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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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The Board would select the northeast room for an office; the middle room on the north for a library; the east room for mailing and work room; the large south room to be divided by a partition into two apartments, the southwest to be used as a chemical laboratory and the southeast room for collections. The laboratory must have a small room separated from it as a balance and record room, and should communicate with the photographic rooms, which are likely to be frequently used.

NEW BUILDING.

A building is needed in which various work intermediate between the field and the office' shall find a place; sach work as the handling of grains and seeds, receiving, weighing, storing, packing, etc. The agricultural and horticultural work will each need such space. Many experiments in feeding should be followed by a careful manipulation of the product, separating, for example, the different kinds of flesh in the ultimate, physical analysis of the animal. A place for such work should be provided, A plan of such a building is prepared to be 30x56 feet, in four rooms; to stand over a cellar eight feet deep, for storage and for such horticultural work as requires the protection of a relatively moist and cool place; the walls to be 16 feet high; the upper floor dropped 5 feet, furnishing a dry loft for the storage of grains, seeds, etc, The building should have a suitable platform along one side of which wagons may easily receive and deliver loads. The doors should open on this platform, and it shoulobe covered with a light veranda roof, This building should be placed on the rise of ground south of the veterinary house, and in the vicinity of the large sycamore tree now there standing. It will be convenient to the various agricultural and horticultural experiments, and may be used for tool house, etc. It is estimated that it may be built within the limit of the law, three thousand dollars ($3,000).

FERTILIZERS1 HOUSE.

A small rough building, about 16x20 feet, should be built for the storing and mixing of fertil izers. It should be in some inconspicuous place near the warehouse named above. The changes in the chemical laboratory require the erection of a partition across one room about 45 feet long and one about 25 feet long enclosing the balance room. These partitions should be of wood for four or five feet in height, and for the rest of the distance to the ceiling of glazed sash, for light and ventilation. Three doors must be opened, the rooms cleaned, painted andcalcimined.

EQUIPMENT.

The requirements for chemical apparatus; for scales and other apparatus; for tools and light implements; for meteorological instruments, and for library will be found among the estimates.

OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS.

Aside from the chiefs named elsewhere, the following are recommended at salaries not to exceed the sums named: A secretary in charge of the office, as named in the plan of organization, at a salary of . . . . .$1,500 00 Assistant agriculturist ' 1,500 00 Assistant horticulturist 1,000 00 Assistant chemist, first 1,200 00 Assistant chemist, second 750 00 Assistant botanist , 750 00

Mention is made of the purchase of books for the Station library. This is deemed of first importance. The Station should have a working library of its own, for use and consultation in its varied kinds of work; scientific journals, English, French and German will be much needed. What has been done should be known in order that plans may be wisely laid for the conduct of new work. In the reports of the Station it will be necessary to summarize that which has been done before in similar lines. It is believed that no more important use of the funds can be made than in buying well chosen books of reference. It is not advised that the University library should be duplicated except in some works which may be required for constant use. By order of the Board of Direction, S. H. PEABODY, President, G. E. MORROW, Secretary pro tempore. On motion, the recommendations of the Board of Direction, as presented in said report, as to thft conduct of experiments in the departments in said report named; to-wit: the department of field experiments, department of stock feeding, the department of dairy feeding, and the department of horticulture were approved. And it was further ordered that the Board of Direction be and is authorized to enter upon and conduct the said experiments and to eUpend thereupon during the quarter ending June 30,1888, exclusive of salaries of regular officers and assistants and special sums otherwise appropriated, a sum of money not to exceed fifteen hundred and ninety dollars ($1,590.00). And it was further ordered by said Committee that the last named sum be appropriated from Agricultural Experiment fund for such purpose.

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