ZRI •Z was authorized to employ a suitaMe person t muck plant s during such part of the suiamer as may se em advantageous • On motion ^wereV;;approy.,ed#;::;;::':::;;i::'^ 4i-1! UII ilJl /! !IJULUJlJLiLIULUJL eeretaryT mm Man to in- vestigate bacterial diseases of I muck plant8[ MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE President*s Office July 19, 1916. 11:00 0*clock A. M. Present, President Kedzie, Messrs* Beaumont, Braham, Woodman and Doherty. The minute8 of the previous meeting having been in the hands of the members, were approved without reading* ; On motion of Mr* Doherty, Mr* W. D. Meltzer who did not accept hia appointment for the coming year, was appointed to continue in his present position from September 1st, 1916, to March 1st, 1917, at a total salary of •600.00 for the: six months; and Mr. F. T. Riddell was appointed to continue his work for another year at a salary of f 1200.00. Meltzer & Riddell re- appointed. On motion of Mr. Beaumont, the request of Mr. Burgess for permission to attend the meeting of the International Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry Husbandry at Columbus, Ohio, August 2nd to i|-th, and to visit the experiment stations in Hew Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine for the purpose of studying poultry house construction and laboratory instruction in Poultry Husbandry, was granted, his expenses in Surge88 to attend meet-l ing at Co- lumbus and visit exp. atations the east. the first instance to be confined to transportation. • On motion of Mr. Graham, the request of Mr. Chapman for an increase of 130.00 in the salary of Mr* W. A. Melton, was granted. On motion of Mr. Doherty, the recommendation of Dr. Giltner that Mr. H. J. Stafseth and Mr. Jos. A* Berry be appointed Graduate Assistants in Bacteriology for the ensuing year at #200.00 per annum each, was approved. Melton's sail ary increas] Ued. Stafseth k Berry appo: ed Gr ad. As si in Bacty • On motion of Mr. Woodman, and referring to a comiaunication from Dr. Hallman in reference to hog sholera serum at the College, the following reso- lution was adopted: ..i«Mcvjrfbj«l!«!&!E^l^MSir~5.W^ To continue making & selling hog cholera serum. Paul Miller Inst.in Ec- onomics. Letters in reference to Mr. Peacock18 injuries* RESOLVED, That the .present policy in relation to the manufacture of hog cholera serum be continued, and that the present price for serum be maintained* ' On motion of Mr. Beaumont, the recommendation of Prof. Hedrick that Mr* Paul Miller be appointed Instructor in Economics at a salary of #1200.00 per annum beginning Sept. 1st, was approved. The President presented the following letters from Mr. R. 3. Hudson, Foreman of the Farm, in regard to injuries sustained by Mr. Henry Peacock while in the employ of the College* July 13, 1916. President, State Board of Agr«l., East Lansing, Mxhigan. Dear Sir:- The consideration for a settlement in the case of Henry Peacock, an employee of the College for many years, who recently broke his back while doing work for the institution, is, in the opinion of the immediate family as follows: His hospital expenses during the remainder of his life and #3000*00 for the wife, who, at the present time and for a number of years back, has been in a very feeble condition and incapable of earning anything. Very truly yours, (Signed) R. S. Hudson* July 18, 1916. President F. S. Kedzie, Lansing, Michigan. My dear Sir:- In compliance with your request of July 17th, I wish to submit the following: , . Not witnessing the accident myself, I.am giving the facts regarding it as nearly as I am able to get them from the men working near