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42 THE STATE Umvaasrrr.
mings. The foundation is of Kentucky gray limestone faced with pm
broken ashlar oolitic limestone. A large portico, with columns extend-
- ing from the first floor line to the pediment on a level with the cornice, _
forms an attractive feature of the building. The cornice is massive, l tml
with large brackets. The general design of the building, is colonial, . flfl
adhering mainly to clsasic proportions. The original building was 114x mst
60 feet. A large addition to this building, running 92 feet parallel to
Washington Avenue and 115 feet parallel to Limestone street, was com-
pleted in 1913. This addition provides from forty to fifty additional work
rooms and contains 20,700 feet of floor space.
A Farm Builclings—The farm buildings include three dwelling houses,
a modern and thoroughly equipped dairy barn, a general utility barn,
two tobacco barns, two beef cattle barns, a feed house for the storage
and study of farm crops, a hog cholera serum laboratory and hyperim-
mune sheds, a new and commodious conservatory, manure sheds, etc.
Biological Laboratory--The new biological laboratory, hyperimmune
sheds and infection cots, all erected out.of funds provided for in the
act of 1912, were completed in June, 1913. The laboratory is a two-
story brick building, with Bedford stone trimmings. The first floor con-
tains a general preparation room, in which the hogs are washed and
weighed; a large operating room, where the serum is drawn from the ~
hyperimmunes; an enclosed room for the final bleeding of hyperimmunes; `
a room for the washing and sterilization of all instruments and utensils; `
and a room for the final preparation and bottling of serum. The second
floor contains an office for the veterinarians in charge and a well
equipped pathological and bacteriological laboratory for the study and
investigation of the diseases of farm animals. The basement contains
two cold storage rooms in which the serum is stored; a room in which to ‘
mix the serum; a boxing and shipping room, and a room for the heating ‘
plant. The flrst floor and basement are made of reinforced concrete,
and everything is arranged and managed in a sanitary manner. The
hyperimmune sheds, consisting of concrete pens, have a capacity of from ¤
three to five hundred hogs.  
The original biological laboratory has been enlarged and converted ;
into a virus laboratory where all the virulent material is handled This 1
is a frame structure, with concrete floors, divided into four rooms: a  
preparation room where all animals are washed and prepared for oper-
ation; afinal bleeding room where all virus animals are bled; a large E
operating room where immunes are hyperimmunized, and a room for the  
handling and preparing of virus.   ~