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At 'the request of W. L. Broun, President of ~ theCollege a copy of an original letter addressed by the Governor of the State to Hon. C: S. Fairchild was ordered .,'iiJ. ~I\d upon the reco~ds . Chief Executive Office

Subject: .Agricultural Experiment Stations' Montgomery, Alabama Novemer 12, 1881 Hon. C. S. Fairchild Secty of Treasury Washington, D. C. Dear Sir

Whereas on the second day of. March, 1887, the' Congress of the' United States passed "An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges, established in the several states under the provisions of an Act , approved j~ly 2, 1862, and of the acts ;ru.pplementary ,ther.eto f' and whereas ' by the ninth section of said Act the grant of ~one~ authorized thereby is suvject to tne assent, of ,the several states vand ,territories to the purposes of said grant; and whereas the Legislature of. Alabama did adjourn sine die on' t,he' 28th February, 1887, without assenting thereto and the next, regular session thereof does not ~_/ occur with' th~ 13t~ day of November, 1888; and whereas s~id section 9 provi des in such an "event for the exercise of the discretion 'of the Governpr of 'said state now therefore, .I, Thomas Seay, ~overnor of the State Qf Alabama, ' do hereby assent to the grant of the money authroized by the act 'approved March' '2,' 1881. Very respeqtfully Thomas Seay ...

Department ~f Agriculture: and proceeding~ relB,ting thereot, February 24, '1888

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At a. cal~ed meettng ,of the Board of Trustees of t~e Agri cultural land Mechanical College of Alabama by order of Thomas- Seay, ,Governor of the State, and ex officio President of the Board, the Board met· in the office of the GovernQr on the 24th od February" 1888. On call of the roll there were present The Governor Thomas Seay, Pres. ex officio Palmer, Sup~ . Education Bishcip Haralson ;Kolb Langdon Ligon Malone Stansel Absent Gilchrist 18

On motion of Mr. Langdon that the Presi~ent of the College submit sucnreports --~ as he has prepared for the consideration of the Board. .

The President thereupon read the following report:' Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees: I respectfully submit the following report in ~elation 'to the Agricultural ~eriment Station to be established in connect ion with the college under the act of Congress approved March 2, 1881. The grants of money authorized Qy this act of Congress are conditioned in the assent of the Legislature as of the Governor of the State to the purposes of the act. The Legislature having adjourned prior to the approval of the act, the November 12, the Governor ~n mbalf of the state of Alabama gave the assent required for the acceptance 'of the t rust by the authorities of the college. Whatever credit belongs to the originators of the Agricultural Experiment Stat iBn bill rightly attaches. to the several ,agr i cutlural colleges of the state ~ ~ They ·were the f i rst t o r ecogni ze their i.pbility . to promote the large and varied interest s of agriculture as they should be by m~rely · -teaching stUdents . under t heir charge' the elements of those sciences that relate thereto and were among the first to urge that investigation and researc ~ with e~erimen 1;,.5 for verification and discovery· and dis'semination of results to those engaged in practical agriculture were the proper means to ef fect general improvement. These coll~ges appreciqted the inportance to one county of a wide dissemination of the principles of a na~iona1 agriculture - whereby: exhausted soils can be renovated ' and made fertile and the . . .fert:Llity of the virgin soils retairied; and in conjunction with intelligent farmers throughout the country they pressed this measure upon Congress, insisting that the gradual exhaustion of the cultivated coil as shown on _official reports demonstrated that means should be adopted commensurate with the importance of the results to be accomplished. The demand for the eStablishment of these stations finally exhibited such unanimity as to· secure compliance then with in the enactment of what is known as t he Hatch Act whereby' there is established in each state and teITitpry in connection with the ~and grand colletes an agricultural experiment station. The duty of the college established by the act of 1862 is to teach. The duty of the college established by the act of i887. is to investigate.,The act, constitutes a grand national endowment of research in behalf of agriculture. Object' 'Of the. Station ' . ' The act of Congress defines the purposes of the grant ~ be: (1) to diffuse among the people useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture ~2) to promote scientific investigation and e~iments respecting