Mr. Peacock at the time he fell* . . It was on the morning of July 8th, between 8:00 and 9:00 o»clock. We were unloading hay and putting it in the large College Horse Barn, using hay forks for the first two pulls and slings for the last* The hay is drawn up the east end of the barn and through a large door at the end. thi8 door is a large storage bin 9 x 17 over the top and 15 feet deep. The door through which the hay enters is 9 feet wide, which allows three feet stand- ing room on each side so that a person does not have to stand in direct line with the slings of hay as they come in the door. At each edge of the door is a truss built out to support the end of the barn and these are so arranged that a man may step back of them, affording him perfect protection* Immediately under On the afternoon preceedihg the accident we had experienced a little difficulty with the pulley and car failing to lock, due to the fact that the pressure of the load against the side of the barn prevented the pulleys entering the car at the right angle. When this occurred it had been the custom for a man to go up on top of this granary and with a fork or stick swing the load a trifle, and step back of one of the trusses. This allowed the load to lock and pass into the barn. At the time Mr. Peacock fell he had been sent up to the top of the granary to take care of a trouble such as I have just described. While he was there he anticipated more trouble and stepped out to swing another load -as it came up. the load swept into the barn, caught him sweeping him off from the top of the granary, so that he fell backward to the b am floor 15 feet below* Instead of the pulley catching as he expected, it locked, and, as It was discovered at once that he had no sensation in the lower part of his body and that he could not move anything but his head and arms* The men at once improvised a stretcher and carried him to the Farm House. Mrs. Hudson tried to call Dr. Bruegel, but could not get him. She then called Dr. Drolette from Lansing, who came out, pronounced his back broken and had him taken to Sparrow Hospital* case* I am, Mr* Peacock is still living and Dr. Drolette is still handling the Trusting this information is complete enough to be satisfactory* Very truly yours, (Signed) R. S. Hudson* July 18, 1916. President F* S* Kedzie, last Lansing, Michigan. ICy dear Sir:- In addition to the report I gave you regarding Mr* Peacock*s accident, I wish you to know the following: Mr* Peacock has worked for the College fire y e a r s— three years in my department and two years in the Forestry department* He also.worked here at a very early day when the College was just new. He has always been an earnest, conscientious worker* Ho one could possibly accuse him of loafing on the job* He did his work carefully and well—a man of good judgment and a care taker with horses and machinery* His ability and judgment in taking care of difficulties were the direct reasons for calling on him to take the position he occupied at the time of the accident* His wife is living, but in a very feeble condition* She is practi- She is helpless so far as earning to take cally deaf and her sight very poor* care of herself* .They have three children, a boy who is homesteading in Montana and apparently having a hard time of it, and two daughters in Lansing* One daughter the one who will give the mother a home is in poor health, having had three operations last year* Her husboid works at the Reo and rents the house they live in* The other daughter has had considerable domestic trouble, cooks for a living and is living with her second husband* Mr* and Mrs* Peacock brought up