Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1908 [PAGE 521]

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1908]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOA ED OF TRUSTEES.

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From State Station Fiends— Investigations in Animal Husbandry Investigations in Dairy Husbandry .' Investigations in Orchards Investigations in Soils Investigations in F a r m crops Investigations in Floriculture and completion of g r e e n h o u s e . . . F r o m Hatch F u n d as follows: D e p a r t m e n t of A g r o n o m y Department Animal Husbandry Department Dairy Husbandry D e p a r t m e n t Horticulture ' D e p a r t m e n t Botany Office From Adams F u n d : E x p e r i m e n t s in I n b r e e d i n g Nutrition E x p e r i m e n t The following funds are available to meet the above estimates— College F u n d s : U. S. F u n d s , interest on e n d o w m e n t , approximately U. S. F u n d s , one-half second Morrill bill U. S. Funds, one-half Nelson a m e n d m e n t F r o m State F u n d s , general purposes F r o m State F u n d s , teachers a n d institutes F r o m State F u n d s , drainage, fences, a n d repairs

$25,000 00 15,000 00 15,000 00 25,000 00 15,000 00 7,500 00 $1,750 00 1,750 00 1,750 00 1,750 00 ' 3,500 00 4,500 00 $2,000 00 2,800 00 4,000 00 2,200 00

$16,000 00 12,500 00 5,000 00 50,000 00 6,000 00 5,000 00 10,000 00 $104,500 00

Station F u n d s : * U . S. F u n d s , Hatch bill U . S . F u n d s , Adams bill State F u n d s , for live stock experiments State F u n d s , crop experiments State F u n d s , soil experiments State F u n d s , dairy experiments State F u n d s , orchard e x p e r i m e n t s State F u n d s , floriculture experiments

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$15,000 00 11,000 00 25,000 00 15,000 00 25,000 00 15,000 00 15,000 00 7,500 00

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$128,500 00

Appropriations made on motion of Mr. Lehman.

R E C E I P T S FROM E X P E N D I T U R E S . b. H e f u r t h e r r e c o m m e n d s t h a t a l l r e c e i p t s a r i s i n g from t h e e x p e n d i t u r e of t h e s e f u n d s b e h e r e b y a p p r o p r i a t e d for t h e s a m e p u r p o s e s a s t h e o r i g i n a l amount.

Voted on motion of Mr. Hatch that receipts be assigned to the den partment producing them for reappropriation by the board from time to time. On motion of Mr. Lehman, $4,000.00 of the receipts from the dairy experiments was appropriated for carrying on the dairy milk route for the quarter ending September 30, 1908.

TUBERCULOSIS IN DAIRY HERDS. 6. A c o m m u n i c a t i o n from t h e D e a n of t h e College of A g r i c u l t u r e a n d t h e h e a d of t h e d a i r y d e p a r t m e n t i n t h e m a t t e r of t u b e r c u l o s i s i n t h e d a i r y h e r d . U N I V E R S I T Y O F I L L I N O I S , J u n e 8, 1908. Edmund J. James, L. L. D., President of the University of Illinois: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I a m t r a n s m i t t i n g a l e t t e r from P r o f e s s o r F r a s e r making certain recommendations concerning tuberculosis.