Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888
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112 U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S . On motion of Trustee Cobb the following appropriations were made from State appropriations: For For For For For Buildings and grounds— repairs on roof of main building repairs on greenhouse .'1 repairs on boiler and heating apparatus in chemical building care of lawn, etc cleaning and minor repairs in main and chemical building $250 00 200 00 355 00 150 00 300 00 125 00 50 00 ... 100 00 Books and publications— For binding books and periodicals Apparatus and materials— For apparatus for instruction in steam testing For steam indicator and fittings . The report of the Board of Direction of the Experiment Station was read and on motion was approved, and ordered to be printed in the minutes: To the Trvstees of the University oj IlUonis: The Board of Direction of the Experiment Station begs leave to report as follows:. The work of the Station may be said to be fairly started. About fifty experiments are in progress in field culture, stock feeding and horticulture. The work of erecting a warehouse is well forwarded. Repairs in the chemical building are mostly completed, and the Secretary's office is in use. Purchases of apparatus and books, and or other needed material have been made. The Board of Direction asks as to the fiscal year soon to close that authority may be granted to it to expend the unappropriated balance of the fifteen thousand dollars received or to be received from the United States Treasurer for the year ending June 30, 1888, and any balances which may be found to remain from sums already appropriated for that year, to be used for the Experiment Station for such purposes as the interests of the Station may require. The Board of Direction of the Agricultural Experiment Station desires to undertake, with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the University, the following Experiments: FIELD EXPERIMENTS. Grasses and Clovers: Experiments to determine 1. The effect of cutting at different degrees of maturity on yield and on chemical composition. 2. The effect of the mode and of the degree of field drying upon chemical composition. Oats: An experiment to determine the effect of harvesting at varying degrees of maturity upon yield and upon chemical composition. Oats and Wheat: An experiment to determine the shrinkage after harvesting. Wheat: Experiments in relation to , 1. Comparison of varieties. 2. Methods of soil preparation. 3. Methods of seeding. 4. Effect of fertilizing. The Board of Direction desires to carry on this last experiment both at the Station and at some Other places in the State. Corn: An experiment consisting of a study of the roots at different ages. Soil: An experiment to determine the evaporation and the temperature. FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. Feeding Steers: An experiment to determine the relative value of new and old corn for autumn feeding on grass. Feeding Pigs: An experiment to determine the relative value of new and old corn for early autumn feeding. The Board of Direction reports that it has employed, under the authority of section 10 of the plan of organization, the following persons for the duties specified: Miss Kate Mclntyre as stenographer, at $40 per month. Mr. Gustaf Dahlstrom as gardener, at $50 per month, and such needful workmen upon the experiments, and teams for the same as occasion has required. The following statements are presented: Exhibit A showing sums appropriated by the Trustees for specific purposes; sums expended or contracted for, and balances now appearing:
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