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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871
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TRIAL OF IMPLEMENTS. The following report gives the result of a trial of Implements made on the University Farm in June, 1871, a precedent which, it is hoped and anticipated, will be followed by more work in the same direction: UNIVERSITY FARM, To the Corresponding Secretary of the Industrial University : June 15, 1871. At the request of Prof. T. J. Burrill, a number of farmers met for the purpose of examining and testing several corn cultivators and other implements for stirring the soil. The undersigned were selected a committee to examine the implements and to report to the University the result of their investigations. I n accordance with this arrangement of the farmers present, we respectfully submit the following report. Before proceeding to the examination, we agreed upon a scale of points, as follows: No. No. No. No. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Quality of work Ease of management Adjustability Capacity for working crooked rows Durability 20 20 20 20 20 100 WALKING CULTIVATORS. (Cost at depot, $35 each.) Total by Messrs. Peabody & Ay res, Champaign. No. 1, 20; No. 2, 20; No. 3, 18; N o . 4, 2 0 ; No. 5, 18. Total, 96. P R A I R I E QUEEN—Made CORN DODGER—Made by Messrs. Mitchell, Harper & Co., El Paso, Illinois. No. 1, 18 ; No. 2, 2 0 ; No. 3, 1 8 ; No. 4, 20 ; No. 5, 18. Total, 94. DEERE—Made by John Deere & Co.,Moline, Illinois. No. 1, 18 ; No. 2, 20 ; No. 3,18 ; No. 4, 20 ; No. 5, 18. Total, 94.
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