Meeting Minutes, 1868
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Transcript: Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes – 1868
[Begin page 168]
Special Meeting of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture
at the office of the Secretary in Lansing, Tuesday evening,
January 14th, 1868. Present – Messrs Wells, Prutzman,
Hosford, Knapp, Abbot, & the Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
After a general discussion, without special action, the
Board adjourned till tomorrow morning, at half-
past 8 o'clock.
[Reports]
Wednesday morning, Jan. 15th. Board met. The Re-
ports of the Superintendents of the several Departments of the
Agricultural College were read & accepted. it was
[ " ]
Resolved, that so much of the Report of the Superin-
tendent of the Farm as related to the system of [cropping?]
proposed for 1868, be accepted & adopted.
[Experiments]
Resolved, that Dr Kedzie be directed to carry out
the experiments proposed to be made by him for the
current year – the President of the College to designate
the class from which students are to be taken to
perform the labor.
[ " ]
Resolved, that Dr. Miles be directed to carry out
the experiments reported by him.
[New Bdg. Hall]
Resolved, that W.H. Mallory be requested to pre-
pare plans & specifications, conforming generally to
the plans submitted by Mr Rockwell, for a new
College Boarding Hall.
Adjourned to 8 O'clock tomorrow morning.
Thursday, Jan 16th. Board met at the specified
time. Mr Carpenter appeared with the other mem-
bers.
[Corn
Hill or Drill]
Resolved, that the Superintendent of the farm be in-
structed to plant one half the field (No. 6) which he pur-
poses to plant to corn the present year, in hills in the
usual way, & one-half in drills; Keep an account of
the labor of cultivating each division, & [illegible in original] &
report on the yield corn & fodder.
Resolved, that the recommendations of Prof. Prentiss
in regard to operations in the Horticultural Department
[End page 168]
[Begin page 169]
for 1868, be adopted, & that he be directed to cary out the
same as far as practicable with the labor at his disposal.
[Evergreens
Apple Trees]
Resolved, the the Superintendent of the Horticlutlral De-
partment, be instructed to carry out as soon as practicable
the provisions of the resolution passed by the Board
April 16th , 1867, in reference to planting evergreen
trees along the bank between the pear-orchard, vegetable
garden & fruit garden & Cedar river, & also to plant apple
trees as the resolution specifies.
Resolved, that the sum of Four Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasurer into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board.
Resolved, that the President & Secretary of the Board
be authorized on or after the 2 day of March next to
draw the sum of Five Thousand Dollars from the
State Treasurer into the hands of the Treasurer of the Board
[ R ]
[Bills]
Resolved, that the Secretary of the college & the [illegible in original]
[illegible in original], be intended to visit on Statement of all
College bills by the Students of the College, when they be-
come due.
[ R ]
[Winter Board]
Resolved, that no student shall be allowed to board in
the College Hall during the winter vacation to exceed the
first three days after commencement, except by per-
mission of the President, & only on payment of his board
in advance or if he is at work for any department, the
application of his first wages to the payment of his board
[Extra Wages]
Resolved, that no student shall be paid during the
continuance of the term, a higher rate of wages for
extra labor than that passed by the committee on wages
[ R ]
[Advances]
Resolved, that an advance of $20 be required of
each student at the commencement of each term,
as an advance on board; said advance to re-
main with the Secretary until the final settlement
of the student for the year.
[ R ]
[Incidentals]
Resolved, that an advance payment of $3 25/100 [illegible in original]
per half term, be required of each student for
[End page 169]
[Begin page 170]
incidental expenses _ such as the care of buildings, ringing of
the bell, care of library, carrying the mail, wood used
in _ the College Hall, & the like.
[Daniells
Resignation]
Resolved, that the President of the College be authorized
to accept the resignation of Prof. Daniells, should it be
tendered provided Prof. D. will receive no further salary
_ that is, beyond remuneration for services actually rendered.
[Successor]
Resolved, that the President of the College be author
ized to spend the sum of $350. to furnish [illegible in original] in
the Laboratory for the year 1868, in case of the resigna-
tion of Prof. Daniells.
[Expenditures]
Resolved, that the following purchases & expenditures
be authorized by the Board:
A stove for Boarding-Hall by Mr Rockwell.
A horse for the Horticultural Department, by Prof. Prentiss
Two mowing machines for the Farm by Dr Miles.
$100 for drain tiles, by Dr Miles.
$100 to Committee on building new College Hall.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard.
Secretary.
[End page 170]
[Begin page 171]
State Agricultural College, March 26, 1868.
Special meeting of the State Board of Agriculture.
Present. Messrs Wells, Gage, Carpenter, Prutzman, Knapp,
Abbot, & the Secretary.
The records of the last meeting were read & approved, as
modified.
The following resolutions were passed:
[ R ]
[Privies]
Resolved, that the privies of the Boarding Hall (that
near the barn of the Horticultural Department not in
cluded) be removed from the charge [illegible in original] of the
Horticultural Department into that of the Farm.
[ R ]
[Manure]
Resolved, that after the present spring & summer the
rule giving the Horticultural Department 12 loads of man-
ure from the barns of the Farm Department, be rescinded.
[Diploma]
Resolved, that the President of the College be authorized
to have [illegible in original] off 30 copies of the Diploma, on parchment.
[Kedzie
Experiments]
Resolved, that Dr Kedzie have the management the
present year, for the purposes of experimenting of the piece
of clover west of the President's house; & of a sufficient piece
lying north of the old avenue running between Professors'
& President's & west of the line on which the old fence
west of Dr Miles's house lately was situated.
