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MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Grand Rapids Trust Co.,

Grand Rapids*

July  18,  1917.

1:30  o»clock  P.

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Present, President Kedzie, Messrs. Graham, Waterbury, Doherty and

Woodman.

Wheat Day
at M.A.C.

Co nt em ing
Churchill
& Penner -
Amts.of sal;
& how paid.

The minutes of the previous meeting, having been in tie hands of "

the members, were approved without reading. 

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On motion of Mr. Waterbury, the plan outlined by Professor Cox for

a Wheat Day, to be held at Michigan Agricultural College on August  1st, wa&

approved.

The President presented a communication from Professor Clark, with

reference to the salary of Mr. Churchill, employed in the Department of Chemistry.

Upon motion of Mr. Doherty, the question of .placing Mr. Churchill upon the salary

payroll, and also Mr. Penner, of the Bacteriological Department, and the amount

of salary to be paid them, was referred to the President and Secretary with

power to

Chairman Graham presented the following letter, outlining the proposed

gift to the College; and following it is a report upon the proposition from

Dean Shaw and Professor Eustace:

Letter frm.

|Mt.Graham
1 outlining
gift to the

To the Michigan State
Board of Agriculture, 
Lansing, Michigan.

Gentlemen:

'Grand Rapids, Michigan,
July IS, 19.17.

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"Having been engaged in practical horticulture in Michigan the greater

part of my life, and, being greatly interested in the development of the in-
dustry; believing, furthermore, that by reason of location, soil and climate,
the State is pre-eminently adapted to the production of a great variety of
fruits and vegetables; believing also that the State would be greatly benefited
by the establishment of an up to date, scientific and practical horticulture
experiment and demonstration station, to be conducted by the Experimental De-
partment of the Michigan Agricultural College, to this end, and in furtherance
of the ideas above set forth, Mrs. Graham and I have decided to offer to the
College a deed of fifty acres of land in the Township of Walker, Kent  County,
Michigan, described as follows: The east half (E£) of the west one hundred (100)
acres of the southwest quarter  (SW-J-) of section twenty-one (21), Town seven (7)
north,. Range twelve (12) west, according to Government  survey, be the same more
or less.

"This land is admirably adapted to the purposes desired, both as to

soil, topography and location.  It is within two mite s of the city of Grand
Rapids, lying between West Bridge and West Leonard Roads, and one-half mile from
the Muskegon interurban car lines.

•There are very good buildings and a large amount of good, young, -
thrifty orchards on the place.  We will make the formal transfer at once ani
will give possession of the premises December 1st, 1918»  In the meantime, we
are to have full and unrestricted use of the premises, including the cutting
and removal of the timber on the farm (which will not be wanted by.the College.)

"As a consideration for this transfer, we shall require the College,

as soon as it takes possession, to begin development of the property in a scien-
tific and practical manner; to erect and equip the place with  suitable buildings
and apparatus, and to maintain at all times a corps of scientific  experimenters,
to the end that the people of the State may receive a permanent and lasting
benefit.  If, at any time, the College should discontinue the use of the proper-
ty, for the purposes above set forth, it shall, in that  event, revert to the
grantors, their heirs and assigns.

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Graham and Annie  Graham, husband and wife,  jointly.

•The property  is free from  incucibranee and is held by Robert D*

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Yours very  truly,

R. D. Graham.". 

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To the President: 

"At the request  of Mr. Graham we visited  Grand Rapids and with him
inspected his farm  located lour miles west of the city.  We were informed by
him that  it is his intention to present  fifty  acres of this one hundred  acre
farm to the State Board of Agriculture to be used as a horticultural experi-
ment  station. 

There are certain  conditions which he will explain to the Board.

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•We were asked by Mr •Graham to carefully  inspect  this  property  with

the view of determining its adaptability for a horticultural  experiment  station.
After  this  inspection, we are of the decided  opinion that  this  property,  either  I
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the  east or the west half but especially the east half, is admirably  adapted 
for horticultural  experiments of all kinds, both with vegetable  crops, with 
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small fruits and with  tree fruits, as it contains  excellent  muck  land, waall 
fruit  land,and the highest  land in that  vicinity, which would be well suited for |
p e a c h e s. 

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Report of ;r
Dean Shaw ^
a n d ^ of . ft
Eustace '.<si£
the pro p o-
sit iori of
Mr. Grahams
concerning;

for  certain types of experiments. 

