Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894
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110 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. P A P E R D—ESTIMATES, Q U A R T E R E N D I N G S E P T E M B E R 30, 1893. Buildings and repairs Board expenses Books and publications Botanical apparatus Bulletins Chemical apparatus , F u e l and l i g h t s F u r n i i u r e a n d fittings Incidentals Printing, stationeiy, and postage.. Salaries Seeds a n d t r e e s , Tools and supplies Wages and teams Sundry— Clover and wheat experiments Dairying experiments C o l u m b i a n E x p o s i t i o n w o r k — ,. Total $•25 0O 40 0050 00200 170 60 15 25 25 1.950 10 25 1,150 60 oo 00 00 0G 00 00 00 0G 00 00 00 60 00 50 0ft 50 0G $3,965 0G The board of direction asks t h a t the trustees appropriate funds according to estimates in Paper D for the use of the Station. The board of direction asks that its president and secretary have authority to use, for such purposes as may best subserve the interests of the Station, any unexpended balances of the station funds appropriated for this fiscal year. . The board of direction asks authority to undertake the following new work: 1. Investigations upon rhizobia, or the root tubercles of leguminous plants, with a view of securing their growth upon the roots of grain plants. These organisms assist clover and other similar plants to utilize t h e nitrogen of the air; it is hoped t h a t some artificial means may cause similar results with grasses and cereals. I t is desired to employ upon this work for two months Mr. Albert Schneider, of Minneapolis, paying him for his services $75 a month. 2. To try methods of protecting wheat from freezing and ice. 3. To experiment with crimson clover in northern and southern Illinois. 4. To experiment with the cow pea and red clover in southern Illinois. 5. To investigate at the Station the value of forage plants other t h a n grasses and clovers. The board finds t h a t a part of the land it is using needs more draining, and asks t h a t the University join the Station in this matter. The Station proposes to limit its half of the expenditure to $100. The board of direction has raised the salary of Mr. Clinton from $850 to $1,000 per annum for t h e rest of this year ending March 31, 1894; alsa of Mr. Gardner from $900 to $1,000 per annum for the same term. Ast h e University pays a part of the salary of each of these men, the board of trustees is asked to confirm this action. Eespectfully submitted, G. E. MORROW, President of the Board of Direction. INSPECTION OF MILITARY D E P A R T M E N T . The annual inspection of t h e military department was recently made and the report of t h e inspector is herewith submitted. I t shows t h a t commendable progress has been made during the last year. E s p e c i a l a t -
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