[ " ]
Resolved, that Dr Kedzie is authorized to contract for ex-
tracting the stumps & ploughing the ground assigned to him
for experiments with cultivated crops.
[Stumping]
[Draining]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to stump &
clear fields No 6 & No 8, & to make a tile drain from
No 6 through that portion of No 8 to be cultivated the
present year.
[ " ]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authroized to extend the
open drain passing through fields No 6 & No 8 to the
south line of Field No 10.
[Lawn Plans]
Resolved, that Professor Prentiss be requested to
present to the Board, through the Faculty of the
College, a general plan for the improvement of
the grounds not [illegible in original] property in the Farm Department.
[End page 171]
[Begin page 172]
[Roads]
[IOrchard]
Resolved, that for the present (awaiting the Report called for in the
last resolution) the laying out of the roads from the entrance on
the Plank Road to the various houses, & the planting of the or-
chard southwest of the Boarding Hall, be deferred.
[Painting etc]
Resolved, that Professor Prentiss be authorized to have the
Green-House & the new barn painted, & to complete the barn
by constructing a ventilator & ducts for hay.
[Land Grant]
Resolved, that the Board believe it would be for the in-
terest of the Agricultural College that the lands granted by
the United States Government for the endowment of this In-
stitution should be offered for sale by the Agricultural Land-
Grant Board, at the price of Five Dollars an acre, or more
as the patents can be obtained therefor.
[Big Marsh
Exchange]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to exchange with
Mr Bennett parcels of the large marsh, to wit: N.E. 1/4 of N.W. 1/4
of Sec. 1, Lansing, E. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4 Sec. 36 DeWitt, E. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 and N.W.
1/4 of S.W. 1/4 of Sec. 25 DeWitt, and W. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4. Sec. 26, DeWitt,
for an equal number of acres on Sec. 1, Lansing, Sec. 36, De
Witt and Sec. 30, Bath _ amounting to 320 acres _ the pro-
posed exchange to involve no payment of money to
Mr Bennett, and Mr B. to give the college a clear & [perfect?]
title to said lands.
[Cattle Barn]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to put windows
in the cattle barn to furnish more light to the basement.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
[End page 172]
[Begin page 173]
State Agricultural College, May 27th, 1868.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. Present, Messrs
Wells, Gage, Prutzman, Carpenter, Hosford, Abbot, &
the Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
It was
Resolved, that the sum of Five Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of the College.
[Accounts]
The Committee on Accounts submitted the following
Report, which was accepted & adopted:
The Committee on Accounts have examined accounts,
and vouchers for the following warrants drawn by the
President of the College, and recommend their allowance
by the Board of Agriculture:
No 872 M. Miles, Farm Department - $230.00
873 Geo. F. Fairchild, Library 100.00
875 P.C. Ayres, Farm House. 150.00
876 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 25.00
877 A.F. Allen, Farm. 12.30
878 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 100.00
879 M. Miles , Salary. 100.00
881 Sanford Howard, Expenditures. 50.00
882 " " , Salary. 41.67
883 M. Miles. Farm. 290.96
884 S.O. Knapp, [Plums?] [illegible in original] 100.00
885 A.N. Prentiss, Green-House. 500.00
886 A.F. Allen, Salary. 40.00
888 M. Miles, " 100.00
889 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding-Hall 150.00
890 R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory. 50.00
891 A.F. Allen, Farm House. 52.76
822 R.C. Kedzie, Salary. 250.00
893 Geo. F. Fairchild, Text Books. 100.00
894 Sanford Howard, Salary. 46.69
895 A.F. Allen, " 35.00
896 S.S. Rockwell , Boarding-Hall. 110.00
897 " " " " " 174.59
898 A.N. Prentiss, Horti Department 200.00
899 " " " " " 249.50
900 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding-Hall. 300.00
901 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 100.00
902 R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory. 55.77
[End page 173]
[Begin page 174]
No 903 Geo. F. Fairchild, Books, - $300.00
904 T.C. Abbot, Salary. 894.86
905 " " " , Advertising. 39.25
906 M. Miles, Salary. 175.00
907 R.C. Kedzie " 125.00
908 A.N. Prentiss " 375.00
909 G.F. Fairchild, " 150.00
910 A.J. Cook " 250.00
911 Sanford Howard, " 41.67
912 S.S. Rockwell " 137.50
913 A.F. Allen " 25.00
914 " " " " 17.00
915 W-M. W. Tracy, " 92.48
916 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding Hall. 745.95
917 A.J. Cook, Salary. 80.00
918 Sanford Howard, " 41.67
919 A.F. Allen , Farm House. 50.00
920 " " " " " 181.30
921 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding-Hall. 84.07
923 M. Miles, Salary. 150.00
924 T.C. Abbot, Several Accounts. 29.95
925 A.N. Prentiss, Hort. Dept., 311.63
926 " " " " " 235.31
927 M. Miles, Farm. 392.88
928 A.F. Allen, Farm House 9.34
929 " " " " " 131.78
930 " " " Salary. 59.65
931 " " " Farm House. 45.72
932 " " " " " 81.57
934 T.C. Abbot, Advertising. 25.29
935 R.C. Kedzie, Salary, 100.00
939 Sanford Howard, Expenditures. 23.90
941 A.N. Prentiss, Hort. Dept. 399.32
943 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 375.00
944 M. Miles, " . 225.00
945 R.C. Kedzie " 275.00
946 T.C. Abbot " 230.14
947 R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory. 81.64
We have also examined account & vouchers for the $2000 on
account of Green-House & Barn for the Horticultural De-
partment, drawn last year, & recommend their
approval.
