Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1906 [PAGE 136]

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UNIVEESITY OF ILLINOIS.

[June 23

10. Exhaustive investigation of the relative efficiency of dairy cows, showing that some individuals are able to make three times as much as others from the same amount of the same kind of feed. 11. Working out methods for the production and handling of sanitary milk and stimulating a movement for better dairy methods generally. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Since January 1st the station has issued seven bulletins and six circulars, as follows: Bulletin No. 95. The More Important Insect injuries to Indian Corn. 72 pages. Bulletin No. 96. The Testing of Corn for Seed. 20 pages. Bulletin No. 97. Market Classes and Grades of Swine. 48 pages. Bulletin No. 98. The Curculio and the Apple. 96 pages. . Bulletin No. 99. Soil Treatment for the Lower Illinois Glaciation. 40 pages." Buletin No. 100. Directions for the Breeding of Corn, including Methods for the Prevention of In-Breeding. 30 pages. Bulletin No. 101. Crops for' the Silo, Cost of Filling, and Effect of Silage on the Flavor of Milk. 28 pages. Circular No. 82. The Physical Improvement of Soils. 24 pages. Circular No. 83. The Swine Industry from the Market Standpoint. 8 pages. Circular No. 84. Records of Dairy Herds. 40 pages. Circular No. S6. Science and Sense in the Inoculation of Legumes. 8 pages. Circular No. 87. Factors in Crop Production with Special Reference to Permanent Agriculture in Illinois. 32 pages. Circular No. 88. Present Methods of Beef Production. 8 pages. These bulletins aggregate 334 pages and have been issued in editions of 35,000 each. The circulars running to 120 pages, are issued in smaller editions and circulated only within the State. BUILDINGS. By the original understanding we are to provide at least one permanent building a year out of section 1 ($50,000) of the "Association Bill," until the agricultural interests are fully and comfortably housed. Three buildings have been erected out of the last biennial appropriation and the time has now come for deciding what will next serve the agricultural interests of the University to the best advantage. DIRECTOR'S RESIDENCE. In this connection existing circumstances callfor a word concerning the subject of an official residence representing agricultural interests. It will be remembered that at one time I offered to donate an especially valuable site for the purpose, if the University would, as most similar institutions have done, erect a suitable residence for the Director of the Experiment Station and maintain it rent free in consideration of the natural demands upon a position so intimately connected with large masses of people. The proposition was not accepted on the ground that no funds had been especially appropriated for this purpose. Considerable disappointment at the outcome has been expressed by many leading farmers and this is the occasion for alluding to the matter again. The history and facts of the case are as follows: The original policy of the University in this regard was the same as that of other institutions; but it was changed a number of years ago when rent was charged for the occupancy of the farm house. I lived in this house almost ten years. However suitable it may once have been, it would certainly not be regarded as representative of Illinois' agriculture today. It was no longer even comfortable and, paying rent, I felt free to move; and therefore decided to build a home containing some of the modern comforts of life.