"There are some orchards now upon the land which  could be well utilized!
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"The offer of Mr. Graham  is, in our opinion, an exceedingly  liberal one!
on his part, not only from a financial standpoint but unique in that  it shows 
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a  substantial  recognition of a very  important  industry  in Michigan agriculture*  j

"It is our hope that the State Board of Agriculture can see its way  I

clear to accept  this  property  under the conditions  specified by Mr. Graham and
appropriate  enough money to make the project a decidedly  successful one. 

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Respectfully  submitted,

R. S. Shaw,

Dean and Director.

H. J. Eustace,

Vice-Director and Horticulturist."

On motion of Mr. Doherty, the following  resolutions were  adopted:

RESOLVED, That the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Graham, as outlined

in the above  communication, be accepted with the fullest  appreciation of its
significance to the horticultural  interests of the State.

RESOLVED, That on behalf of this Board, the College and the people

cf the State, there be extended to the donors the most  grateful  acknowledgments
and the most  profound thanks, for a gift  that will start a new era in the hort-
iculture of the State, and that is destined, under the zealous  supervision of
the College, to bring to Michigan its deserved  rank as the leading  horticultural
state of the Union. 

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•, r  RESOLVED, That  in establishing and.maintaining the proposed  experiment

station the Board  desires in the fullest  sense to carry out the wishes and
purposesof the donors, and that the institution  shall be known as "The Graham
Horticultural Experiment  Station."

On motion of Mr. Woodman, the meeting was adjourned until Tuesday,

July Zk, at one o»clock P. M., at the same place.

July 2\, 1917* 

i:ooo»clock

Adjourned meeting, the same members  present  or concurring in the

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following, action:

On motion of Mr. Doherty, the recommendation of Professor  Clark that

Mr. Seals E. French, of Ellicottville, New York, be appointed  instructor in

chemistry  for the ensuing year at a salary of eleven hundred  dollars per annum,

was  approved.

On motion of Mr. Doherty, the resignation of Mr. H.J.Bock, as reported

by  Professor Eustace, to take  effect  Aug. 11, was accepted.

• B.E.French
| Instr-.in
| Chemistry

j H.J.Bock
1 resigns.

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iHall  granted
to  Y.M.C.A.

C.McKibbon,
Alumni Secy.

Ezra Levin,
Ext•Spec.
Muck Crops.

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released

J.H.Muncie
permitted
to take
trip.

Ford Car
for TUP.
I Exp.Sta*

Concerning
! main drain

[Cooledge  &
jJMorgan  -
Ichange  of
ir&tles*

Vocational
Board meet-
ing.

^ reserve.

|to be pd.
I C.Hoertz &

Son.

On motion of Mr* Woodman, the President was authorized to place two

additional ro©ms in Williams Hall, Hos. ^1 and *J-3, at the disposal of the

Y.M.C.A*

On motion of Mr. Graham, Mr. Clifford McKibbon was appointed to suc-

ceed. Mr* C. S. Langdon as Alumni Secretary, at a salary  of fifteen hundred fifty

dollars.

On motion of Mr. Graham, Mr. Ezra Levin was appointed Extension

Specialist  in Muck Crops, beginning July l, at a salary of sixteen hundred

dollars per annum.

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On motion of Mr. Woodman, the recommendation of Professor Poison,

that Mr. A. E. Evans, foreman of the Machine Shop* be released from his contract

after August 1, was approved*

On motion of Mr, Doherty, the request of Dean Shaw in reference to

sending Mr. J. H. Muncie on a trip to Montana and Idaho to investigate pea

diseases, was approved, subject to the reservation  suggested in Dean Shaw's

letter.

On motion of Mr. Woodman, the recommendation of Dean Shaw that a .Pord

car be provided for the Upper Peninsula Experiment  Station was approved.

On motion of Mr* Doherty, the recommendation of Mr. R. S. Hudson,

superintendent of the farm, in reference to a main drain, was referred to the

President and Secretary, with power to act.

On motion of Mr. Woodman, the titles of Mr. Cooledge and Mr. Morgan

were made Research Associate, in the Experiment Station*

The President  reported to the Board in reference to the meeting and

organization of the vocational board under the recent act of Congress providing

for vocational training. 

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On motion of Mr. Doherty, the Secretary was authorized to pay to

Chas. Hoertz & Son the ten per cent, reserve on extras up to this date, relating

to the construction of the gymnasium.