D. Carpenter, chairman.
Mich. Agr. College, May 27, 1868.
[End page 174]
[Begin page 175]
The Committee on Employe's submitted the following
Report:
[Allen – Stowe
Foreman]
Since the last meeting of the Board, Mr Albert F.
Allen has resigned his place as Foreman of the Farm,
& Mr C.C. Stowe has been employed in his place,
with the same duties & same salary ($400 per an.)
as Mr Allen was [having?]. Mr Stowe was foreman of the
Farm in 1865, & is personally known to most of the
Board of Agriculture.
[Asst. Foreman]
Mr G.W. Harrison, who has been employed as assistant
Foreman on the Farm, has tendered his resignation, & we
recommend its acceptance.
Justus Gage,
Chairman.
The Reprot was accepted & adopted.
The committee on building a Green-House & Barn for
the Horticultural Department, submitted the following
statement, which was accepted:
[Green House
&
Garden Barn]
The Green-House & Barn have both been com-
pleted, except painting & some additional shelving in
the Green-House. The Green-House was made according to
a plan approved by the Board.
Cost of Green-House to date _ _ $1662.10
Additional shelving will cost _ 60.00
Painting will cost __ 98.00
Making total cost of the building __ $1820.10
Cost of Barn __ 679.71
Total cost of both __ $2499.81
The bills for Green-House & barn have all been paid,
except for work to be done as above, and vouchers
filed with the President of the college. These
vouchers have been examined & approved by the
Committee of the Board on Accounts.
Prof. Prentiss, under whose charge the work was
one, thinks the cost of the Green-House would
have been 15 or 20 per cent less had it been possible to
commence building [illegible in original] enough to have avoided the
short & cold days & muddy roads of November & December.
H.G. Wells,
Chairman of Committee.
May 27th., 1868.
[End page 175]
[Begin page 176]
[J.L. & S.R.R.]
Resolved, that Judge Wells be authorized to prepare a deed
granting the right of way to the Jackson, Lansing & Sagin-
aw Railroad Company across the marsh lands belonging
to the College.
[Bdg. Hall Roof]
Resolved, that Prest. Abbot & Mr Rockwell, be authorized
to make the repairs absolutely needed upon the roof of
the Boarding Hall.
[Entrance]
Resolved, that the entrance to the College grounds
from the plank road, be changed from its present
position to the one last chosen by Faculty vote.
[Drives]
Resolved, that Prof. Prentiss's plan for entrance
to the College grounds & drives to the College-Hall,
Boarding-Hall, & the Professors houses, be adopted.
[Accts]
The following accounts of members of the Board
were allowed:
A.C. Prutzman __ $29.03
Justus Gage ___ 40.00
D. Carpenter ___ 29.35
O. Hosford ___ 20.00
H.G. Wells ___ 19.00
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
[End page 176]
[Begin page 177]
State Agricultural College, August 26, 1868.
Special Regular meeting of the State Board of Ag-
riculture. Present, Messrs Wells, Gage, Carpenter,
Prutzman, Knapp, Hosford, Abbot, & the Secretary.
President Abbot reported (verbally) that a new roof,
of the same material as the former one, had been put on
the Boarding-Hall, & paid for.
The following resolutions were passed:
Resolved, that the sum of Five Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of this Board.
Resolved, that this Board hold a special meeting at the
office of the President of the College, at 9 o'clock A.M. of
Tuesday, November 10th, next.
Resolved, that this Board hold a special meeting at the
Michigan Exchange, Detroit, at 7 o'clock, P.M. of Wed-
nesday, September 16th, next.
[Dr Miles
Extra Salary]
Resolved, that hereafter Dr Miles be paid $3000 a year
additional to his salary in consideration of his services as
Superintendent of the Farm during the winter vcation of
the College.
[Show at Fairs]
Resolved, that the exhibition of stock or other objects at
the Exhibition of the State Agricultural [illegible in original] & other
exhibitions, be left to the disposal & direction of the
Superintendent of the Farm & the Committee on Farm
Management.
[Dr Miles
Supt. Farm]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be reappointed to the office of
Superintendent of the Farm, resigned by him January
8th, 1867.
[Bulls]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to sell the
Shorthorn bull Fatalist & the Ayrshire bull [Donald?]
[Dhu?].
[End page 177]
[Begin page 178]
[Root Pulper]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authroized to spend a sum
not exceeding $200, to import & set up a Root Pulper for
the College Farm.
[Foreman
&
Herdsman Salaries]
Resolved, that the salary of Mr Stowe, Foreman of the
Farm, & that of Mr Dawson, Herdsman, be raised from
& after September 1, 1868 _ the former to the rate of $500 a year
& the latter to $400 a year.
[Experiments]
Resolved, that after this year, the experiments in field
crops & grass lands be conducted by the professors of Agriculture
& Horticulture.
[Studies]
[French
&
German]
Resolved, that the Faculty of the College be authorized
to make such changes in the course of study as will per
mit more extended courses in Chemistry, Zoology,
Botany, Practical Agriculture, etc, to take the place
of other studies for such students as desire it, & also to
introduce a year's study in French & the same in Ger-
man, if it should be deemed expedient.
[Insurance]
Resolved, that President Abbot be requested to
effect an insurance upon the main College building
of $8000, upon the Boarding-Hall of $6000, & upon the
barns of $4000, for one year, at the lowest rates practicable.