I the principles"of agricultural science. It more definitely dEdares in Section f 2 of s aid act the object and duty of the experiment station to be "to conduct researches or verify experiments in the physiology of plants and animals-, _l the diseases to which they are severally subject with the remedies for the same --the chemical compositions of useful plants at their. different stages of , . 79

growth - the advantages of rotation' of crops as purpued under a 'varying - series of crops - the capacity of new plants or, trees for acclimation - the analysis of soils and water - the chemical compsotion of manures; natrual and artificial with experiments to t est their comparative effects upon crops of different kinds - the adaptation and value of grasses and ' forage plants, the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals - the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese, and such other researches and experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may be in each case deemed advisavle.' ' The experiment station as is seen from this enumeration of duties is not to be simply a fann or plot of land where experiMents in 'crops and fertilizers are to be made/ but is do be an organization of men qualified by study and training in science for experimentat ion ,and research,whose tlble and energy will be given to the investigation of subjects of scientific and pratical 'interest to agriculture. Therefore the station must have a practical and scientific side. It 'must ; consider agriculture both as ~ ari art and a science. ~

Its Duty Will Be ' 1st To acquire and diffuse' to those enga&ed 'in farming useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture of, interest and profit. - 2. To engage in scientific investigation and research in relation to the nUmber questions that belong to the ~arge 'and varied interests of -agriculture, questions which can only be determined by repeated experiment and the continued study of scientific experts. To make this station a success and of value to the farms each 'side of its work must be held to the highest efficiency both by the appointment 'of officers of large and extended knowledge relating to 'agriculture as practiced in the South as well as of those who -by long · and successful study in tbe Depar.tment of 'Natrual Science become qualified to engage in scientific research. , Location, ; , The Experiment Station by act of Congress 1S placed under control of the Trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College and hence must be located at the college to 'secure. the advantages o..f the farm buildings ana. the equipment al r ~dY provided ancr -the _services of the offibers of the college engaged in kindred subjects. It field experiments in agriculture were made only at one location in the' state, 1£ would not be possible to select anyone such place that would represent in soil, and climate all the different agricultural sections which compose the whole state. Hence then will at once arise the necessity on the part of the station of select. ~ l in each one of the different agri'cul tural sections of the j tate one or mope intelligent and progressive farmers who will repeat',accordfug to I careful and specific direction, the experiments desired and report the reSults to the station.

These adjuncts of the station have been found of great value in other states in multiplying experiments under varying conditions. The reliability of the general average of the results will be thereby increased and the interest in the work of the station throughout the state largely extended. 80

In this manner all the different sections of the state can be represented in the experiment station at a minimum cost and all valuable work accomplished -...-- that can be done a t a separate farm 'or station designed only for field experiments These different results when reported would under this S,1stem be compared and analyzed and conclusions of value drawn by a corps of officers assigned to station dut,y while the field experiments would be made ,t& represent the 'different agricultural sections of the state. " ' Nor does it follow that all the officers of the station shQuld necessarily be at the college especially specialists though nonresidents who are skilled in scientific work could be profitably employed to investigate those subjects to which they have devoted year s of study.

Work ' of 'the Station Field experiments of crops, seeds, f ertilizers, arid different modes of cultivation will constitute a large and important work of the station, 'but only a part of its legitimate work. "When field by the work of the chemical laboratory and by the cultivation of plants with .different soils eliminated, they are 'given little weight by scientific agriculturists in the search for results of value. Besides field experiments the work of the station will demand accurate experiments of the growth of plants in pots with soils whose constituents are known by analysis wher,eby the source of error in field experiments, arisiIig from natural and unknown d1ffe~ences of soils in adjacent plots is elimfMirlated. This plant growth in pots willdeman careful attention and will be essential to 'check the unanticipated 'varlationsof the plot experiments. i ---' The work of the station of tne first imporatance ~hould beta determine and spread wide the knowledge of the cause of the fertility in' the Soil, to show how the original fertility may be retained, and how the exhausted soils may 'be restored and also to demonstrate the methods of culture that will give l'elliUlleratiVEi crops and a t 'the same time retain and regain the ,.. ! 'Iertility of the soil. Among the numberous questions the investigation of whi-ch will become the special duty of the station, may be mention~d the digestibility and function of different cattle foods, the value and economy of ensilage, the value of cotton seed as a food for plants, and animals, the growth of grasses and forage crops, the effects of different kinds of fertilizers "and' different constituents' by chemical analysis, the effects of different"modes of culture, , rotation of crops, acclimation 'of pla'nts 'and trees, testing germination of s.eeds, SB well a's the numerous questions that reJ.ate to horticulture, fruit culture, etc •.

But among all, the~ and Qthers questions which readily suggest themselves, the station should first select those which are of direct practical interest to the' farmers of A,labama and should consecuti vely for a series of years inves'tigat e these qu~stions unti l ,definite cordlsiolls are reached ani not direct its 8nergies in too many ·different directions. 81

Chemistry to which we are all indebted for all we know of scientific agriculture should receive due consideration in the organization of the college experiment station. Fortunately in the new chemical laboratory to be completed in a short time rooms have been especially provided for the work of the experiment station and when these are provided with the special appliances needed the college will be splendidly eqltlpped for doing excellent work in this department. Questions relati ng to botany and entomology will demand careful investigation and research, especially the stuQy of insects useful and injurious to crops in the South as well as that of insecticides. Climatic influence must be daily noted, including amount of sunshine, temperature of soils at different depths, etc .

