Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 245]

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June 11, 1889.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

1. An experiment to test the vitality of blue grass, red top, and timothy seeds. 2. An experiment to test the value of ''second cropping," by planting t h e experimental wheat plats, after the wheat has been harvested, part with corn and part with millet. 3. An experiment to determine the effect upon the corn of sowing rye in it at the last ordinary plowing, and at a later special seeding. -L An experiment to determine the best method of eradicating the Canada thistle, the experiment to be tried at Mattoon. 5. An investigation of the "slobbers" in horses. 6. A limited series of digestion experiments with poultry. September 10, 1889. 1. To test effect of fertilizers upon wheat. Experiment to be tried a t several places in Southern Illinois. 2. An experiment to test the vitality of seeds. 3. An experiment to test the durability of woods. 4. An experiment to test the deterioration of varieties of fruits and vegetables. December 10, 1889. 1. To investigate a disease of cattle now prevalent in this vicinity and elsewhere in the state among cattle which have been turned into the cornfields. 2. To take*up some experimental work with cucurbitaceous plants except melons. March 11, 1890. 1. Cost of production of pumpkins. These will be raised with a view to using them for feeding purposes. 2. The protection of trees from borers, mice, rabbits, and other animate. 3. The protection of trees from climatic injuries. June 10, 1890. 1. To determine the feeding value of broom-corn seed. 2. To determine the feeding value of apple pomace.

E X P E R I M E N T S CONTINUED AND U N D E R T A K E N .

The following table gives the number and title of each experiment t h a t has been in hand during the two years; and in the first column to t h e right of each title is given the year when the experiment was begun; in the second those which have been completed within the year are marked with a cross (x); in the third, the experiments in progress are marked the same way; and in the last column is stated in which bulletin, or bulletins, i report upon the experiment may be found, if any has been published.