The following Report was accepted & adopted:
[Ed. Hume
Asst. Foreman]
Agricultural College, Aug. 26, 1868.
The Committee on Officers & Employe's respectfully Report
that, the place of Assistant Foreman on the Farm,
made vacant by the resignation of Mr George
W Harrison, has been supplied by Mr [Edwin?] H.
Humes, who seems to be giving satisfaction; & the com-
mittee recommend the appointment of Mr Hume to
the place with the salary at the same rate as was paid to
Mr Harrison to wit, $30 for each calendar month of ser-
vice
Justus Gage,
Chairman.
over
[End page 178]
[Begin page 179]
The Committee on Accounts submitted the fol-
lowing Report which was accepted & adopted:
Agricultural College, August 27. 1868.
[Accounts]
The Committee on Accounts respectfully report,
that they have examined the following payments made by
warrants, & have found the accounts correct, & the vouchers
properly filed & they recommend the allowance of the
accounts by the Board of Agriculture.
Warrant
numered
880 To M. Miles, on afc of Farm Department _ $150.00
889 " " " " " " " " _ 244.21
922 " S.S. Rockwell -- -- Boarding-Hall 429.41
933 " " " " " " " 175.00
936 " " " " " " " 150.00
937 " " " " " " " 770.17
942 " " " " " " " 63.65
949 " " " " " --- --- 85.45
963 " " " " " " " 558.00
970 " " " " " " " 180.00
981 " " " " " " " 146.77
982 " " " " " " " 88.44
987 " " " " " " " 106.57
948 " Wm. R. Kedzie, salary. 83.33
950 " Sanford Howard " 41.66
951 " A.N. Prentiss " 375.50
952 " S.S. Rockwell " 137.50
953 " C.C. Stowe " 50.00
954 " W.W. Tracy, " 125.00
955 " A.J. Cook " 170.00
957 " " " " " 100.00
958 " " " " Museum 10.66
959 " S.R. Greene, [illegible in original] for Reports _ 24.00
960 " N.N. Prentiss 174.73
961 " E.B. Miller, Farm-House groceries 24.19
961 " T.C. Abbot, expenses of members of Board 137.38
965 " G.W. Harrison, salary. 120.00
967 " Sanford Howard, [illegible in original] 80.00
968 " Robt. [Botcham?],
preparing ground for experiments _ 68.13
969 " R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory 161.93
971 " Lansing & Son, blacksmithing . 40.89
972 " W.W. Tracy, salary __ 75.00
[End page 179]
[Begin page 180]
973 To Sanford Howard, Ayrshire bull. $100.00
974 " T.C. Abbot, Salary. 187.50
975 " " " " " 100.00
977 " Geo. F. Fairchild -- 100.00
978 " B.G. Johnson, New Roof. 316.44
979 " Sanford Howard, Salary. 41.67
980 " T.C. Abbot -- 87.50
983 " " " " , payment of bills. 7.80
984 " Grove & Whitney, hardware. 166.07
985 " Cannell & Edmunds, harness-makers 7.80
986 " S.R. Greene, boxes for Secretary. 39.50
989 " M. Miles, salary. 250.00
4.45
990 " A.J. Cook, Museum 445.
991 " T.C. Abbot, salary. 100.00
992 " John A. Kerr & Co., binding & printing 79.50
993 " " " " " " " " 30.00
994 " A.N. Prentiss, salary. 375.00
997 " Sanford Howard, " 41.66
Respectfully submitted.
D. Carpenter
A.C. Prutzman
T.C. Abbot.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
Michigan Exchange, Detroit, Sept. 16, 1868.
No meeting of the Board was held at this place at
the appointed time, for the reason that no quo-
rum was present.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary
[End page 180]
[Begin page 181]
State Agricultural. College, November 10th, 1868.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture: Present, Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Knapp, Hosford, Abbot & the Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
It was
[New Hall]
Resolved, that Mr Knapp be authorized arrange
for a meeting of himself, Mr Rockwell, & Mr D.H. Mallory,
architect, to perfect plans, specifications & estimates of the
proposed new College building, previous to the meeting of
the Legislature.
Resolved, that Mr Rockwell be authorized to paint &
paper the Dining-Room in the Boarding-Hall.
[Steward, Salary]
Resolved, that the salary of Mr Rockwell, as Steward
of the Boarding Hall, from & after the first of December next,
be at the rate of Six Hundred Dollars a year.
[Estimates]
Resolved, that an appropriation of Twenty Thousand
Dollars a year, for the years 1869 & 1870, be asked of the
Legislature to defray the current expenses of the College.
[Buildings]
Resolved, that means be asked of the Legislature to creat
additional College Buildings.
[Cook, Prof.
Zool. & Ent. $1500.]
Resolved, that Mr A.J. Cook be hereby appointed Professor
of Zoology and Entomology, with a salary at the rate of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars ayear.
[Tracy. Instruct.
1000.]
Resolved, that Mr W.M. W. Tracy be hereby appointed
Instructor in Horticulture, with a salary at the rate of
One Thousand Dollars a year.
[B.S.]
The following-named students of the College were recommended
by the Faulty for the degree of Bachelor of Science: & by author-
ity of the Board, the degree was conferred on them by Presi-
dent Abbot, Wednesday, Nov. 11th, 1868.
George F. Brasles Frank S. Burton.
Frank P. Davis Alfred G. [illegible in original]
Dwight A. Harrison William D. [illegible in original]
Frank S. Sleeper. John Swift.
