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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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priating funds for experimentation in agricultural lines touching the classes of experiments to be entered upon as provided in said bill, and advise that the several recommendations be approved by the Board. President A. S. Draper: DEAR SIR—The following recommendations are the result of a most careful and harmonious conference between the Director and other Station workers upon the one hand and the various committees mentioned in "Bill 315" upon the other and, with estimate for appropriations, they are respectfully presented for consideration of the Board of Trustees.

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS PROPOSED.

A. Under the "Live Stock Section." 1. That the committee appointed by the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association under the provisions of "Bill 315" be known as the University Live Stock Advisory Committee. 2. That for the present a minimum amount should go into buildings and every available dollar be used for experiments. 3. That at present experiments in cattle feeding at the University should be so far as possible in car load lots, fed in yards with cheap but substantial shelter sheds, in order to approximate the conditions of the actual feeder. 4. That the questions most useful to try to settle at present are: (a) Eelative of different foods, especially those that are grown upon the farms, as clover compared with timothy hay. (b) The use of gluten meal with corn, (c) The relation between the amount of feed and economy of gain, (d) The influence of age upon the quantity and quality of gain. These cannot all be conducted at once at the University, but information should be sought along these lines. 5. That efforts be made to cooperate somewhat extensively with leading feeders by inducing them to undertake each a single experiment under such surroundings as he may have; the University to plan the experiment and assist in taking records. 6. That these should be combined steer and pig feeding experiments and that something should be done in a small way with questions of horse and sheep feeding. 7. That systematic efforts be made to collect reliable information as to methods of feeding in actual use in localities and countries that compete with Illinois in the world's markets. 8. That somewhat later a small herd of "scrub' 7 cows and their calves be purchased—such as are in common use for the purpose—the calves fed off against an equal number of the best pure bred calves. That the cows be bred to a pure bred sire and the half blood steers be fed off, again in comparison with pure bred ones. That the £rade heifers be bred to pure bred sires, their male progeny fed off and the females kept for further "grading up "—all to ascertain the exact comparative value of the scrub, the grade, and the pure bred, and the number of generations before the grade will approximate the pure bred animal. 9. That the returns of the earlier feeding experiments be utilized to erect a plain but suitable barn for more exact feeding experiments. 10. That typical specimens representing standard classes and breeds of live stock be secured, some by purchase and others by loan, and maintained in good condition for class work. J5. Under the ' * Corn Section'': 1. That experiments be conducted both at the University and in cooperation with corn growers in different sections of the State.