The station will require a specially qualified expert to investigate questions re13,ting to vegetable and animal physiology, the diseases of plants, e,nimals, and their remedies. And means should be taken to diffuGe a knowledge of veterinary medicine and surgery among the practical farmers of the state. These are some of the subjects for the investigation of which it is recommended that immediate provision be made . Diffusion of Knowledge

The act of Congress wisely provides for the diffusion of t his knowledge obtained by experimentation and research by requiring that bulletins containing the results of the experime~t6 shall be published every three months and distributed to those engaged in farming; and to facilitate this distribution is provided that the bulletins may be sent free under the frank of the officer in charge Q The distribution of the bulletins will be a matter of importance for which special provisions must be made .

Farmers Institutes

As an additional means of diffusion of information, Farmers Institutes should be held in different sections of the state and before these institutes provisions should be made to have dell.vered by the officers of the stat ion and by others who have made a special study of subjects relati.ng to agriculture.

Buildings and Equipment

In addition to the new and elegant chemical laboratory now building and to the farm buildings and appliances possessed by the college there l'rill be iIJ'l.mediate need. of other suitable buildings at the farm to do the work required for accurate experimentation in cattle feeding; and also need for other appliances. The other departments must also be provided l.>ith apparatus adapted for scientific researcho

Library

Books as well as apparatus const! tute the tools and vorking equipment of the investigator. A good technical library must be provided - it is absolutely essential - without it good work CRnnot be done . Fortunately for the college, the experiment station previously established by the trustees under the act of the State Legislature, has provided 'a partial equipment for this work and gives experience which will prove of value in assuming the gross responsibilities i mposecl. by the act of Congr ess . 82

When we consider the importance and extent of t he work, it will be ~eadily seen it will require that the appropriation be expended wtth thoughtful care and economy to accomplish suc~e s sf u~ly the end desired.

With a competent corps of officers and jurdicious expenditures we can confidently expect that, by this work of the station a wide spreud and in• creased interest in agriculture vfill be excited and that there will "r esult to the entire state benefits of a permanent character.

I therefore r espectfully recommend that the experiment station be organized as a department of the college by appointing a corps of competent office.rs to engage in experimentation and research as defined in the act of Congress and sub~it herewith a proposed plan of organization .

Res pectfully,

Auburn Feb. 24, 1888 VIm. Leroy Brm~n , President

On moti on of Mr . Langom, that Professor Newman and Lupt on be i nvited t o come bef ore t he board. Mr . John of Selma was also in\~ ted to come before the board .. Each of the gentlemen ll'ade st ,'3. tements and submitted r emarks .

The report of the President of the CQllege ~~s then taken up, together with a plan for the organization of the Department of Agriculture, which vias consider ed as resolutj ons and wl\\vl\J). r.e... as follows o 1 . Resolved - In accordance with the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1887 to establish Experiment Stations in the Southern States, the Governors of these states having given certified assent to the purposes of the grant as required in the act, there is merely extablished under the provisions of sai d act for the purpose therein named, the Agricultural Experimental Station of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama; and said station is merely made /a department of the Agricultural and Mechanical College and as such, shall as other departments, be under the gener~ l supp.rvision of the President of the College.

