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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888
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PRODEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 73 I have to call attention to the need of a supply of hose and a proper reel for handling the same in order that the fire hydrants may be made serviceable. This seems to be the last link needed in this •outfiit, and without it what has already been done will be of little avail in case of danger. The following appropriations are asked from the several State funds: From State appropriation for apparatus and material: For objectives and other apparatus for the botanical laboratory For repairs of level to theodolite For purchase of new mannikin From State fund for cabinets: For For For For purchase of zoological specimens, exotic types 225 60 material for zoological laboratory 25 00 mounting and labeling f ossil s, and incidental expenses of museum 100 00 purchase of type series of rocks and minerals 140 00 From State fund for buildings and grounds: For case of drawers in mechanical drawing room , 20 00 I ask that authority to expend the State appropriation for books and periodicals be given to the usual committee of the Faculty. Also leave to publish two bulletins from the agricultural department; one upon Pig Feeding: the other upon Moisture in Soils and its Relation to Drainage and Crops. I transmit the usual farm report for the last quarter. ; . . . . $125 00 25 00 400 00 T H E FARM R E P O R T . Dr. 8. II. Peabody, Regent University of Illinois : SIR: The receipts from the farm during the quarter ending August 31,1887, have been as follows : From sales of cattle Hogs Hay Pasture Corn Miscellaneous ; $209 00 34 75 185 35 93 65 22 75 24 SO The expenditures have been $569 80 2,047 85 Of the expenditures, $1,088.75 were for steers bought for feeding under authority given at the last meeting of the Trustees. The excess over the amount authorized, $1,000, results from the buying of the cattle in lots, rather than singly. The severe drouth reduced the yield of all crops somewhat. Hay and pasture suffered very severely, and potatoes, of which we had three and a half acres, failed entirely. Grass seed, sown last fall and spring, also failed entirely. The total injury, however, was much less than could be expected. The dry weather enabled us for the first time to finish haying, harvesting wheat and oats, and threshing, before the end of July. We harvested in good condition, of Wheat Oats Hay 515 bushels 2,250 " 180 tons During August a small silo was filled with 27^4 tons of corn. Some stock wells have failed; others have furnished sufficient water. Some extra feeding has been needed, but the stock has generally kept in good health and in fair condition. Between 55 and 60 acres have been plowed; 15 to 20 acre* will be sown to wheat; the remainder will be kept for oats and corn. A report by Mr. T. F. Hunt on the Moisture of Soils, and its Relations to Drainage and Crops is transmitted. It seems to me of especial value at present, showing, as it does, the moisture in eighty samples of soil from different portions of the state, and under different conditions. Respectfully submitted, G. E. MORROW, Professor of Agriculture. Reports from Professors Burrill and Forbes are also presented. All of which is respectfully submitted. S. H. PEABODY, Regent University of Illinois, u. i.—a
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