her two children, they being by her first husband* The grandson just seven- teen is with the camp at Grayling, his mother signing the necessary papers much against the will of llr. and Mrs* Peacock* Mr. Peacock is sixty-two years old, but a man that easily passed for fifty* He was in perfect health, never losing a day while he was working on account of poor health* He owns a place in Bast Lansing, worth probably #2000.00 and has a little money besides,—not enough to last long under existing conditions* Because of his family conditions, his faithfulness and fairness with : the institution while he served it, and because of the uncertainty of his future, I would like to see the Board somewhat liberal in their settlement of the case. Very truly yours, (Signed) R. S. Hudson* On motion of Mr* Beaumont, the Secretary was directed to make settle- ment of the above claim on the basis of #3000*00, he to act as trustee in the case with discretion as to the investment and disbursement of the fund for the Settlement: of Peacock; case* benefit of the parties concerned* The Secretary reported that in accordance with a resolution passed by the Board at the last meeting, he notified Mr* Louis Marks of Amasa, Michigan,; to appear before the Board at this meeting to answer to a charge of violation of the seed law* Since Mr* Marks failed to appear, the following resolution was, on motion of Mr. Woodman, adopted: RESOLVED, That the Secretary be instructed to lay before the Attorney General the matter of the alleged violation of Act Ho. 202 of the Public Acts of 1913> by Mr. Louis Marks of Amasa, Michigan, as set forth in a communication from Dr. Bessey and the Seed Analyst, with the request that the party be pro- secuted under the provisions of the above act* Seed Vio- lation to be laid before Att'y* General* Repairs at Woodbury Farm* On motion of Mr, Graham, the Secretary was directed to make the necessary repairs on the buildings at the Woodbury farm* On motion of Mr. Doherty, the recommendation of Mrs* Landon that Rose Cole- man appoint-^ Miss Rose Coleman be appointed to tiie position of Literary Assistant at a salary ed Asst. Librarian, of #750*00 per annum beginning Sept* 1 s t, was approved* II lusselman to attend demon- stration of farm tractors On motion of Mr* Doherty, the request of Mr* Musselman for permission to attend a demonstration of farm tractors at Madison, Wisconsin, Sept* *rth to 8th, was approved with transporation expenses paid* The President presented a communication from Mr* Musselman, approved by Dean Shaw, looking toward the preparation of a bulletin on farm barns* Musselman1 s project in On motion of Mr* Graham, the project was approved if confined to simple barn construction not including stable arrangement and equipment and the entire on'farm barns expense limited to #500*00* t i t le changed Geo* D* Shafer»s t i t le be Assistant Professor and Associate Entomologist, was On motion of Mr. Doherty, the recommendation of Prof* P e t t it that Dr* approved* In r e f e r- ence to ass-: istance frnu bhe College L-n building road* Shoe smith & Spragg to v i s it U.P. Mandenberg Ext*Rep* in Forestry* Able - Dir. I Band, Chorus & Glee Club Wiring for I b e ll system Plans for lHort.ExD.Sta. The President presented communications from.W, K* prudden of Lansing and Mayor Schepers of East Lansing, in reference to the matter of assistance from the College inbuilding the road between Lansing and East Lansing and paving a portion of Michigan Avenue in East Lansing* On motion of Mr. Doherty, the Secretary was directed to inform these gentlemen that the Board was anxious to a s s i s t, in t h is work if any