, 1880-01-31
To secure this fund for this purpose before It
Is turned. Into otllcr cliRnllois that will not
benellt tho entire population as will good
roads. Respectfully yours,
ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY AGRl-
CULTURAL INSTITUTE,

1;mcsdnv afternonn. inn. FL viii, n lnrro nj. NJ
ien.1a;,ce ] s esnecio,Iy notabl" NJ % retrcsr,itnr
almost all purts OF ,tl,o Statc, Including many
prominent a8ricutturtsts.
The first lecture was by Prot, I, O. Baker,
rrofusaor Of Civil Engineering. o,, "Euai.
ncertng IN farnl-DralnaEc'" with number
OF pieces Of apparatus the lecturer explained
how farsnur could make and uso simple,
cheap, and accurate lcycllne Instrument,
Tue s9mp'ste M u INSTRUMENT IT. !, w1s exhibited
Paper @ ny u. W. D Giesclai,u, OF Chicaso.
OH "Ilo Injurious Effects Of Southwest
Wiuils," gavo numerous illustrations Of tho
, nad effects Of these winds on vegetation, y, ,ul
.iso ae'loF"l u snese eisesS ~, W !a!Be eoa.cs
OF wafer, Or forests 10 tlle solthwese, anu
urged tie Planting of tho latter.
Tho electurc for Tuesday evening was de-
~, M;,,,,at ~ tr..,s.a,,,. ra' @
U"tsethlty. oa Wn"t u'e UNIVERSITY ca'
Do 1or Agriculture" l1e sAit1 1t was only NIL
attempt to giye fresh force by new state.
Man If ,,,a G1n,varstv oa j. sons o,,,aa,.oI IL,
NV, y. n.o ro Ssos''s ~ ~ Was susss" -, ~
me IN" OF congress- 70 meet mus !aw III I'LL
lis polmts, ao Trustees ;, sye ', orga,ze four
or ,lrtu,rtmrnts. In thcsc. MI tho hrnnel,os
nj irnrnimr mr., tn,arlIf-Nbnth tho viii nr.
ruy OF yGtriicrs 1ruiuted to Nrricnittlre
antd tile Sfeel,anic Arts,''- grest in. n
| tic world,-And tiiose Other classic e1nl
cycludr, bit. frull, tlle yery o,,tsnt. In
Trnstces saw | tl,c @ ll,agnIcens mportal,ce ti Of Of
| ,,,nipri,y If lin prnnje of nur Militia n,,,i
snlisht io niv,, lin h.rtcuiiurni cHii"trs, III" iia
lue prominence II, tho Stutc Uniyerstty.
Agricuitiiral education lnecis ' tive obstgciss
encctl iustruct0rs: mid ssso,,,I, t1,t, ni{ffr-
rnce ri fnr,,nrs III t1,nsH H. III iMttnr IL ia
more difficult to ovcrconie, it seems hnW
to cof,yiicc agrjculturlsis tint q sprcint
to tjle yo,ine M "a fnrnIar or t1af tf secs .ln can
1,clm tto farti1cr II, ltfs ,ynrk. At Itsnsf thav
beifcyo tint scientific farming vii, ,1ry,,r ,",y
rs ionr M IanI il M plnntv hid iabnr 81 t1rnf! 1!
mecessariEy extensive far1ninEs insteatl If of
a;m tv in,,,f,1o,,t farn,nr ,,a.f s,ei II
hUw na1.y sccnccs are I,yolyetl n bf o1er.
ations OF Agriculture, aiiirnlins that no Iu emi-
iii lie nowers Of Sat,,rn' nr invoivctI sm x%iiis
n ra,lga ri sctrntiiic nri,,rt1,1es 4 stnfn,nrnt
Of whit the Anrirrltur1I ljrunrttnnmt is ;.,Y.s
! parci 10 tencl wflt best exninin law fnr wn
ay Ieip ulso 9 to ovsren,nn yI t, '' sarn av hv
si!owing t},e value Of this ctl,lcat]of, 10 XRrf-
| r,fturn md 10 aGrlr,,itmr,sta sri,n iootsS,ur
tlIen exnlNnel @ W thn imstrction rven gSsoS ~ tSc
| several Professors md fnEtruEt0rS. iii thH
structure AMI nnn arn,rnt NJ snis. 1}rnft,n re
md fertilizatfom NJ si,nwu IL. ciIa,,istsv
mid bv "yncrlc,,ce. w the not,trn ''1u1 n,1
Cultivation Of vnriu,,s cro1s: thn hroc,1tn~ n.u
frmfirw. cnrr an,i e,tr. nf III, ,Jn1nnsfic n.43
mais: 1l,e prfnciples al vrrctahi.' jife. 1ns mr.,
tic entiro economy Of crops of Tia W vnr;nI,s s
sorts. The tnstr,1Stinu nivrn irrn In Tntnr1'
nury scIenet~-i1 the sjiseasss ond rnrn ~ our
domestic anInals-li.uy save C orr s iariners ri s
Af tia Weinrstinvs scssinn M ~ ia inui;.
tute. Dr. i'reatice. Profcssor nf r. V"tcrin9ry & 1t
SeIei,cc' rnves wIti, tha iii nf ,moteis a % Nth
tcscrint}en nf ti'e font NJ Tia hn,s.. IA .iis.
enses ia whfrh II ie s,,htnnt mnt1,n;',s @ ~ ,no.
tinr,Ifsj,nt. them. mi thrir 1roat,ncnf VI o'''
H' e. Morrnw'' T Trafcssor " n Aeric,lt,rc
rnvo II ipctIrf ar, !" Iin,,rnyn.l StnrtE nd ftnsS
to Get ifMrrnp tIat IN h hrs1] M nm fnm,lv ny
animals could eja{1n tifs titl. cxcrnt fnr su. II.
nnrior i,,ert ia ,ontsl nut ifa raanna ou ~ ~
tha M spsrority If % ,reGrtl az stnc l nSsl iss 1v
fr,tnd tia ,,rnssStv fnr ronI com ,.' .,l.n nnn1
feasi,,n M and nnn1 t,Isoiiimr in s''0' e"te' eooo
TresI1Ient @ + X sr",t ~ tho stota no,ra ~
Aercnltrr. in II yerv fnrcii,ie n,i,Ircsa ,,rno,i
the fn,nrinnca ~ mira nIt",,tnn IL, T. r,I,
tn nwrcltMraI cmrnt,o. tte vnis II .",fie a. III
TIntvsrsitv IL thts ,vor IL, 'u ,n s'ue ~ ,,, ~ H9
fi,a nrtn"j',,ns ~ rr,nsitMro @ to,',t r. ~ IL.