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per year—that they be instructed to notify the said^Scarfoss that his term of service will commence at the discretion of the Regent. REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

Mr. QUICK, Chairman of the Committee appointed to solicit donations of Agricultural Implements, etc., presented the following

REPORT:

The undersigned, committee appointed to solicit donations of Agricultural implements and machines from the various manufacturers of this State, respectfully reports as follows: That he caused application to be made to the various manufacturers to make donations in accordance with the resolution of the last meeting of this Board. 1 hat, believing but little could be accomplished by writing letters, he procured the services of Jonathan Periam, Superintendent of the University farm, who, by his residence in Chicago, had become personally acquainted with many of the leading manufacturers, to call, in person, and lay the matter before them and solicit donations, and to write to such as he failed to see. In pursuance of that arrangement, Mr. Periam waited upon a large number of the manufacturers, and wrote over two hundred letters soliciting donations. The following is the result of his labors, as furnished by himself: Donations procured by letter to the amount of $114 ; donations by personal solicitation, $282; at an expense, for traveling expenses, hotel bills, correspondence, etc., of $51 15—making the amount of donations equivalent to three hundred and forty-four dollars and eighty five cents ($344 85), up to the present time, after deducting expenses in procuring the same. The value of machines received, up to this time, is $264 50, and machines promised to the value of $132. The names of the donors, the kinds of implements, and their value, we give as follows: One set of Mats, donated by L. Yandesyde, of Calumet One Subsoil Attachment, donated by R. P. Wheatly, DuQuoin One Vandevire Corn Planter donated by Barlow, Wood & Co., Quincy One Walking Cultivator, donated by Furst and Bradly, Chicago One Jones' Corn Planter, donated by Emerson & Co., Rockford Fifty small Sash, donated by Fuller, Palmer & Co., Chicago One Gorham Seeder and Cultivator, donated by Clark & Utler, Rockford.. One Farm Pump, donated by Wm. Lintner & Co., Decatur One Rotary Harrow, donated by I, I. Inglehart, Matteson Garden seeds, donated by S. Wilber, Momence The following implements are promised, but not received: One Cast-Steel Plow, H. H. Taylor, & Co., Chicago $5 00 10 00 85 00 30 00 12 00 12 50 75 00 12 00 16 00 1 00 $264 50 „ $30 00

One Walking Cultivator, and set of Plows, Hapgood, Young & Co., Chicago 102 00 In the aggregate Which, added to donations received, makes a total of From which deduct expenses And there remains [A slight discrepancy in the estimates—Rec. 8ecJ\ $132 00 . . . 396 50 51 15 $345 50