Samuel M Tracy. Warren A. Weller
Adjourned. Sanford Howard, Secretary
[End page 181]
Request a Reproduction[Begin page 168]
Special Meeting of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture
at the office of the Secretary in Lansing, Tuesday evening,
January 14th, 1868. Present – Messrs Wells, Prutzman,
Hosford, Knapp, Abbot, & the Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
After a general discussion, without special action, the
Board adjourned till tomorrow morning, at half-
past 8 o'clock.
[Reports]
Wednesday morning, Jan. 15th. Board met. The Re-
ports of the Superintendents of the several Departments of the
Agricultural College were read & accepted. it was
[ " ]
Resolved, that so much of the Report of the Superin-
tendent of the Farm as related to the system of [cropping?]
proposed for 1868, be accepted & adopted.
[Experiments]
Resolved, that Dr Kedzie be directed to carry out
the experiments proposed to be made by him for the
current year – the President of the College to designate
the class from which students are to be taken to
perform the labor.
[ " ]
Resolved, that Dr. Miles be directed to carry out
the experiments reported by him.
[New Bdg. Hall]
Resolved, that W.H. Mallory be requested to pre-
pare plans & specifications, conforming generally to
the plans submitted by Mr Rockwell, for a new
College Boarding Hall.
Adjourned to 8 O'clock tomorrow morning.
Thursday, Jan 16th. Board met at the specified
time. Mr Carpenter appeared with the other mem-
bers.
[Corn
Hill or Drill]
Resolved, that the Superintendent of the farm be in-
structed to plant one half the field (No. 6) which he pur-
poses to plant to corn the present year, in hills in the
usual way, & one-half in drills; Keep an account of
the labor of cultivating each division, & [illegible in original] &
report on the yield corn & fodder.
Resolved, that the recommendations of Prof. Prentiss
in regard to operations in the Horticultural Department
[End page 168]
[Begin page 169]
for 1868, be adopted, & that he be directed to cary out the
same as far as practicable with the labor at his disposal.
[Evergreens
Apple Trees]
Resolved, the the Superintendent of the Horticlutlral De-
partment, be instructed to carry out as soon as practicable
the provisions of the resolution passed by the Board
April 16th , 1867, in reference to planting evergreen
trees along the bank between the pear-orchard, vegetable
garden & fruit garden & Cedar river, & also to plant apple
trees as the resolution specifies.
Resolved, that the sum of Four Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasurer into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board.
Resolved, that the President & Secretary of the Board
be authorized on or after the 2 day of March next to
draw the sum of Five Thousand Dollars from the
State Treasurer into the hands of the Treasurer of the Board
[ R ]
[Bills]
Resolved, that the Secretary of the college & the [illegible in original]
[illegible in original], be intended to visit on Statement of all
College bills by the Students of the College, when they be-
come due.
[ R ]
[Winter Board]
Resolved, that no student shall be allowed to board in
the College Hall during the winter vacation to exceed the
first three days after commencement, except by per-
mission of the President, & only on payment of his board
in advance or if he is at work for any department, the
application of his first wages to the payment of his board
[Extra Wages]
Resolved, that no student shall be paid during the
continuance of the term, a higher rate of wages for
extra labor than that passed by the committee on wages
[ R ]
[Advances]
Resolved, that an advance of $20 be required of
each student at the commencement of each term,
as an advance on board; said advance to re-
main with the Secretary until the final settlement
of the student for the year.
[ R ]
[Incidentals]
Resolved, that an advance payment of $3 25/100 [illegible in original]
per half term, be required of each student for
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[Begin page 170]
incidental expenses _ such as the care of buildings, ringing of
the bell, care of library, carrying the mail, wood used
in _ the College Hall, & the like.
[Daniells
Resignation]
Resolved, that the President of the College be authorized
to accept the resignation of Prof. Daniells, should it be
tendered provided Prof. D. will receive no further salary
_ that is, beyond remuneration for services actually rendered.
[Successor]
Resolved, that the President of the College be author
ized to spend the sum of $350. to furnish [illegible in original] in
the Laboratory for the year 1868, in case of the resigna-
tion of Prof. Daniells.
[Expenditures]
Resolved, that the following purchases & expenditures
be authorized by the Board:
A stove for Boarding-Hall by Mr Rockwell.
A horse for the Horticultural Department, by Prof. Prentiss
Two mowing machines for the Farm by Dr Miles.
$100 for drain tiles, by Dr Miles.
$100 to Committee on building new College Hall.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard.
Secretary.
[End page 170]
[Begin page 171]
State Agricultural College, March 26, 1868.
Special meeting of the State Board of Agriculture.
Present. Messrs Wells, Gage, Carpenter, Prutzman, Knapp,
Abbot, & the Secretary.
The records of the last meeting were read & approved, as
modified.
The following resolutions were passed:
[ R ]
[Privies]
Resolved, that the privies of the Boarding Hall (that
near the barn of the Horticultural Department not in
cluded) be removed from the charge [illegible in original] of the
Horticultural Department into that of the Farm.
[ R ]
[Manure]
Resolved, that after the present spring & summer the
rule giving the Horticultural Department 12 loads of man-
ure from the barns of the Farm Department, be rescinded.
[Diploma]
Resolved, that the President of the College be authorized
to have [illegible in original] off 30 copies of the Diploma, on parchment.
[Kedzie
Experiments]
Resolved, that Dr Kedzie have the management the
present year, for the purposes of experimenting of the piece
of clover west of the President's house; & of a sufficient piece
lying north of the old avenue running between Professors'
& President's & west of the line on which the old fence
west of Dr Miles's house lately was situated.
