Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 132]

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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD O F TRUSTEES. v

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Class and title of experiment.

Tree Culture— Pears, testing new varieties Plums, testing new varieties Cherries, testing new varieties Forest trees, growing of Trees, use of insecticides on Testing time and methods of transplanting trees Testing and improving native fruits Testing the effects of stock and cion upon each other Peach trees, winter protection of Vine Culture— Grapes, testing new varieties Grapes, methods of training Grapes, soil treatment Small Fruit Culture— Blackberries, testing varieties Raspberries, testing varieties Strawberries, testing varieties Strawberries, method of management Strawberries, raising seedlings Raspberries, soil management GardeningBeans, testing varieties Sweet corn, testing varieties Potatoes, investigation of scab Tree and Vine Culture— Fungicides, use of Miscellaneous— Record of soil temperatures Soil moisture, evaporation of water from the surface of water, of un cultivated soil, of cultivated soil, of a corn plant, and of grass Meteorological record from August 17, 1888 Biology of ensilage Canada thistles, extermination of. [At Mattoon] Fruits, production of new varieties from seeds Vitality of timothy, bluegrass, and red-top seeds t* sted Horses, investigation of "slobbers" in Vitality of seeds tested Cattle, investigation of disease sometimes attacking them when turned into stalks

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No. 7

The Board of Direction, on recommendation of its Committees on Field, Feeding, Dairy, and Horticultural Experiments, has directed the continuance of work along the lines pursued during the past year. Some of the experiments in progress are of such character t h a t they will continue for several years; others it is desired to repeat—in some cases with slight modifications; while others will not be carried on further. In addition, authority is asked to undertake the following new experiments, each of which is in the line of work hitherto authorized: 1. Cost of production of pumpkins. These will he raised with a view to using them for feeding purposes. 2. The protection of trees from borers, mice, rabbits, and other animals. 3. The protection of trees from climatic injuries. To carry on this work for the current and the next quarters, appropriations are asked as in paper D. The Board of Direction wishes to use this season the lands already assigned, and asks t h a t they be reassigned. Authority is also asked to get bids for chemical and botanical supplies for the year beginning July 1, 1890, and to order the same on satisfactory bids—the amount for the chemical laboratory being limited to $225.00, and for the botanical laboratory to $50.00.