way could be found by which it can be legally done* On motion of Mr. Woodman, Mr* Shoesmith and Mr,1 Spragg were authorized to v i s it the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station and other portions of the state above the s t r a i ts with a view to becoming familiar with conditions in that part". , of the state* On motion of Mr* Graham, Mr* E* C. Mandenberg Was appointed Igxtension Representative in Forestry at a salary of #1200*00 beginning Sept. 1st* On motion of Mr* Dohe'rty, Mr. Fred Able of Detroit was appointed Director of the Band, Chorus, and Glee Club at a salary of #1800.00 per annum* . On motion of Mr* Graham, proper wiring is to_ be i n s t a l l ed in the new buildings to provide for an electric b e ll system* On motion of Mr. Woodman, the head of the Horticultural department was directed to confer with Mr. Graiianand devise^plans for establishing a suitable Horticultural Experiment Station* • On motion of Mr. Doherty, the recommendation of Dean White that Miss Misses Van- Ethel VanWagenen be appointed Instructor in Domestic Science at a salary of [Wagenen & testerhohm : #850*00 and room, and that Miss Lisa Osterhohm be appointed Instructor in Domestic Art at a salary of #850.00 and room or #950*00 without room, was approved* On motion of Mr. Beaumont, the amended plat for the poultry plant as presented by the President, was approved. On motion of Mri Doherty, the'Secretary was authorized to make im- provements in the Horticultural laboratory^ so as to render it more suitable for class work. • - On motion 'of Mr.- Boherty, it was voted that -when the' Board adjourn, it adjourn to meet at Mackinac Island and go from there to the Experiment Station at Chatham, on Aug. 16th. On motion of Mir. Boherty, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVSD, That there is hereby-appropriated for the rebuilding and equipping of the Hall of Engineering at the Michigan Agricultural College, the sum of One Hundred Fifty-five Thousand Dp-Hare (#155»000.00), of • which sum One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) is contributed by Mr. R. E. Olds and Fifty-five Thousand Dollare ($55tOOO,00) is set apart from the one-fifth - mill fund for the, fiscal year ending June 30,1917, under the provisions of Act 232 P. A. 1901 as amended. . ipoultry I Plant Plat> jTo improve IHort• LabV (Board to (meet at i Mackinac = Apportion- • jment for !Hall of :Engineering On motion of Mr. Graham-, the following resolution was: adopted: RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated from the one-fifth mill fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, under the provisions of Act 232 P. A. 1901 as amended, to supplement the appropriation already made for a Gymnasium at the Michigan Agricultural College, the sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars (#70,000.00) to provide for the heating, lighting, plumbing and ventila- ting of said building and for extra concrete wall etc. ouside the contract. j Supplement - jary appor- jtionment foj I Gymnasium. On motion of Mr. Woodman, the following resolution was adopted: \ RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated for the erection and > equipping of three engineering shops at the Michigan Agricultural College, the JApportion- sum of Fifty-five Thousand Dollars (#55,000.00) from the one-fifth mill fund for jment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917» under the provisions of Act 232 Pi A. 1901 [Engineering as amended* [Shops The Secretary presented the following bids for supplying coal to'the College, Guar'nt »d •T.U.Slack B Price i fLump Slack « B. F i c o ll & Co. Mancourt