[ " ]
Resolved, that Dr Kedzie is authorized to contract for ex-
tracting the stumps & ploughing the ground assigned to him
for experiments with cultivated crops.
[Stumping]
[Draining]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to stump &
clear fields No 6 & No 8, & to make a tile drain from
No 6 through that portion of No 8 to be cultivated the
present year.
[ " ]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authroized to extend the
open drain passing through fields No 6 & No 8 to the
south line of Field No 10.
[Lawn Plans]
Resolved, that Professor Prentiss be requested to
present to the Board, through the Faculty of the
College, a general plan for the improvement of
the grounds not [illegible in original] property in the Farm Department.
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[Begin page 172]
[Roads]
[IOrchard]
Resolved, that for the present (awaiting the Report called for in the
last resolution) the laying out of the roads from the entrance on
the Plank Road to the various houses, & the planting of the or-
chard southwest of the Boarding Hall, be deferred.
[Painting etc]
Resolved, that Professor Prentiss be authorized to have the
Green-House & the new barn painted, & to complete the barn
by constructing a ventilator & ducts for hay.
[Land Grant]
Resolved, that the Board believe it would be for the in-
terest of the Agricultural College that the lands granted by
the United States Government for the endowment of this In-
stitution should be offered for sale by the Agricultural Land-
Grant Board, at the price of Five Dollars an acre, or more
as the patents can be obtained therefor.
[Big Marsh
Exchange]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to exchange with
Mr Bennett parcels of the large marsh, to wit: N.E. 1/4 of N.W. 1/4
of Sec. 1, Lansing, E. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4 Sec. 36 DeWitt, E. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 and N.W.
1/4 of S.W. 1/4 of Sec. 25 DeWitt, and W. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4. Sec. 26, DeWitt,
for an equal number of acres on Sec. 1, Lansing, Sec. 36, De
Witt and Sec. 30, Bath _ amounting to 320 acres _ the pro-
posed exchange to involve no payment of money to
Mr Bennett, and Mr B. to give the college a clear & [perfect?]
title to said lands.
[Cattle Barn]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to put windows
in the cattle barn to furnish more light to the basement.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
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[Begin page 173]
State Agricultural College, May 27th, 1868.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. Present, Messrs
Wells, Gage, Prutzman, Carpenter, Hosford, Abbot, &
the Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
It was
Resolved, that the sum of Five Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of the College.
[Accounts]
The Committee on Accounts submitted the following
Report, which was accepted & adopted:
The Committee on Accounts have examined accounts,
and vouchers for the following warrants drawn by the
President of the College, and recommend their allowance
by the Board of Agriculture:
No 872 M. Miles, Farm Department - $230.00
873 Geo. F. Fairchild, Library 100.00
875 P.C. Ayres, Farm House. 150.00
876 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 25.00
877 A.F. Allen, Farm. 12.30
878 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 100.00
879 M. Miles , Salary. 100.00
881 Sanford Howard, Expenditures. 50.00
882 " " , Salary. 41.67
883 M. Miles. Farm. 290.96
884 S.O. Knapp, [Plums?] [illegible in original] 100.00
885 A.N. Prentiss, Green-House. 500.00
886 A.F. Allen, Salary. 40.00
888 M. Miles, " 100.00
889 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding-Hall 150.00
890 R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory. 50.00
891 A.F. Allen, Farm House. 52.76
822 R.C. Kedzie, Salary. 250.00
893 Geo. F. Fairchild, Text Books. 100.00
894 Sanford Howard, Salary. 46.69
895 A.F. Allen, " 35.00
896 S.S. Rockwell , Boarding-Hall. 110.00
897 " " " " " 174.59
898 A.N. Prentiss, Horti Department 200.00
899 " " " " " 249.50
900 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding-Hall. 300.00
901 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 100.00
902 R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory. 55.77
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[Begin page 174]
No 903 Geo. F. Fairchild, Books, - $300.00
904 T.C. Abbot, Salary. 894.86
905 " " " , Advertising. 39.25
906 M. Miles, Salary. 175.00
907 R.C. Kedzie " 125.00
908 A.N. Prentiss " 375.00
909 G.F. Fairchild, " 150.00
910 A.J. Cook " 250.00
911 Sanford Howard, " 41.67
912 S.S. Rockwell " 137.50
913 A.F. Allen " 25.00
914 " " " " 17.00
915 W-M. W. Tracy, " 92.48
916 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding Hall. 745.95
917 A.J. Cook, Salary. 80.00
918 Sanford Howard, " 41.67
919 A.F. Allen , Farm House. 50.00
920 " " " " " 181.30
921 S.S. Rockwell, Boarding-Hall. 84.07
923 M. Miles, Salary. 150.00
924 T.C. Abbot, Several Accounts. 29.95
925 A.N. Prentiss, Hort. Dept., 311.63
926 " " " " " 235.31
927 M. Miles, Farm. 392.88
928 A.F. Allen, Farm House 9.34
929 " " " " " 131.78
930 " " " Salary. 59.65
931 " " " Farm House. 45.72
932 " " " " " 81.57
934 T.C. Abbot, Advertising. 25.29
935 R.C. Kedzie, Salary, 100.00
939 Sanford Howard, Expenditures. 23.90
941 A.N. Prentiss, Hort. Dept. 399.32
943 Geo. F. Fairchild, Salary. 375.00
944 M. Miles, " . 225.00
945 R.C. Kedzie " 275.00
946 T.C. Abbot " 230.14
947 R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory. 81.64
We have also examined account & vouchers for the $2000 on
account of Green-House & Barn for the Horticultural De-
partment, drawn last year, & recommend their
approval.
