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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1892
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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 25 stored in the yard at the carpenter shop. I venture the hope t h a t it will not be again needed, and, if the new road is operated as frequently as is proposed, the need for it will hardly be apparent. T H E OLD DORMITORY, a small wooden building near the mechanical shop, once a stable, afterwards a shop, then a dwelling, has been used to rent for students' rooms. I t is much out of repair, and would require considerable outlay to make it reasonably habitable. Believing t h a t it is not worth the expense of refitting, I have asked the Business Agent to ascertain whether, if offered for sale, a reasonable price could be obtained for it. He informs me t h a t he has an offer of $200, cash, for the house and shed, to be immediately removed. I recommend t h a t the offer be accepted, and the house sold. T H E MINNESOTA L A N D S . During the vacation I visited the University lands in Pope county, Minnesota, and made a careful inspection thereof, examining definitely each forty-acre tract. My illness since then has prevented a meeting of the committee to which t h a t subject is referred, and the getting out of a revised price-list, offering the lands, as was ordered at the last meeting of the Board. Several parties are waiting for the lands. Too much is already in occupation, covered with grain, a practice which must be strictly forbidden and prevented. This matter will receive attention at the earliest practicable moment. T H E FARM R E P O R T . I present herewith the quarterly report of the professor of agriculture: U N I V E R S I T Y OF ILLINOIS, September 8, 1890. Dr. S. H. Peabody, Begent, D E A R S I R : The financial operations of the University farms, during the three months ending September 1st, have been as follows: Receipts.. Expenses. $1,017 00 885 61 The receipts may be classified t h u s : Cattle, $295.47 ; hogs, $132.50; oats, $399.73; hay, $45.47; wheat, $18.72; corn, $18.30; pasture, $30.75; labor of teams for Experiment Station, $57.81; miscellaneous, $18.25. The expenses were for following purposes: Labor, $617.61; cattle, $105.57; harness, $44.10; scales and repairs, $50.71: stallion service, $40; miscellaneous, $27.62. We have harvested and threshed about 1,600 bushels of oats, the yield and weight per bushel having been lessened by the hot, dry weather at time of ripening, and have put up about 150 tons of hay in good condition. The dry weather has injured the pasturage, and is causing some inconvenience' on the experiment farm in the water supply. The corn crop promises a satisfactory yield. The live stock is in good health and condition, with few exceptions. Eespectfully submitted, Gr. E. MORROW, Professor of Agriculture, - 3 U. I.
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