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1945] Grants i. Swift (a) For Agricultural

$15,000.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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for Cooperative Investigations and Other Research Projects and Company, Chicago, three g r a n t s : a study of the nutritive requirements of young dairy calves by the Experiment Station (this study to cover a period of three y e a r s ) ,

(b) F o r studies relating to "Chemical Composition of Forage Crops (Cereals, other Grasses and possibly Legumes) as Influenced by Environmental Factors," under the supervision of the University Research Board (this study to cover a period of five y e a r s ) , $22,500. (c) F o r research by graduate students in Plant Physiology in the Department of Botany, $1,800 ($600 to augment work in progress during 1044 and $1,200 for continuation of the research during the academic year, 1944-1945). 2. Aeration Processes, Incorporated, Columbus, Ohio, $3,000 for continuation of a study of certain problems of ice cream manufacture by the Agricultural Experiment Station during the period September 1, 1944, through August 31, 19453. Rohm & H a a s Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $5,000 for investigation of chemical materials with reference to their uses in dust, spray, dip, smear, and other formulations for the control of ectoparasites and insects attacking livestock and poultry, by the Illinois State Natural History Survey and the Agricultural Experiment Station, for the period October 1, 1944, through September 30, 1045. 4. A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, Illinois, $1,200 for continuation of a study of amino acids and vitamin requirements in swine nutrition by the Agricultural Experiment Station, for the period October 1, 1944, through September 30, 1945. 5. American Zinc Institute, Chicago, Illinois, $250 for a study of farm building repair needs by the Agricultural Experiment Station, for the period July 1 through December 31, 1944. 6. Grants for research on allergy antigens (research program of Dr. B. Z. Rappaport, Assistant Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, and Dr. William H . Welker, Head of the Department of Biological Chemistry, College of Medicine) from: Mr. M. C. Birnkrant, $3,000; Asthmatic Children's Aid, $1,800; Messrs. A. D. Hornstein, $500, William Meyer, $300, and Philip S. Bloom, $500; Mr. William B. Semco, of the Mayo-Reese Company, Chicago,

$500.

7. American Foundation for Tropical Medicine, Incorporated, New Y o r k City, $2,200 for research in tropical medicine by Dr. Carroll L. Birch, Associate Professor of Medicine. 8. Cerophyl Laboratories, Incorporated, Kansas City, Missouri, $1,050 additional for research work by graduate students in Plant Physiology in the Department of Botany (continuation of previous grants for the same purpose). 9. Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois, $1,000 for research in the Department of Physiology on the use of antispasmodics. 10. Thompson Hybrid Corn Company, Belmond, Iowa, $1,000 for research in c o m breeding by the Department of Agronomy. 11. American D r y Milk Institute, Chicago, $600 for research by the Agricultural Experiment Station on protein requirements for growing and fattening pigs, for one year from September 1, 1944 (continuation of previous grants). 12. Honegger Brothers (Feed Mills, Poultry Farms, and H a t c h e r i e s ) , Forrest, Illinois, $1,200 for work in swine nutrition by the Agricultural E x periment Station (in addition to $300 reported April 29, 1943). 13. United Engineering Trustees, Incorporated, $375 for electric welding research by the Department of Electrical Engineering. 14. George Davis Bivin Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, $300 for graduate student research in the Department of Psychology in mental hygiene of childhood. 15. Research Laboratories, S.M.A. Corporation, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, $160 for graduate student research in Chemistry.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, the action of the President of the University in accepting these gifts was approved and confirmed.