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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1896
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76 U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S . PAPER D—ESTIMATES. Quarter F r o m general f u n d Botanical a p p a r a t u s Wood durability experiment Total ending March 31,1895. $10 00 50 00 $60 00 Quarter ending June 30,1895. F r o m general f u n d Board expenses Books and publications Botanical a p p a r a t u s Bulletins Chemical a p p a r a t u s Fuel and lights Incidentals P r i n t i n g , stationery, and postage Salaries Seeds and trees Tools and supplies Wages Wood durability experiment Total F r o m farm f u n d Buildings and repairs Irrigation experiment Total $40 00 50 00 10 00 300 00 50 00 100 00 25 00 25 00 1,960 00 30 00 200 00 1,250 00 50 00 $4,090 00 $400 00' 125 00 $525 00 The Board of Direction asks authority to undertake these two lines of investigation : 1. Soil experiments with field crops. 2. Irrigation experiments. The other work which the Board proposes to carry on is along the lines already authorized. The Board of Direction, until its next meeting, will retain its present staff at salaries now paid. Respectfully submitted, T. J. BURRILL, President Board of Direction, Authority was given the Board of Direction to carry on the new experiments named in its report, and appropriations were made for expenses of the Station, according to the estimates presented. The Secretary reported that E. E. Chester, of Champaign; E. A. Riehl, of Alton, and H. B. Grurler, of DeKalb, were recommended for membership in the Board of Direction of the Experiment Station by the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, the State Horticultural Society, and the State Dairymen's Association, respectively. They were, thereupon, elected members of the Board of Direction. Messrs. Raymond and Morrison, and Professors Burrill, Forbes, and Davenport were also elected members of the Board of Direction. Professor Burrill was made President of the Board of Direction, and Messrs. Raymond and Morrison were appointed members of its Executive Committee.
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