Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1886 [PAGE 32]

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24 Balance Sheet of Agricultural Department, Dec. 1, 1884.

Gr. I n v e n t o r y Dec. 1,1884: Livestock F a r m products Teams Machinery a n d tools Sales—Live stock B u t t e r a n d milk Grain a n d h a y Miscellaneous I n v e n t o r y Dec. 1,1883: Live stock Farm products Machinery and tools Paid—For labor Stock p u r c h a s e d Special food for stock Machines, tools a n d r e p a i r s Ordinary r e p a i r s Seeds, freight a n d advertising Miscellaneous Dr. * $10,301 00 2.065 00 1,275 00 1,900 00 $2,676 04 1,030 70 352 51 214 70 173 99 135 10 167 50 $15,541 00 , $10,080 1,980 1,350 1,850 00 00 00 00

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$4,788 00 575 87

$15,260 00 5,313 65 897 26 147 61

$21,620 52

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4,750 54

20.291 54 U,329 9S

Profits from y e a r ' s work

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The Griggs Farm.

It was ordered last year that the accounts of this piece of property should.be kept separately from those of the University farm. The fencing and drainage required has been completed, and the account of this farm stands as follows:

Gr. Rent Hay Old l u m b e r Dr. Tile a n d ditching Fencing $376 15 75 92 452 07 $94 93 $460 00 80 00 7 00 $547 00

It. should be remarked, however, that the whole outlay upon this property is of the nature of permament improvement, which is already yielding return in the way of increased rental. THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. The lands used by this department are divided thus: Orchard, acres 30 Forest plantation 15 Small fruits and grapes 6 Garden and nursery 2 This department is also charged with the care and ornamentation of the public grounds the arboretum and the University campus. The old college campus has paid in hay for the cost of its care. The culture of strawberries has yielded a profit. The blackberries and grapes paid nothing. The attempt to grow vegetables for the canning factory was not profitable. The chief item of expense in the nursery was caused by clearing up ground which had been previously in use. The expense of the green-house, including the wages of the gardener, exceeds the income by $516 43. Against this item may be offset the value of more than 13,000 plants furnished by the gre^n-house for the decoration of the public grounds. These plants would have cost fully that sum if bought at the wholesale market rates. The balance sheet of this department is as follows: