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* A » mission furniture, which serves as a reading room and a Othe
° , A meeting place for the student organizations. A large PIM
I · number of the best agricultural and other periodicals the
V _ are kept there on file at the service of the students of fom
· .4 ‘ _ the College. I
  Upon the third floor a commodious room is provided hO1;l
  _ for the meetings of the Grange and other farmers’ mlm
  , organizations or college assemblies. This floor also mm
y _‘ contains an advanced laboratory, the agricultural tht?
H. A. museum and a photographic laboratory, with dark rooms OXW
  both for students’ and instructors’ use. This laboratory YOEO
_. has a superior equipment for giving instruction to ad- PTO]
. vanced students, and for the preparation of lantern HOO
    slides and enlargements for the use of the various de- POS
. ,,3 ` · partments, and for the illustration of theses and other IS €
‘ _. studies prosecuted in the College of Agriculture. OXO-
  ,,3 The lecture rooms in the building are provided with J
* . opera chairs, electric projection lanterns, and other ap- grol
A   pliances for illustrative and demonstration purposes. m f
i M The laboratories for Agronomy and Horticulture are ·
i· ` large and abundantly lighted and suitably equipped with UW
V   gas, Water, and electric current for carrying on the work bull
‘ — of the department. The botanical laboratories are pro- mm
_   vided with individual tables, with the most approved dm]
_ forms of microscopes, mierotomes, ovens and sterilizing l
j - apparatus, balances, charts, etc., in accordance with tem
_ their several requirements. f°W
_ A- All the rooms are exceptionally well lighted with ally
i · large Windows, and by night with both gas and electric Mu
  lamps. Every room is also provided with ventilating hou
. shafts for ensuring a constant change of air during class Gm
—   exercises. Cm
. , Provision has been made for erecting in the rear of gm
. y this building a laboratory greenhouse 24x5O ft. in size Sul
for the use of the classes in Botany, Horticulture and
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