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Title: Annual catalogue of the Agricultural College of the State of Oregon for ... and announcements for ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Oregon State Agricultural College
Subjects: Oregon State Agricultural College
Publisher: Corvallis, Or. : Agricultural College Printing Service
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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hrre-fifths is devoted to croppage includingtheconnnon farm and garden crops, native pasture, orchards,small fruits and vines. The remaining two-fifths is devot-ed to lawns, shrubberies, athletic sports and flower-gardens.The main campus is tastefully designed for landscape effectsand the ultimate purpose is to use native trees and shrubsfor the body of the plantings, with a view to exhibiting thevalue of our native plants for ornamental and economicpurposes. BUILDINGS. (Extract from the annual report of Hon. James, K.Weatherford, president of the Board of Regents, dated July16, 1902.) ^The Administration Building was erected by the citizensof Benton County, and with 39-J acres of ground was donatedto the State of Oregon, as an inducement to the people of theState to locate permanently the State Agricultural Collegeat Corvallis. It is a three story brick building containingfourteen rooms suitably arranged and well adapted forschool purposes. It is of the estimated value of $25,000.00.
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Administration Building. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 17 It is situated on a small hill in a commanding position andis a beautiful, substantial and inn)osing building. *^The Agricultural Hall, which is a three-story Oregongray granite and sandstone building 85x125 feet, issituated about 150 yards southeast of the AdministrationBuilding. It is intended for an assembly hall for the Agri-cultural and Horticultural classes, laboratories and classrooms and for all purposes connected with agriculture andchemistry, dairying and the Experiment Station. It costabout $42,000.00. This is probably the best building onthe ground. ^^Mechanical Hall is located about 150 yards northeastof the Administration Building. It is constructed of Ore-gon gray granite and sandstone. It is two stories high,90x100 feet. It is a fine substantial building, well arrangedand admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is used.It is valued at $23,000.00 and contains machinery worth$12,000.00. ^The Armory is situated sou

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