Winters Coal C o, Moreland Coke Co. « « U n i t ed Coal S a l es C o, a n* E. J. Corbett V. R. Canfield Rutledge & Taylor Coal Co. United Fuel & Supply Co. « If J. P. Moran & C o, J. W. Dykstra Co. W. H. Warner Coal Co, MM Jas. A. Greenwald 0 Logan Pocahontas Fuel Co. N Jewett Bigelow & Brooks an M N N « It II , If It Wyatt Coal Co. Indian Run Coal Co. I Pittsburgh, Detroit 'Pittsburgh, • Detroit Pa. Pa. • « Lansing Chicago Detroit i i i Toledo Detroit u H W. Va. V. Va. W. Va. Pgh.8 W. Va, Peerless Ohio Magnolia Saginaw I l l i n o is W. V a, Kentucky W. V a, Kentucky Kentucky Jellico W, V a. Kentucky w; v a. Kentucky W. V a. Kentucky Cincinnati Chariest on ,,W .Va. V. V a. Coal Eids 13800 13600 11J-000 13300 1*1-000 < 13^00 1^000 ' 13800 IUIOO 14O00c iteoo 1 4 0 00 ' ——— ^ 1 3 8 00 1*1-000 13500 13900 13900 ——:— 13900 2.75 2.70 2.95 2.75 2.80 2.65 2 .43 2.71 2.37 2.75 2.80 2.80 2.75 2.75 2.60 2.75 2.75 2.72 2.67 2.70 2.70 2.75 2.70 3.10! 3.15! 2.95i 3.151 2.90! 2.90! 3.06] 2.82! 3.101 i 2.95 j 3.15! 3.15! 2.90; 3.15 3.15 3.20 \ 3.00 i On motion of Mr. Doherty, the matter of awarding contract for coal was referred to the Secretary and Purchasing Agent with power to act. The Secretary presented the following bids for furnishing military uniforms. • • ^ Blouse Breeches Cap Shirt Tie Jacob Reeds Sons, Philadelphia M. C. Lilley & Co., Columbus Pettibone Bros,Mfg,Co»,Cincinnati Inling Bros. & E7erard,Kalamazoo W. C. Rowland, Philadelphia W, H. Horstman Co,Philadelphia Henderson Ames Co,,Kalamazoo Burton Pierce Co., B"ew York S• Abrams Co., Philadelphia 8.55 8.25 8.35 7.15 8.20 7.50 8.95 7.00 7.65 4.05 1J..25 iJ-,60 3^5 ±*55 3*50 ^.25 H-.00 X.15 1.50 1.75 1.60 1.70 2,10 1.50 1.90 1,50 1.25 .50 3 .50 3 .75 3. 5< .75 .30 3. ,00 3. >10 ,25 3^ 00 3. .25 .25 .30 .30 .25 .20 .30 .50 .25 Continued below (names repeated) Belt Gloves Collars Total Jacob Reeds Sons, Philadelphia M. C. Lilley & Co., Columbus Pettibone Bros, Mfg. Co,,Cincinnati Ihling Bros,, &. Everard, Kalamazoo V. C. Rowland, Philadelphia W.. H. Horstman Co,, Philadelphia Henderson Ames Co,, Kalamazoo Burton Pierce Co,, Few York S, Abrams Co,, Philadelphia 35 • MO .30 *50 .50 1.50 1.70 2.10 1.50 1.60 1.75 1.50 1.50 1.75 •20 .25 • 20 .25 • 22 .25 .20 .20 •30 19.90 20.30 21.35 18. 90 20 »52 18.05 21.65 18.^5 18.85 Bids on Military Uniforms. II I •{Jft ji On motion of Mr. Woodman, the question of awarding contract for. furnishing military uniforms, was referred to the purchasing Agent, Secretary and Commandant with power to act« On motion of Mr, Doherty, the following distribution of Experiment Station funds for the ensuing fiscal year, as recommended by Director Shaw, was adopted: EXPERIMENT STATION DEPARTMENT APPORTIONMENTS 1916-1917. Name Position Kedzie, P, S« Shaw, R. S. Eustace, H. J. Pettit, R, H. Patten, A. J. Anderson, A.C. President of College Director of Experiment Station Vice-Dir, & Horticulturist Entomologist Chemist Dairy Husbandry Bessey, E. A. Shoesmith, V. M. Giltner^ W% \ Chittenden, A.K, : McCool, M. M» Botanist Farm crops Bacteriologist Forestry Soil Physicist ; Brown, G. A, j Musselman, H, H. ! Burgess, C, H. Halligan, C. P. Shafer, G. D. Northrup, 2ae Asso.in chg.Animal Husbandry Asso.in chg,Farm Mechanics Ass0.in chg.Poultry Husbandry Asso.Horticulturist As s 0,Ent omologis t Asst.Bacteriologist Robinson, C, S, Bbuyoucos, G, J, Coons, G. H. Hibbard, R. ?