D. Carpenter, chairman.
Mich. Agr. College, May 27, 1868.
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[Begin page 175]
The Committee on Employe's submitted the following
Report:
[Allen – Stowe
Foreman]
Since the last meeting of the Board, Mr Albert F.
Allen has resigned his place as Foreman of the Farm,
& Mr C.C. Stowe has been employed in his place,
with the same duties & same salary ($400 per an.)
as Mr Allen was [having?]. Mr Stowe was foreman of the
Farm in 1865, & is personally known to most of the
Board of Agriculture.
[Asst. Foreman]
Mr G.W. Harrison, who has been employed as assistant
Foreman on the Farm, has tendered his resignation, & we
recommend its acceptance.
Justus Gage,
Chairman.
The Reprot was accepted & adopted.
The committee on building a Green-House & Barn for
the Horticultural Department, submitted the following
statement, which was accepted:
[Green House
&
Garden Barn]
The Green-House & Barn have both been com-
pleted, except painting & some additional shelving in
the Green-House. The Green-House was made according to
a plan approved by the Board.
Cost of Green-House to date _ _ $1662.10
Additional shelving will cost _ 60.00
Painting will cost __ 98.00
Making total cost of the building __ $1820.10
Cost of Barn __ 679.71
Total cost of both __ $2499.81
The bills for Green-House & barn have all been paid,
except for work to be done as above, and vouchers
filed with the President of the college. These
vouchers have been examined & approved by the
Committee of the Board on Accounts.
Prof. Prentiss, under whose charge the work was
one, thinks the cost of the Green-House would
have been 15 or 20 per cent less had it been possible to
commence building [illegible in original] enough to have avoided the
short & cold days & muddy roads of November & December.
H.G. Wells,
Chairman of Committee.
May 27th., 1868.
[End page 175]
[Begin page 176]
[J.L. & S.R.R.]
Resolved, that Judge Wells be authorized to prepare a deed
granting the right of way to the Jackson, Lansing & Sagin-
aw Railroad Company across the marsh lands belonging
to the College.
[Bdg. Hall Roof]
Resolved, that Prest. Abbot & Mr Rockwell, be authorized
to make the repairs absolutely needed upon the roof of
the Boarding Hall.
[Entrance]
Resolved, that the entrance to the College grounds
from the plank road, be changed from its present
position to the one last chosen by Faculty vote.
[Drives]
Resolved, that Prof. Prentiss's plan for entrance
to the College grounds & drives to the College-Hall,
Boarding-Hall, & the Professors houses, be adopted.
[Accts]
The following accounts of members of the Board
were allowed:
A.C. Prutzman __ $29.03
Justus Gage ___ 40.00
D. Carpenter ___ 29.35
O. Hosford ___ 20.00
H.G. Wells ___ 19.00
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
[End page 176]
[Begin page 177]
State Agricultural College, August 26, 1868.
Special Regular meeting of the State Board of Ag-
riculture. Present, Messrs Wells, Gage, Carpenter,
Prutzman, Knapp, Hosford, Abbot, & the Secretary.
President Abbot reported (verbally) that a new roof,
of the same material as the former one, had been put on
the Boarding-Hall, & paid for.
The following resolutions were passed:
Resolved, that the sum of Five Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of this Board.
Resolved, that this Board hold a special meeting at the
office of the President of the College, at 9 o'clock A.M. of
Tuesday, November 10th, next.
Resolved, that this Board hold a special meeting at the
Michigan Exchange, Detroit, at 7 o'clock, P.M. of Wed-
nesday, September 16th, next.
[Dr Miles
Extra Salary]
Resolved, that hereafter Dr Miles be paid $3000 a year
additional to his salary in consideration of his services as
Superintendent of the Farm during the winter vcation of
the College.
[Show at Fairs]
Resolved, that the exhibition of stock or other objects at
the Exhibition of the State Agricultural [illegible in original] & other
exhibitions, be left to the disposal & direction of the
Superintendent of the Farm & the Committee on Farm
Management.
[Dr Miles
Supt. Farm]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be reappointed to the office of
Superintendent of the Farm, resigned by him January
8th, 1867.
[Bulls]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to sell the
Shorthorn bull Fatalist & the Ayrshire bull [Donald?]
[Dhu?].
[End page 177]
[Begin page 178]
[Root Pulper]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authroized to spend a sum
not exceeding $200, to import & set up a Root Pulper for
the College Farm.
[Foreman
&
Herdsman Salaries]
Resolved, that the salary of Mr Stowe, Foreman of the
Farm, & that of Mr Dawson, Herdsman, be raised from
& after September 1, 1868 _ the former to the rate of $500 a year
& the latter to $400 a year.
[Experiments]
Resolved, that after this year, the experiments in field
crops & grass lands be conducted by the professors of Agriculture
& Horticulture.
[Studies]
[French
&
German]
Resolved, that the Faculty of the College be authorized
to make such changes in the course of study as will per
mit more extended courses in Chemistry, Zoology,
Botany, Practical Agriculture, etc, to take the place
of other studies for such students as desire it, & also to
introduce a year's study in French & the same in Ger-
man, if it should be deemed expedient.
[Insurance]
Resolved, that President Abbot be requested to
effect an insurance upon the main College building
of $8000, upon the Boarding-Hall of $6000, & upon the
barns of $4000, for one year, at the lowest rates practicable.
The following Report was accepted & adopted:
[Ed. Hume
Asst. Foreman]
Agricultural College, Aug. 26, 1868.