Burgess to
attend
meeting*

Concerning
terrazzo
floors for
gymnasium.

On motion of Mr. Doherty, Mr. C. H. Burgess was authorized to attend

a meeting of the American Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry

Husbandry in Chicago, August  3 and k; and also to visit Purdue University to

study Extension projects, with transportation  expenses paid*

On motion of Mr. Doherty, the question of additional terrazzo floors

in the gymnasium building over what is provided in the contract was referred

to the President and Secretary with power to act*

On motion of Mr. Doherty, the following report of Dean Shaw on the

distribution and tabulation of Experiment  Station funds for the ensuing year

was approved*

Secretary A. M. Brown,
East Lansing, Mich.

•East Lansing, July  17» 1917*

Dear Sir:

I am forwarding herewith detailed statement  of Experiment  Station

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apportionment for the present year to be presented to the State Board of

Agriculture for approval.

General Summary of Funds. 

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Total Funds

#15000
Hatch 
15000
Adams 
State 
25000
Receipts 17000
Balance  1300
•73300

For Salaries  Operating Expenses.

#9770
I U 50
32185

#53^05

#5230
3550
11115

#19895

These figures include #2000 more of receipts than last year in addition to
the present balance of #1300. 

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Except where substitutions or replacements have occurred, the follow-

ing changes only have taken place, as affecting salaries, and one new position
only  created for Mr. Ezra Levin.  C. G. Nobles was transferred from current to
Experiment  Station State #1200.  W. A. Laudemann's  salary includes #500 State.
Sidney  Smith Boyce was transferred from special apportionment  Director's Office,
to State pay roll #900.  One-half Ezra Levin's salary  comes from State #750.
F. T. Riddell was placed on the State pay roll #1300, making atotal of # ^ 5 0.
After these items were accounted for, including increases in salaries, there was
left only the sum of #765, State, with which to extend the work of the Station
over and above that of last year.  This sum was apportioned as follows, viz.:
Dairy Husbandry  #350, Chemistry #250, and Horticulture #265.  This means there
cannot be any extension of Experiment  Station work during the present year, by

way of establishing new projects or employing additfcnal men.

The general apportionment of funds remains the same as for last.year

except for the following  changes:  The following Adams operating funds were.
withdrawn to make up #600 of W. A. Laudemann's salary, viz.:Chemistry  #250,,. Soils]
#250, and Entomology  #100.  #250 Hatch was removed from Director's Office to  . j
Soils and #250 State from the same source to Forestry.  #200 Hatch was trans-  j
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ferred from Entomology to Soils. 

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The head of the Botanical Department  agrees with me that the #250 in-

crease in G.H.Coon's  salary  should be transferred from Adams to College.  We  j
recommend this and have so included it in the accompanying  financial, statement. \

We are also including the recommendation of Dr. Giltner to the effect

that L. H. Cooledge and.J. F. Morgan be made Research Associates. 

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In view of the fact that the additional sum of #10,000 appropriated  j

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bjrthe State Board of Agriculture had to be used to cover salary adjustments and
increases, our plan for establishing more active investigational work in animal  !
and dairy husbandry, drainage, farm mechanics and abortion reaearch.es, cannot be
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carried out.  Never in the history of the institution has there been greater 
need for renewed activityin these four lines, as the rapidly developing  extension!
activities are dependent on them as sources of information with which to afford i
relief to the farmer and aid in stimulating production.  Not less than #4600  j
would be heeded to employ  three men for animal, drainage and farm mechanics in- j
vestigations, while each one of these would require about  #500 for operating 
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expenses.  The abortion investigation work is in need of liberal supplementary  |
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appropriation. 

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I am pleased to be able to state that the foregoing report and recom-  j
mendations were given the unanimous indorsement of the Experiment  Station Councill

Yours very truly, 

E. S. Shaw, 

Dean and Director." 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT  EXPERIMENT  STATION
YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1,  1917•

NAME

POSITION

SALARIES

Operating
Expenses

Hteh.Adms.State  Col.  Htch.  Adms.  State;

Kedzie,  F.S.
Shaw,  R.S.
Eustace,  H.J.

P e t t i t,  R.H.
Patten,  A.J.
Anderson,  A.C.
Bessey,  E.  A.
Giltner,  W.
Chittenden,  A.K.

