Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1896
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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OP TRUSTEES. 167 P A P E R D — S T A T E M E N T OF A P P R O P R I A T I O N S , E X P E N D I T U R E S AND B A L A N C E S , Q U A R T E R E N D I N G S E P T E M B E R 30, 1895. Appropriated. Board expense Books and publications Botanical a p p a r a t u s , Building's and repairs , Bulletins Chemical a p p a r a t u s and supplies F u e l and lights Incidentals P r i n t i n g , stationery, and postage Salaries Seeds and trees Tools and supplies Wood durability experiment Wages Total $40 00 50 00 60 00 25 00 150 00 275 60 95 25 1,660 25 150 50 1,250 00 00 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 Expended. Balances. $40 50 18 18 150 72 48 25 25 553 25 145 50 678 00 00 20 f 00 00 49 15 00 00 35 00 00 00 59 $41 80 7 00 202 51 11 85 70 65 1,106 65 5*66 "*57i'4i $2,01687 $3,915 65 .,898 78 PAPER E—ESTIMATES. Quarter F r o m farm fund— Tools and supplies. Quarter ending September 30, 1895. $250 00 ending December 31, 1895, $40 00 225 00 25 00 25 00 300 00 50 00 100 00 25 00 25 00 1,660 00 25 00 200 00 50 00 1,000 00 $3,750 00 F r o m general fund— Board expense Books and publications Botanical a p p a r a t u s Buildings and repairs Bulletins Chemical a p p a r a t u s F u e l and lights Incidentals P r i n t i n g , stationery, and postage Salaries Seeds and t r e e s Tools and supplies Wood durability experiment Wages Total. .... F r o m farm fund— Dairy fittings Selection of land in s o u t h e r n Illinois Tools and supplies Wages Total $200 00 50 00 175 00 300 00 $725 00 The Board of Direction asks that the Trustees appropriate Experiment Station funds to meet these estimates. The Board also reports that it has adopted the following resolutions with regard to experiments with Indian corn: Besolved, That the Station staff of the Illinois Experiment Station recognizes in Indian corn the most valuable food crop of temperate regions; and. inasmuch as the State of Illinois is in the center of the great corn region or the world, it is further
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