STATE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. S
half acres. Here the held experiments of the Station are con-
ducted, and students have opportunities to witness tests of vari-
'J, eties of field crops, dairy tests, fertilizer tests, fruit-spraying
V tests, in short, all the scientific experimentation of a thoroughly I
. equipped and organized Station. The front of the farm is past-
ure and orchard. The back portion is divided off into two hun-
? dred one-tenth acre plots, for convenience in making crop tests. _
BUILDINGS.
The main college building is a structure of stone and brick,
140 feet long and 68 feet in width. It contains the olhce of the
President and of the Business Agent, and on the third floor,
counting the basement floor as one, is the chapel, in which each
day the students and Faculty meet, and in which are held public
gatherings and such other meetings as bring together the entire
student body. The remaining space in this building is occupied
» by recitation rooms and by the society rooms of the students.
The Station building is a handsome structure, well planned l
for the object for which it is made. It is seventy feet in length
by iifty-four feet in width, with a tower projection in front, and
l an octagonal projection eighteen by eighteen on the north side.
j- The building is two stories high, and a basement eleven feet
I from floor to ceiling. The main entrance is on the first floor, on
the west side of the building, through an archway fifteen feet
wide. The basement is occupied in part by the Station and in
part by the College. The next floor above is devoted to office
and laboratory work of the Station, while the upper floor accom-
modates the College work in Chemistry.
The building devoted to Mechanical Engineering covers alto-
.1 gether an area of about 2o,ooo feet, is constructed of stone and
pressed brick, and is well furnished with modern conveniences
for work in this branch of engineering.
Two large brick dormitories on the campus all`ord boarding
, conveniences for students who wish to lessen expense in this
direction. Other buildings on the campus are a brick dwelling `
for the President and a cottage occupied by the Commandant.
On the Experiment Farm are a brick dwelling occupied by
the Director of the Station, and the usual farm buildings for the
care of tools, the protection of stock, and the like.