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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1870
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AGRICULTURAL LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS. The Agricultural Lectures and Discussions for 1870, instead of being held at Champaign during two weeks, as in 1869, were this year held at Champaign, Centralia and Eockford, and confined to one week at each place. By this change, the northern, central and southern parts of the State were made more acquainted with, and interested in, the education of the farmer, and the officers and faculty of the University brought in contact with the masses of the people. There is no doubt but both were benefited—both still farther convinced of the important part that industrial education has yet to perform in the work of the world, and that each came to a better understanding of one another, and prepared to co-operate for the common good. Some omission of valuable matter has been necessary, in order to bring the report within the usual bounds, which will account for the absence of some things which, to a part of our readers, would be of special interest. OFFICE CoEBESPONDiNa SEOBETABYV BOARD OF TEUSTEES, ILLINOIS INDTTSTBIAL UNIVEBSITY, Champaign, Bee. 24,1869. The Second Annual Course of Agricultural Lectures and Discussions, instituted by the Illinois Industrial University, will be held at the University, in Champaign, commencing Monday, January 10, 1870, and continue during five days of that week, with three sessions in each day. This is intended to be an annual gathering of the farmers of the State, and of their sons and daughters, for the purpose of discussing the best methods of agriculture; and it is earnestly hoped that all who desire to improve our tillage, our crops and our live stock, will be present and lend a helping hand. No charge is made for admission. The University provides a hall, properly warmed and lighted, and pays the expenses of the gentlemen who have kindly consented to open the discussions. Each lecture, essay or "talk," will be followed by a discussion on the same subject, in which all are invited to participate,
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