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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1873
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22 boiler to steam food, and a small engine to furnish power for grinding, threshing and cutting. D is a set of hog pens, and E another set of pens or yard under the shed, which extends along both sides of the barn in an angle. S represents a set of bull stalls for the several breeds. F a series of stalls for fine breeding cows, with calf pens in the rear. O O shows the places of the two large cisterns taking the water from the roofs. U is a drive way. H is the wind-mill. The steam engine is situated in the cook room. In the plan of the first floor, B B are bridges. T ^ T T show trap doors in the // rear of. horse stalls to allow (Q\ droppings to be thrown into manure pit. L ShOWS a Basement of Stock Farm Barn. "D series of box stalls for breeding mares. G Gr grain bins. M a harness room. P, a large ventilating tube or flue, leading from cattle room below to the cap above the roof; there are doors in the sides of this flue, through which hay can be thrown down for feeding the cattle. Above the main floor are ample hay lofts. The barn on the Experimental Farm, which cost about $3,000, has a cellar suitable for the storing of roots, vegetables, etc., in quantities; and upon the first floor there is a large room for a"' museum of tools and implements, Main Floor. together with stalls for teams and experimental cattle. Above there is ample room for the storage of crops and hay. Its external appearance is quite similar to that of the barn upon the Stock Farm. See Gr on the map of the University grounds. For descriptions of the Mechanical Shops and Drill Hall, see Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Military Science. PROPERTY AND FUNDS. Besides the lands and buildings already described, which are, with furniture, library, etc., valued at $300,000, the University owns 25,000
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