
800 cattle there ara 100 milch cows
of excellent dairy TYNE 1 registered
Brown Swiss and I Registered Guern-
sew hill The Young stock arc worry
promising The dairy is comnlete in
overv detail About one COW il, ten
in the herd is Thoroughbred and the
balance renresents =. very h;ph class
stock The "A borses include ono
Morgan stallion and
two Percheron stations used for
breeding purposes 81 work horses nj
the hest farm TYNE. s Thoroughbred
percberon mares reyistered shire
marc < colts and 2 driving horses
Tho S5 swine are mostly Cbaetnr
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