Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1869 [PAGE 44]

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38 and that the question of price to be charged for these chemicals, be left to be decided by the full Board. The orders have been carried out, except that relating to drainage. A correspondence was opened with the several manufacturers of drain tile, to ascertain the costs of the several kinds of tile, and Prof. Shattuck proceeded to make a topographical survey of the farm and garden, preparatory to the adoption of some suitable system of drainage. We shall be ready to begin the work whenever the weather will permit. The bills for the several purchases made under the orders of the Executive Committee will be presented to the Board for approval. Under the authority granted, Mr. Thomas Franks, a thoroughly instructed and competent English gardener was employed, and is now at work, at a salary of $50 a month. It may be stated here, that considerable donations of bedding plants and shrubs have been received from several prominent Horticulturists in the State. Other donations of valuable tools and implements for the farm and garden have been received from gentlemen engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements, and donations of text and library books have been made by several eminent publishing houses. The following is a list of donations received to this date :

L. Vandesyde, Calumet, 1 set reed mats. Emerson & Co., Rockford, 1 Jones' hand corn planter. Fuller & Palmer, Chicago, 50 sash for garden use. R. S. Wheatley, Du Quoin, 1 subsoil and garden plow. Barlow, Wood & Co., Quincy, 1 Vandever's corn planter with drill attachment. Furst & Bradley, Chicago, 1 walking cultivator. Clark & Utter, Rockford, 1 Gorham seeder and cultivator, combined. Wm. Lintner, Decatur, 1 farm pump. J. J. Inglehart, Matteson, 1 Granger patent rotating harrow. Hubbard & Finch, Champaign, 1 two horse cultivator, Frazier's patent, and 1 Kalamazoo three horse clevis. Robert Douglas, Waukegan, collection evergreen seeds. S. Wilbur, Mouience, duplicate collection of flower seeds. D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., collection of flower and garden seeds, and 1 package of Behera wheat, imported from Egypt. T. W. Lachore, Blue Island, 2 wheel hoes. B. Dornblazer, Joliet, 1 Hoosier riding or walking cultivator, and 1 double shovel plow. J. C. Wilson, Crete, 1 patent rotary harrow.