Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1872-1873 [PAGE 19]

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extends along both sides of the barn in the 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, 0 0 shows the places of the two large cisterns taking the water from the roofs. U is a drive way. B a s e m e n t of H is the wind-mill. The steam engine is situated in the cook Stock F a r m room. Barn. 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 droppings to be thrown into manure pit. shows a series of box stalls for breeding mares. G G grain bins. M, a harness N room. P, a large ventila- ;,'• ting 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 Main a cellar suitable for the storing of roots, Floor. vegetables, etc., in quantities; and upon the first floor there is a large room for a museum of tools and implements, together with stalls for teams and experimental cattle. Above, there is ample room for the storage of crops and hay. Its external appear- — ri — ance is quite similar to that of the barn upon the Stock Farm. See G, on the Map of the University Grounds, page 59. 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 acres of well selected lands in Minnesota and Nebraska. It has also endowment funds invested in State and County bonds, amounting to $364,000, besides other property and avails, valued at $33,000. The State has appropriated $25,000 to the Agricultural Department for barns, tools, stock, etc.; $20,000 to the Horticultural Department for green house, barns, drainage, tools, trees, etc.; $25,000 for Mechanical and Military Building, machinery, etc.; $75,000 to begin the erection of the main building, which is to cost $150,000; $10,500 to furnish the Chemical Laboratory; and $20,000 for library and apparatus. Further appropriations have just been made, for which see page 23.