The Committee on Officers & Employe's respectfully Report
that, the place of Assistant Foreman on the Farm,
made vacant by the resignation of Mr George
W Harrison, has been supplied by Mr [Edwin?] H.
Humes, who seems to be giving satisfaction; & the com-
mittee recommend the appointment of Mr Hume to
the place with the salary at the same rate as was paid to
Mr Harrison to wit, $30 for each calendar month of ser-
vice
Justus Gage,
Chairman.
over
[End page 178]
[Begin page 179]
The Committee on Accounts submitted the fol-
lowing Report which was accepted & adopted:
Agricultural College, August 27. 1868.
[Accounts]
The Committee on Accounts respectfully report,
that they have examined the following payments made by
warrants, & have found the accounts correct, & the vouchers
properly filed & they recommend the allowance of the
accounts by the Board of Agriculture.
Warrant
numered
880 To M. Miles, on afc of Farm Department _ $150.00
889 " " " " " " " " _ 244.21
922 " S.S. Rockwell -- -- Boarding-Hall 429.41
933 " " " " " " " 175.00
936 " " " " " " " 150.00
937 " " " " " " " 770.17
942 " " " " " " " 63.65
949 " " " " " --- --- 85.45
963 " " " " " " " 558.00
970 " " " " " " " 180.00
981 " " " " " " " 146.77
982 " " " " " " " 88.44
987 " " " " " " " 106.57
948 " Wm. R. Kedzie, salary. 83.33
950 " Sanford Howard " 41.66
951 " A.N. Prentiss " 375.50
952 " S.S. Rockwell " 137.50
953 " C.C. Stowe " 50.00
954 " W.W. Tracy, " 125.00
955 " A.J. Cook " 170.00
957 " " " " " 100.00
958 " " " " Museum 10.66
959 " S.R. Greene, [illegible in original] for Reports _ 24.00
960 " N.N. Prentiss 174.73
961 " E.B. Miller, Farm-House groceries 24.19
961 " T.C. Abbot, expenses of members of Board 137.38
965 " G.W. Harrison, salary. 120.00
967 " Sanford Howard, [illegible in original] 80.00
968 " Robt. [Botcham?],
preparing ground for experiments _ 68.13
969 " R.C. Kedzie, Laboratory 161.93
971 " Lansing & Son, blacksmithing . 40.89
972 " W.W. Tracy, salary __ 75.00
[End page 179]
[Begin page 180]
973 To Sanford Howard, Ayrshire bull. $100.00
974 " T.C. Abbot, Salary. 187.50
975 " " " " " 100.00
977 " Geo. F. Fairchild -- 100.00
978 " B.G. Johnson, New Roof. 316.44
979 " Sanford Howard, Salary. 41.67
980 " T.C. Abbot -- 87.50
983 " " " " , payment of bills. 7.80
984 " Grove & Whitney, hardware. 166.07
985 " Cannell & Edmunds, harness-makers 7.80
986 " S.R. Greene, boxes for Secretary. 39.50
989 " M. Miles, salary. 250.00
4.45
990 " A.J. Cook, Museum 445.
991 " T.C. Abbot, salary. 100.00
992 " John A. Kerr & Co., binding & printing 79.50
993 " " " " " " " " 30.00
994 " A.N. Prentiss, salary. 375.00
997 " Sanford Howard, " 41.66
Respectfully submitted.
D. Carpenter
A.C. Prutzman
T.C. Abbot.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
Michigan Exchange, Detroit, Sept. 16, 1868.
No meeting of the Board was held at this place at
the appointed time, for the reason that no quo-
rum was present.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary
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[Begin page 181]
State Agricultural. College, November 10th, 1868.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture: Present, Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Knapp, Hosford, Abbot & the Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
It was
[New Hall]
Resolved, that Mr Knapp be authorized arrange
for a meeting of himself, Mr Rockwell, & Mr D.H. Mallory,
architect, to perfect plans, specifications & estimates of the
proposed new College building, previous to the meeting of
the Legislature.
Resolved, that Mr Rockwell be authorized to paint &
paper the Dining-Room in the Boarding-Hall.
[Steward, Salary]
Resolved, that the salary of Mr Rockwell, as Steward
of the Boarding Hall, from & after the first of December next,
be at the rate of Six Hundred Dollars a year.
[Estimates]
Resolved, that an appropriation of Twenty Thousand
Dollars a year, for the years 1869 & 1870, be asked of the
Legislature to defray the current expenses of the College.
[Buildings]
Resolved, that means be asked of the Legislature to creat
additional College Buildings.
[Cook, Prof.
Zool. & Ent. $1500.]
Resolved, that Mr A.J. Cook be hereby appointed Professor
of Zoology and Entomology, with a salary at the rate of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars ayear.
[Tracy. Instruct.
1000.]
Resolved, that Mr W.M. W. Tracy be hereby appointed
Instructor in Horticulture, with a salary at the rate of
One Thousand Dollars a year.
[B.S.]
The following-named students of the College were recommended
by the Faulty for the degree of Bachelor of Science: & by author-
ity of the Board, the degree was conferred on them by Presi-
dent Abbot, Wednesday, Nov. 11th, 1868.
George F. Brasles Frank S. Burton.
Frank P. Davis Alfred G. [illegible in original]
Dwight A. Harrison William D. [illegible in original]
Frank S. Sleeper. John Swift.
Samuel M Tracy. Warren A. Weller
Adjourned. Sanford Howard, Secretary
[End page 181]