~(\""" . 2 . Resolved - That all moneys r ec eive d ~ the United States Treasurer, under t he official Act of Congress, shall be faithfully used for the purposes designated in said act. 30 Resolved - That the Pr esident of the Col lege shall present in his annual report to the Trustees and such recommendations ~s in his opinion will promote the efficiency of t.he station; and to him all the reports of the several departments of the station shall be made o 4. Resolved - That the President of the College and such other officers attached to the station as may be appointed by the Trustees shall consti tU.te a Board of Directors and to the said Board all subjects relating to the Experiment Station shall be r eferred. And in order to secure unity of the purpose of r esearch, the Board of Directors fhal1 confer together and determine the experimentation and research which shall be undertaken and adopt each year a definite line of work; it being provided the work undertaken, shall as far as possible have reference to questions of practical i nterest to the furmers of Alahama . Th9 Board shall me et at r egular periods a,nd at any time subject to the call of the Pr esident and shall keep a record of its proceedings . .' r 5. Resolved ~ That "a member of the Bo~ r d oI Directors snali 'be appointed by the Board of Tvustees of.fic e ~ in charge, who in ' addi t ion to the' special duties of the stati on to which he may-be assigned as, Director, s.hall conduct t he general" cor respondence i nci dental to t he work of the stat ion and i ssue bulletins 'in' accordance with the Act of Congress . . - .6. 1:n order 'diffuse infonnation of value to the farmers, the BCiaI!d of Directors shall p rovide ~ tor c~nducti (~ ' far-mers institutes in' different sections of. the State, in connect i on ,iith the Commis sioner of Agri cultur e, before which officers of the stations shall 'lecture on subjects under their charge: The di~e ctors of • t ne Agricultural ,-Experiment Sxation shall cause field experiments i n agricult ure ~ to be made at ~ne Branch Experiment Stations at Uniontown, and ·the sum of two thou:sand·dollar s i 's hereby appropriated' for said field experJ:m.ents; and 'for other needs of 'sald 'station other than' for building purposes~ . 7. Each officer at t he head of a department i n t he Experiment Station, shall prepare for publication, at least once in three months a repor~ of the work done in his ,department, and the same wh e ' ~ approved ~hall De is:sued ,as ~ bulletin. " . 8. The Treasurer of t he College is hereby appoi nt ed t he broker officer to r eceive from t he United States Treasury i n behalf of this college, the funds ~ ap prop ri ate d by t he act s of Congress to establi sh Agricultural EKper-iment Stations i n t he . several states. That the ,Treasurer' of t he- College before recieving "any .of the furide Under the ac't of Congress approveCl March 2nd, 1887, known as t he {iatc,h Act ; be and he is her eby required eo ent er into bond with security to be approved by t he Gover nor of Alabama, payable to t he Agricultural and Mechanical College of Al abama in the sum of' ten thousand dollars ·($lO,OOO. ) condlti oned i n the f aith• ful perf ormance of his duties i n r ecieving, keeping and distributing said fund. And that the ·TrErasurer be aliowed f or hi s services' i n ree.iving and, 'distributing said f und a salary of five hundred dollars ($500) per annum. ' He shall keep a separ ate account of the annual records and expenditures and report the same as r equired by this Act. . 9. R ~ sol~ed - Tha~ i t shall be the duty of the stati on to examine free of char ge ar t:i,.cl es relat i ng to Agricultur e sent by" citizens of the State, when of ,public utility under ~ uc h: ~egula ti on s as may be p'r eseri bed, and t o_ perform an duti_es ' no"t required by t he experiment station est ablished at -thEr eollege by t he Trustees under the law of the state.

10. No office of the station shall engage in any accupati on , or acc~pt any . position that wi l l in any manner i nter f ere with the ~ai thfu l performance of his duties; and no property of any character bel onging t a tb e expe r ime~ t stat i?n shall be u~ed for private pur poses . . ' . 11. All proceeds arising from sales from the produce of the farm s~a1l be p ai ~ _ to the Treasurer of the College, who shall account t or the same to ~ he Trustees; and when the Director receives any money from farm products, he shall make an i t emized statement. in writing from what sour c ~ such mopey i f! recei ved, which .' statement, shalt with the ~urYey be turnea over to the Treasur er and no money shall be paid t o the Director unIess , upo~ warrqnt s~gned by the President of the Col lege. . . , 84

12. That a committee of visitors composed of three trustees shall be appointed, who I!Iball during the yea:$ aa often aa ' t hey may, deem necessary, visit and. inspect each department of the Experim~nt Statio.n and make a special..:report at. the annual meeting of. 1:!hQ .Board: And no permanent improvement shall be c,onstructed without the app~Val . of the c Ol1U!li ttee. .;; . f ,''3) 1 • .", , "1.' . • 1 13. Resolved -That the organization of the Experiment Station shall take effect 1st Qf\ April, 1888, and to contimle so l ong as the a 'tf, ·o.f Oongresa ~ remains i:n force: and the Agr.' and· Mee. College receives the .money therain appropriated.

f _:""'<:J i.. f' 14.. Resolveq· - that the Experi,ment statio . shall ·be-\organi.zed wi·th the 'folloiing officers: First, the President of th,e College'. Second, the Agri,culturi:Sti ~o shall be a director: Third, a chemist . who shall be a vice-director: Fourth, a P~{iliologis t: Fifth, a Botanist: .SWh, an Entomologist,. who sh$Ul hav.e charge o'f meteQrolfolgy.., ""with the following assistants .. ~st ( ass ~stant Chemi,at - . first ~ a~istant Ag~~ult urist ~ assi stant in Meteorology.

d t r)...... On motion o ~ f Mr.· Malone that . the resolutijlns be Q9nsidE'tred and acted_ton . seriatin\ - . adopted.. The 1st· Resolution as in ori gi ~ l draft was amended so as, to read as is set forth in said resolution and was adopted.

