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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1873
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133 Species. Pr. cent Av'rage living. growth. Cost per acre. Ash, Green Ash, White Catalpa* Elm, White* Chestnut Larch, European. Maple, W h i t e — Osage Orange*... Pine, Austrian... Pine, Scotch Walnut, White . Willow, White... 98 i 93 100 100 4 | 30 30 36 48 42 24 48 66 4 4 24 48 98 98 30 20 99 98 $171 75 134 116 166 97 151 65 312 260 122 79 48 88 38 12 38 47 60 98 26 76 34 06 * These varieties were cut to the ground in the Spring in order to get a straight growth. The most expensive acres are those set with Evergreens, but, compared with the results obtained, the Chestnut has proved the less satisfactory. The cheapest tree as well as the most vigorous, is still the Osage Orange, with the White Ash and White Willow succeeding it. If we may regard the ratio of percentage of living plants as the "survival of the fittest," the argument is strong against the planting of conifers, excepting the Norway Spruce, for forests in our Champaign county, and overwhelmingly against the Chestnut. Mr. Vickroy is of the opinion, however, that if the Chestnut trees were protected for a time by other trees, they would succeed. The showing thus far is also strongly in favor of the Osage Orange and White Ash, both valuable timber trees, and rather against the White Willow and White Maple, trees that have been encouraged because of their supposed easy and rapid growth. Many more years, however, will be needed to settle these questions conclusively. AWARDING OF PRIZE FOR BEST AND GREATEST YIELD OF CORN, ON TEN ACRES. SPRINGFIELD, January 15, 1873. The undersigned, having been appointed a committee to award the premium of one hundred dollars in gold to the person who should raise the greatest amount of corn on ten acres of land, during the season of 1872, planted with the Climax Corn Planter, manufactured by the Springfield Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Illinois, met this day in the office of the company, and find the following competitors for the prize, and the amount raised by each ; each case being substantiated by affidavit that ten acres did produce by actual measurement, as per report below: PRODUCT OF TEN ACRES OF GROUND. Names. Residence. No. of Av'rage acres per plant'd. acre. Amount on 10 acres. bus. 1,313 1,296 1,222 1,184 1,142 1,076 1,070 1, 057 1,039 1,008 992 956 932 926 888 800 772 Av(irage per acre. lbs. lbs. bus. Ephraim Dragoo.. Thomas Casey— Harvey Otter A. V. Washburne. George Spence— Daniel S. Hose — Frank J. Arenz... Joseph us Dori S. L. Busick . — Robert J. Collins-. Amos Kutledge... A. M. Shively . . . Benjamin Crispin Michael Gore Enoch Primm George Conklin... P. W. Phillips Camargo, Douglas county, 111 Sycamore, DeKalb county. Ill Garret, Douglas county, 111 Garret, Douglas county, 111 Hale, Warren county, 111 Garret, Douglas county, 111 Beardstown, Cass county, 111 Indian Creek, Mills county, l a Bement, Piatt county, 111 Loarai, Sangamon county, 111 Rutledge, DeWitt county, HI Sadorus, Champaign county, 111... Madison, Mahaska county/la Carlinville, Macoupin county, 111 . Petersburg, Menard county, 111... Otoe, Otoe county, N e b . . . ' Prairie, Mahaska county, l a 70 25 75 40 55 30 80 80 40 50 35 100 70 80 45 70 80 60 100 100 86| 85 95 70 70 60 83 80 73 85 75 65 75 131 129 122 118 114 107 107 105 103 100 99 95 93 92 87 80 77 21 42 15 31 20 44 02 52 63 56 19 46 16 46 57 20 The committee having considered all the cases submitted, have awarded the gold prize of one hundred dollars to Mr. Ephraim Dragoo, of Camargo, Douglas county, Illinois, and also recommend that a corn planter of the best workmanship be presented to Mr. Thos. Casey, of Sycamore, DeKalb county.
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