Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 131]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

For the current quarter, to make up a deficiency in the dairying experiments, an appropriation is asked of $30. Paper F is a record of experiments undertaken by the Station for the year ending March 11, 1890.

TABLE SHOWING EXPERIMENTS IN HAND DURING YEAR.

OJass and title of experiment.

Field Experiments— Corn, testing varieties Corn, testing varieties for ensilage Corn, time of planting Corn, depth of planting Corn, thickness of planting Corn, frequency of cultivation, Corn, depth of cultivation Corn, effect of root-pruning Corn, effect of fertilizers Oats, quantity of seed per acre Oats, compact or loose seed-bed Oats, time of sowing Oats, depth of sowing Grasses, comparison of varieties Clovers, comparison of varieties Grasses and clovers sown with or without grain Grasses, field tests of varieties r Clovers, field tests of varieties Grasses and clovers, field tests of mixtures Weeds, number and kinds on given areas Rotation, University experiments continued Fertilizers, comparison of.. Grasses and clovers, effect of ripeness on yield and chemical qualities Wheat, effect of time and manner of harvesting, Corn, root growth Wheat, effect of fertilizers Wheat, methods of soil preparation Wheat, large or small seed Wheat, quantity of seed per acre Wheat, time of sowing Wheat, depth of sowing Wheat, its relation to chess Wheat, its protection from chinch bugs; effect of fertilizers upon. [Experiment at Flora, Odin and Farina], Corn fodder, effect of ripeness Oats, testing varieties Oats, effect of sowing spring wheat with Fertilizers, effect on grass lands Beets, testing varieties Corn, cross fertilization of Corn, rate of growth Corn, effect of sowing rye in Feeding Experiments— Feeding cattle of different breeds Cost of production of young steers Cost of production of young colts Cost of production of young calves . + Record of milk product [milk measured in experiment No. 29] Pigs, comparison between corn, grass and corn, and grass in feeding |+ Value of offal fed to pigs Feeding ensilage to colts Comparison of corn meal, and of corn meal and wheat meal fed to pigs Pigs, comparative value of soaked and dry corn in feeding 87 991 Heifers, comparative value of ensilage and corn fodder in feeding. 100 Pigs, comparative value of corn and beets, and corn in feeding.. Tree Vulture— Orchard, soil cultivation and management. 31 Orchard, soil fertilization 32 Apples, testing new varieties by planting 33 34 Apples, testing new varieties by top-grafting 35 Apples, testing hardiness of root-grafted and double-worked trees.