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i OBSERVATIONS i
Some three miles east of Lincoln lies
a half section of land that is at present
of much interest to the people of the
state. This is the state university farm,
of which, nntil the last year, compara
tively little was known, but which is to
day the Mecca of those who would gain
a knowledge of the most improved ag
ricultural practice.
This past jear has been productive of
a bountiful harvest on this farm, for in
addition to a corn crop of seventy-two
bushels to the acre, it has raised a dairy
building and an agricultural chemical
laboratory. It has become the home of
the school of agriculture conducted in
connection with the state university,and
has received the blessing of the State
Dairyman's association at the formal
opening of the dairy hall on December
17. All this in one year has been a
heavy drain on the fertility of the soil,
and the fertilizing resources of the uni
versity. But it is the declared policy
of the board of regents to build up on
this farm an agricultural school and
experiment statiou that will be of un
told benefit to a state whose one great
resource is agriculture. They appar
ently mean what they sav for certainly
very propitious beginning has been
made.
The most notable improvement made
within the year is the dairy hall, a
building as its name imnlies dedicateJ
to the production of butter, of scholastic
attainments, and whose character shall
be free froaa any odor of impurity.
This building, or as much of it as has
been completed, is a model of its kind.
It covers an area forty-four by forty
feet and is two stories high. On the
first floor is the dairy room proper,
which has a cement floor and is pro
vided with hot and cold water. Here
are the various appliances for enticing
the oily fat globules to leave the milk
without waiting for the slow process of
setting. All that is needed is to turn
a crank, and the separator does the
rest. However, it is hard to persuade
the man who is turning the handle that
he is not doing the whole thing. There
are several different makes of these
separators, which have been loaned by
the companies manufacturing them.
Any concern having a reputable machine
can place it in the school, where it comes
get onto this, and can raise microbes aB
well hs they can hogs or cane.
After the cream is ripened it is
churned, salted and worked to the
queen's taste.
The machinery is sufficient to accom
modate twenty-four students in one day.
The remainder of the first floor is
taken up with the ice house and chill
room. The ice is secured from an irri
gation reservoir supplied bj a wRdjiill.
Up stairs are two cksa rooms Ian o
enough to accommodate forty student),
but for financial reasons only one of
these has been completed.
Toe conduct of the school is based on
the principle of secondary technological
instruction outlined by Chancellor Mac
Lean in his inaugural address last Feb
Thus the class in breeding of live
stoc' visits farms where pure bred stock
ii kept and under the guidance of a
trained instructor studies tho good and
bid points of the various breeds of
stock.
The class in horticulture by learn
practice tho many operation) made use
of by the most progretsive orchardists
and vegetable gardener. The class in
animal disease operate on d'seases and
crippled animals secured for their use.
Dy such methods of instruction the
farm student finds it easy to get his in
formation and it stays with him much
longer than when ob a ned from books.
The school being intended for the
practical farmer no entrance examina
tions are required, but students must
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in active competition with the other
makes.
The cream is then placed in ripening
vats where it is soured according to
strictly scientific methods. It is now
generally understood the souring of
cream is due to the action of bacteria,
of which there are Feveral families.
Some of these families are undesirable,
while others are model citizens. They
travel around in the air and are con
stantly on the move. The trick is, to
secure the desirab'e emigrants and keep
out the "disturbing element." This is
done by raising them artificially, and
keeping them on tap to be drawn when
desired. The boys from the farm soon
ruary. The curriculum and methods of
instruction hare been worked out by
Prof. Lyon who is director of the school
of agriculture.
Instruction will be given in subjects
directly of interest to the farmer.
Amo.-g these are methods of soil tillage,
feeding and breeding live stock, dairy
ing, treatment of animal diseases, horti
culture, insects injurious to crops, etc.
These subjects wfll be taught in a
very simplo and practical way, a large
part of the instruction being given by
means of actual practice or observation,
it being much easier for those who have
been accustomed to active work to learn
ii that way.
be at least sixteen years of age.
This is an entirely new and novel
feature of university work. It originates
from a desire on the part of those in
charge to make the university of great
help to tho industrial interests of the
state. It must appeal to the sympathies
of those who are interested in the de
velopment of our agricultural resources
as well as those who are more directly,
benefited by the opportunities it affords
It well aecerves the success that has
attended it thus far.
Drudgery is work doie hopelessly
over and over again with no idea of
lessening labor and increasing values