• Res,Asso,in Chemistry « « " • « « • Soil Physics « llant Pathology Physiology « « Brown, C, W, Spragg, P. S. Cooledge, L. H, Morgan, J* P. Handley, J. I. Winter, 0. B. Bock, H. J* Res,Asst, in Bacteriology Res,Asso,in Crops Breeding Res.Asst.in Bacteriology Res.Asst.in Bacteriology Res.Asst,in Bacteriology Res.Asst.in Chemistry Res.Asst.in Horticulture OPERATING EXPENSES Hatch Adams State 500 600 600 900 600 150 335 200 300 300 500 700 2000 1600 700 250 900(2 field men's expenses) I 500 350 300 300 500 300 200 400 600 500 750 200 500 ZRI McDaniels, Eugenia Woodin, G. C. Dutton, W. C. Ludlum, L. C. M i l l e r, E. J. Berger, E. F* .DeWindt, E. A. Down, Eugene Muncie, J. H. C o b l e s, C. G. B r o w n e l l, S. J. L y t l e, A. C. Barnum, C. F. Hebard, .F. F. Smoli, .JU.jE* Brown, A. M» Landon, L« E. Schepers, J. Maxwell, L. M. Meech, M. A. Bogue, M. V. Baker, B» E. M. K, Forth < « * » Horticulture « Bacteriology « Chemistry II M A s s t . in Entomology « * " « H n « • n « « Farm Crops • Plant Pathology « Bacteriology • Dairying un Hatch Adams State -V 250 450 1 i ^500 100 1 • . 1 Inspector Fertilizer & Feeds « « « i i ii « « i i Secretary Librarian Cashier Bookkeeper Clerk Bulletin Clerk Stenographer St en ographerc 745 300 j 3 00 . • | #5230 #4150 #10250 1 Name Position SALARIES Hatiih Adams State College K e d z i e, F. S. Shaw, R. S. E u s t a c e, H. J, P e t t i t, R. H. P a t t e n, A. J. Anderson, A. C. S e s s e y, E. A* Shoe smith VM- Giltner , W. C h i t t e n d e n, A. K. McCool, M. M. Brown, G. A. B u r g e s s, C. H. H a l l i g a n, C P. S h a f e r, G. D. Uorthrup, Zae Musselman, H.H. Robinson,C.S% Eouyoucos, G. J. Coons, G. H. Hibbard, R. P* Spragg, F« A* Brown, C. W. Cooledge, L* H. Morgan, J. F. Handiey, J. I«• Winter, 0* B. Bock, H. J. McDaniel,Eugenia Woodin, G. C. Dutton, W. C. Ludlum, L. C. M i l l e r, E. J. Berger, E. F. DeWindt, E. A. Down, Eugene Muncie, J. H. ITobles, C. G. Brownell, S. J". L y t l e, A. C. Barnum, C. F. Eebard, F. F. Smoll, E. A. 6500 2300 2100 2100 2600 2300 2500 2100 2600 2200 1800 1200 2300 400 1250 1650 800 800 450 650 950 600 500 President of College -Dir.of Exp.Station •Vice-Dir.& Horticulturist • Entomologist -Chemist • Dai ry Husbandry Botanist -Farm Crops •Bacteriologist • Forestry - Soil Physicist •Asso.in chg.Animal Husb. •Asso.in chg.Poultry Husb. -Asso. Horticulturist Asso. Entomologist •Assistant Bacteriologist . Asso.in chg.Farm Mechanics Res.Asso.in chemistry Res.Asso.in Soil physics -Res.Asso.in Plant Path. .Res.Asso.in Plant Physio. - Res.Asso.in Crops Breeding 500 500 1000 400 400 750 500 1550 200 200 300 400 300 200 200 250 200 400 200 300 1500 300 350 1500 500 1500 700 550 500 1050 Res»Asst.in Bacteriology •Res.Asst.in Bacteriology •Res.Asst.in Bacteriology -Res.Asst.in Bacteriology •Res.Asst.in Chemistry •Res.Asst.in Horticultures 1000 800 600 300 1200 350 300 450 750 900 750 1200 •Asst.in Entomology - -Asst.in Entomology •Asst.in Horticulture •Asst.in Bacteriology •Asst.in Chanistry .'Asst. in Chemistry -Asst.in Chemistry -Asst.in Farm Crops •Asst.in Plant Pathology •Asst.in Bacteriology •Asst.in Dairying •Asst* in Dairying •Inspector Fert.& Feeds •Inspector Fert.& Feeds •Inspector Fert.& Feeds 250 500 600 400 750 950 700 1150 100a 900 1350 1000 900 950 1200 1200 950 ! 1 ! l j ! I i ! i I ! I ! i j j I i | | ! \ | ;s5CM%s£^*^re':ffiJIS!^:!3^>&!!^ •Broun, A. 11% •Landon, L* E* • Schepers, ^« 1025Q»00 • College Supp.Appropri- Total. a t i o n. . . . . ; .. 15000.00 19535.00 Estimated Receipts 1 9 1 6 - » 1 7 . . . . . . . . . '. 15000.00 4-535.00 Balance S t a t e, J/l^lCT, On motion of Mr* Woodman, Mr* 1% ?• Huddleson was appointed Research Assistant in Bacteriology at a salary of #1200*00 per annum, and Mr* Lloyd R. Jones was appointed Graduate Assistant to succeed Mr* Huddleson* On motion of Mr* Woodman, the expense accounts of the Board Members were approved* On motion adjourned* ############# iary.