Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1912 [PAGE 186]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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mals 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 ($25,000.00) annually for the years 1911 and 1912: Provided, that the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in planning and conducting the work undertaken and outlined«in this section, shall be assisted by an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association.' SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to conduct experiments-in 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 ($15,000.00) annually for the years 1911 and 1912: . Provided, that the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in planning and conducting the work undertaken and outlined in this sect'ion, shall be assisted by 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. 6. 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-five thousand dollars ($65,000.00) annually for the years 1911 and 1912: Provided, that the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in planning and conducting the work undertaken and outlined in this section, shall be assisted by an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois Farmers' Institute. SEC. 7. 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, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) annually for the years 1911 and 1912: Provided, that the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in planning and conducting the work undertaken and outlined in this section, shall be assisted by an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois State Horticultural Society. SEC, 8. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to investigate the dairy conditions of the State; to discover and demonstrate improved methods of .producing and marketing wholesale milk and other dairy products, and to promote the dairy interests; of the State by such field assistance in the dairy sections upon farms and in the creameries and factories as shall tend to better methods and more uniform products; and that to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) annually for the years 1911 and 1912: Provided, that the* director of the Agricultural Experi-