Lincoln Agricultural COLLEGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 241, 13 September 1883, Page 3

Lincoln Agricultural COLLEGE.

A northern^ttler? wh& has* recently been Tisiting the Dairy Factojties m the gives the following des-*^np-ioi6^a' visit paid by him. to the -Lincoln Agricultural College j ' ' '> I went to visit the Lincoln Agricnlfs^WrM College. c£ -was: fortunstte enough to gain-an introduction to Mrjlvey, who f-i(-#a6jno_t. courteous: and kin|dy awhile I ' was there. : There are so ma,n'yy points of a particularly interesting nature that Jt;ydif%nlt oqpdenseYan ac-' * count ,pf my, visit. ... The College is a: *" B^duog m tlie middle of the property,' . consisting of 660 'acres. It j comprise- * on the ground floor, lecture-room, X*K * "theatrei claiß-roomsy " chemical* labora*. offices, quarters for the directory and for* ? the .-nderiti' "teaching staff' On the - Topper "fldqsr "there ate the students' bodX ioomfcr'-wd^ baths.* kindly explained fully io me tteQEk woflciugJof thiTJolle&e^ I There' are '■ four ufal-PH? I:7- Agriculture,, W. E. Ivey. M.R.A.U., F.C.S.; iChemtetry. '■ 7 knff^yfiics/ Fred Barka?/A^S.C.Vi :MI Durham' University; F. C .Si $ ;Mathe- * matics, - Surveying and Book-keeping, j JS* M^iClarke ; : Veterinary- Scienee, 'T. P.._-ill, M.R.C.V.S., London. The n, iStudetits; are required to take part m the regular daily work of the farm; so Jnthat Ahey may, acqujfee practical*^knowledge of alliarmwork. There are daily Ai Chemistry lectures. Students \ A are ~ : taught;howto_test_ simple substances, i'A #p"_ciftlly manures, wils, food, andffarm v^MOdiacts. also taught; the use, 1 preparation .V^iP MMOB3opic\ol)jects, how s to; examine Tust.-tniut and other injuqqtttt fungi ; -'5 v/j^o^he/geriera-ibu^fi-^^ „> ,-ova conditions,; the minute anatomy of plantajieyjoiutionof heat, djffasion of fluids 1 m plants, rate of growth, fertiliiaX . tion» "and f maturation of seeds..; Field Arork A is' 7 taught such as r -'sur^ey-i: ? : •'•li'-ing 'and levelling »'by Jarj" Glarkb; o>33ii farm buildings consist of carpej-te'r's — ■ and -blacksmith's shops, where, practical . K jorneti6tija g^en ; large j stables for used ottHthe farm ; extensive cow f bacoiT^ring establishment, 3^e#^*§m«^^ i T h^re| is %i "I^Mt;CSmple|»i daiij, worked on thl'fae'.^g^wlpWc^lft With^iilsthe latest inven1. making - room, ? im«^?oom, washing .and engine-room, %, »_^O^^ room ' floore "through - oi^^l^^ ncret^v ne curing-room' "it^raiwly-*^ concrete, the! walls being IWoMwWii# n permaDiefnt^ahelves:« are not : used h&re.' Sfr^^fdy, the manager 6f the dairy/ informed m? r that he did not' lifcelheta, 'xhfliiiaA lounid by^experipce pthat they ;s 'Wui^it^V chees'-s which cannot be J^oided. In the making-robin there is 'one'oblorig 500 ' gallon iroto vat, also a large wooden cooler. The jwashin^and , engine room. are.in one. (There --is a •*■ large' boiler steam> : and "tkipie wishing- tribe. *£Hot arid cold - witer W-aid' oi-'-throughorit the dairy. In the butter-room, there is a ; complete plant of the latest Wchihery. Everyt thing is first-class. They set- their cream vii "«ri the cooler principlei' l Mr' Ivey ; be-^ ■'" "' lieves m deep Setting m- preference to : vahallow 6-tting.- I tasted some of 'the cheese m the dairy. -It was of excellent flaVOUfi" by far the best 1 have tasted m -ihe South Island: the weight of their - frbm 10 to 301b8. Mr Ivey kindly took me all over the farm. I r was'very well pease' with the'dairy stock which showed good escutcheous, most of - . them being pedigree stock. I saw BfaVeral finej paddocks oi - wheat^ and , visited the sheep paddocks, the stock X, .being chiefly Leicester and Merino. lirtrip.^outh .was very interesting aud'ibsiructi*/-. T Baw and heard of * "" " many thtngß they have to contend with m the Soutb^ which we m the North " ißhind : iire'co]--^ratrvey free from, viz., ' had wihterß^ • *hot;wirid» m Bummer, 1 ! '"^':the;'g : tttb owbjicl- deßtr^yß the top of the ' . '' grass, &c .".,. X am^till of opinion that ,i ' <th?.ftorth Island will-be always' able to v hold its own own with South m .dairying. .;' XI " il '' Vi >■■■■■