Pres.of  College
Dir.of  Exp.Station
Vice  Dir.&  Horti-

culturist
Entomologist
Chemist
Dairy  Husbandman
Botanist
Bacteriologist
Forestry

1000

6500
500  23OO

if 00 
lf00 
750  500  1550
200 
200 

500  2100
2100

2600
2300
2100
200  2600

300 

250

600

900

150

200

250]

700 i
j
22501
1250!
16001
2501
250^

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NAME

POSITION

SALARIES

QPERATI2JG
EXPENSES

Hatch  Adams  S t a te  Col*  Hatch  Adams  S t a te

200

300

200

2200

78$ 2$0

600

1800

2100

700

$00

$00

l$00
l$00

600
1200
10$0
l$00
1000

7$0

600

lie Cool,  M*U*
Cox,  J.  F*

Bfcown,  G. A*

Musselman, H*H*

Burgess, C.H*

Halligan, C.P.
Coons, G. H.
Horthrup, Zae
Robinson, C*S*
Bouyoucos, G. J*
Spragg, P. A.

S o il  Physicist 
Farm  Crops(Asso*in

Charge) 
An.Husb. (Asso.in
Charge) 

Farm  Mechs*  (Asso.
in  Charge)
Poultry  Husb*

(Asso.in  chg)

Asso.Horticulturist
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$$0
Botanist 
Asst*Bacteriologist  2$0
Res.Asso*&  Chemist

Soils
in  Crops

Breeding

1500

750
300

Asst.in Entomology 2$0

•  Horticulture 600
"  Dairying
Farm Crops
Dairying

Plant Path*
Hort.
Soils

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Asst^in  Bactj',
Chem*
Bacty,

• Bacty*
N  «
• Plant Ph^B.
"  Entomology

Cooledge, L.H.
Morgan, J* F.
Hibbard, R. p.
Shafer's Successor
Brown, C* W*
Winter, 0. B.
Huddleson, I. P.
Nobles, C. G.
Stafseth, H. J,
Muncie, J. H*
Bock*s Successor
Laudeman, W. A,
kcDaniels, E.
Dutton, W. C.
Riddell, P. T.
Down, Eugene
Browneil, S* J.
Lytle, A* C.
Miller, 5. J.
Berger, E* F.
Friedemann,T*E*
O'Meara, P.
Peterson, E. W.
Wiltberger, P* B*
Levin, Ezra
Barnum, C* F*
Hebard, P. F*
Boyce, Sidney Smith Fibre  Investigations
Brown, A*
M.
Landon, L.
• E*
Schepers,
J*
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Phelps, C.
A*
Meech, M*
V*
Bogue, U*
B.M.
Hareourt,
K.
North, U*

Secretary
Librarian
Cashier
Bookeeper
Clerk
Bulletin Clerk
Stenographer

Chemistry

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Inspector  of  Fert.&  Feeds

$00
120

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•  (After  Smoll)

(DeWindt*s place)
( 
Horticulture
Entomology  $00
;
Plant  Path* 

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350 19$0

200 1600
300  2400
10$0
4

700
1000

300 300
200

300

7$0

200

100
4$0
$00
$00

26$

300

2$0
300
$00
200
300
800
1100
6$0
1200

l$00
1200
$00

1100
1300
900
1000
1100
9$0
1350
1200
1000
1200

7$0
1400
1400
900
200

200
100
12$
660
350
800

4$0
1100

800

200
400
$00
250
300

300 600

7$0

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2 $0

1150

200

$00

l$00
1280
2000
900
1075

3$0

74$

9770  114$O 3218$ $020$  $230  3$$0  lill$

Edith Butler 
employed in
Sec'y*s Off* the Secretary»s office at a salary of eight hundred fifty dollars p*r annum, be-

On motion of Mr* Doherty, ICiss Edith Butler was appointed  clerk in

ginning July 1 and continuing until her successor is appointed*

1Exp.Sta.Div.
I to be called.
1 sections*

On motion of Mr* Woodman, the recommendation of the Experiment  Station

Council that hereafter the divisions of theExperiment  Station be designated as

•sections* was approved*

On motion of Mr* Woodman, the expense accounts of the Board members

were approved.

On motion adjourned*

Secretary,

To Mr* A. M. Brown, 
Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 
Dear Sir:  Though not present at the above adjourned meeting, I approve of the
action of those present in detai

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