Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 636]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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necessary and to which in their judgment the University should agree in the establishment of such a laboratory. Accordingly an agreement has been entered into with the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture for the establishment of this laboratory.

This report was received for record.

AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS

(30) A report that the following agreements have been authorized by the President: With the Vaughan's Seed Store, Incorporated, Chicago, and the Sioux City Seed Company, Sioux City, Iowa, for the purpose of further propagation and distribution of the Illinois Baltimore tomato, and with the Associated Seed Growers, Incorporated, New Haven, Connecticut, for further propagation and distribution of the baby potato lima bean. These agreements are drawn for the period from April 1, 1936, to January I, 1938, and are in the same form as those executed with the same companies last year and approved by the Board of Trustees on May 6, 1935 (Minutes, page 184). The investigations will be carried on in the Department of Horticulture of the Agricultural Experiment Station. On motion of M r . Barrett, the action of the President was confirmed.

AGREEMENT WITH TOBACCO BY-PRODUCTS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION FOR COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATION OF INSECTICIDES

(31) A recommendation from the Dean of the College of Agriculture for the approval of an agreement with the Tobacco By-Products and Chemical Corporation for a cooperative investigation of certain nicotine combinations as insecticides, the investigation to be carried out by the University through its Agricultural Experiment Station and the State Natural History Survey Division. The agreement is drawn for a period of one year beginning April 1, 1936, with provisions for its extension, and the corporation agrees to pay the sum of $1,000 ($500 on the execution of the agreement and $500 on August 1, 1936) to cover the expense of the investigation. The agreement conforms in all respects to the regulations and requirements of the Board relating to such cooperative investigations. On motion of Mr. Barrett, the execution of this agreement was authorized.

AGREEMENT WITH ALUMINUM RESEARCH LABORATORIES, ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, FOR INVESTIGATION OF ONE OF ITS COMMERCIAL INSECTICIDES

(32) A recommendation from the Dean of the College of Agriculture for the approval of an agreement with the Aluminum Research Laboratories, Aluminum Company of America, for a special industrial investigation of the effects of one of its commercial insecticides ("Alorco" synthetic cryolite) on various insect pests of fruit trees, specifically the codling moth and the curculio, to be conducted by the Agricultural Experiment Station and the State Natural History Survey Division. The agreement is not drawn for any definite period but becomes effective upon its execution. The Company agrees to pay the sum of $400 and to provide without cost the necessary special materials for this investigation. The agreement conforms in all essential respects to the conditions and regulations of the Board governing such investigations. On motion of M r s . Freeman, the execution of this agreement was authorized. At this point, Mr. Williams withdrew.