Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1896 [PAGE 327]

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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S .

Table S Jto wing

Experiments—Concluded.

Class and title of experiment.

102! 114 126 127

Tree Culture—Concluded. Trees, protection from mice, rabbits and i n s e c t s . . . . 1889 Apple trees, m e t h o d s of propagation by whole and - piece roots 1890 U n i v e r s i t y experiment orchard j Orchard, soil cultivation and m a n a g e m e n t of youngj 1887-£ trees j 1891 Investigation of pear blight I 174

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Vine Culture— Grapes, t e s t i n g new varieties Grapes, methods of t r a i n i n g . . Grapes, soil t r e a t m e n t Small Fruit Culture. Blackberries, t e s t i n g varieties R a s p b e r r i e s , t e s t i n g varieties Strawberries, t e s t i n g varieties Strawberries, method of m a n a g e m e n t R a s p b e r r i e s , soil m a n a g e m e n t

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1887-8J 1890 1892-3

48 49 108 109 141 153 154 55j 51'

Gardening— Beans, t e s t i n g varieties Sweet corn, t e s t i n g varieties ..' Potatoes, investigation of their diseases Tomatoes, investigation of rot in Potatoes, t e s t of varieties Potatoes, u s e of commercial fertilizers u p o n . . . Corn, u s e of commercial fertilizers upon Tree and Vine Culture— Fungicides, use of Insecticides, use of

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[Miscellaneous— 73 Record of soil t e m p e r a t u r e s '' 1888-9 76 Meteorological record from A u g u s t 17, 1888 j *' 92. Canada thistle, extermination of ! 93! F r u i t s , production of new varieties from seeds j " 107i Woods, t e s t i n g durability of 1 1889 1887-8! 105! Investigation of a bacterial disease of corn 120! Cross fertilization of plants, t e s t i n g effects of r 1890-1 129! Investigation of red r u s t in blackberries and rasp-i ! berries ; 158; Chinch b u g s , investigation of their contagious dis-i ; eases I 1894 159! Study of t h e life history and method of t r e a t m e n t of s m u t in broom corn. j 160! S t u d y of economic parasitic fungi of Illinois 161: S t u d y of histological s t r u c t u r e of corn 162 Study of t h e weeds of Illinois ...,. THOMAS J. BURRILL,

President of Board of Direction.