Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910 [PAGE 204]

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

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be and hereby is appropriated the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the disposition of the funds' from time to time to carry out the intent of this Act shall be along lines agreed upon by the dean of the College of Agriculture and an advisory committee consisting of the presidents of the following State agricultural organizations, to-wit: The Illinois Farmers' Institute, the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association, the Illinois State Horticultural Society, the Illinois Corn- Growers' Association, the Illinois State Dairymen's Association, and the Illinois State Florists' Association. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to conduct investigations calculated to develop the beef, pork, mutton, wool and horse producing interests of the State, and especially to devise and conduct feeding experiments intended to determine the most successful combination of stock foods, particularly in Illinois grains and forage crops, and to discover the most economical and successful methods of maintaining animals and fitting them for the market; to investigate live stock conditions, both at home and abroad, in so -far as they affect market values, and to publish the results of such experiments and investigations. That to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to conduct experiments in the several sections of the State, in order to discover the best methods of producing corn, wheat, oats, clover and other farm crops on the different soils and. under the various climatic conditions of the State, and for the purpose of improving the varieties grown for special purposes; and that to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed as follows: Two by the Illinois Corn Growers' Association, one by the Illinois Seed Corn Breeders' Association, and one by the Illinois Grain Dealers' Association, and one by the Farmers' Grain Dealers' Association. SEC. 4. That, it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to make chemical and physical examination of the various soils of the State, in order to identify the several types and determine their character; to make and publish an accurate survey with colored maps, in order to establish the location, extent and boundaries of each; to ascertain by direct experiment in laboratory and field what crops and treatment are best suited to each; whether the present methods are tending to best results and whether to the preservation or reduction of fertility, and what rotations and treatment will be most effective in increasing and retaining the productive capacity of Illinois lands;" and that, to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work Outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois Farmers' Institute. SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment. Station to discover and demonstrate the best methods of orchard treatment, the culture and marketing of fruits and vegetables, and the most effective remedies for insect and fungous enemies to fruits and vegetables; to make a systematic study of plant breeding, and to develop by means of crossing and selection new and improved varieties of fruits and vegetables, and that to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is,