The 2nd resolution - was ~dopted . The 3rd resqlut ion - was 'adopted. ,"., . ,~ . . _, The 4th resolution'1:8ing .under consideration and pending .~ t _ hef!.ame on 1ll0t;iPQ of the < Gov-ernor,. Mr. Langdon ~ bein~ in the Ghair, the Board adjourned ~nt).l 3 o.'clock, p .. l1 ~ ,_ . . , " t A . ..~

*_c .... l ~.." -The' Board met .a:\; 3 o:' clock ;in t}le office of t ~ 'Goverl}or at the Capitol build.:Lng am 011 call of t he roll - ;. thes~ wer~ pres.ent· - The Goverpor." and Mess:rs-. palmer, Bishop', Haral®n, Kolb, Langdon, Li,gon, Malone, StaP$el, ' .Gilchrist - all. the. members of the Board were presen.t • _ J,. • '

, (: The 4th Re solution was then further considered and adopt~d .. The 5th Resolution was adopted. The 6tb Resolutiop was amended as it appears ill the recor d, on M.ption to ad9pt -the. ) same liT. Langdon cal ~ dfor the 'Yeas; and, nays. T}1ose :wtw~ .for, t~e : ~doption of the reaolution. wera the PresideI!t of t~ Board and Mes.srs. ~ alme r , . ~isho~ " Haral• son, ~olb, Ligon~ Stansel - 6. Those, v.oting nay . w e~e M ~ssrs . pdlcprist ~ , Langaon~ and Malone - 3. The resolution was adopted.

The 7th Reoolution was ~dopted •. The ath ~esqlution was adopt~d. The 9th Resolut~on was adopted. The lOth Resolution was adopted. ~. ." " . The 11th Resolution as in original resolution was amended as now on the record and adopted. The ~2th Resolution wa~ adopted. The 13th Reool-qtion was adopted..- The 14th ResoJ,ution was adopted. .... '{ The resolutionS as stanq, on .thp re,cord were then adopte1d _as a whole.-

• I 1 , L ... ,. The Board adjourned on motion till nine o ' clock -tomorrow.

F. M. Rease Feb. 24th, 1888. Sec. to Board 85

Saturo.ay, February 25th', 188"8 The Board met at the office of the Governor in the state Capitol and on call o~ the roll the~ were ·present: The Governor ot the State,.Ned Seay~ Superintendent of Education, Mr. Palmer, and Messrs. Bishop, Gilchrist, Haralson, Kolb, Langdon, Ligon, Malone and Stansel. " The .. subj ect of appropriations coming up - on motion the following amounts were .appropriated from the $15,000. 00 appropriated' by act of Congress March '2I1d, 1887. t • t For ~ farDl buildings the sum of $2,200.00 For equipment of farm, labor and assistants 2,340. 00 Completing. Chemical Laboratory' 800. 00 Equipment of Chemical Laboratory 4,000.00 ~quipment for Entomology . 500. 00. Libra:ry 1,200. 00 For assistant chemist 375.00 For assistant"meteorologist 7,.00 For printing :300 . 0D Stationery and contingent expenses 1~.0 0 . Expenses of trustees 300. 00 Treasurer to be paid quarterly . 500~OO Secretary to be' paid quarterly ' 150 . 00 Uniontown Branch Experiment Station 2,000. 00 J14,Mo. oo

_There beipg an unappropriated balance of $110.00 and the further sums of · three-:-.rourtl'}.s of ealaries of Treasurer and Secretary would make the sum . together with the $110. 00 not· appropriated an unappropriated balance of ~ $'97 . 5b . -On motiQn of Mr. Haraloon"!' That ,from the amount of $,97.50 there be added to the $1200. 00 appropriated to the l ibrary, the swm of $300. 00 for scientific works and b09ks - making the appropri ati on thereto $1500.00. Adopted~

On motion of Mr. Palmer - That the- balance ot said sum of $597 .. SO, to wit, the sum of $297 • .50 be appropriated to the contingent fund of the Department of Agriculture at Auburn, Ala. . On motion of Mr. Palmer - that the Board reconsider the vote by Which the office of B o~ani st was carried - also that of Physiologist (carried). Election of officers was on motion gone into. Professor J. S. Newman was elected Agriculturist and Director of Experiment station. Professor N. T. Lupton Chemist and Vice-Director of Experiment Station. Profesoor P. H. Mell .Entomologist and Meteorologist•• ·

The chair of Physiologist was e stablished and when the ProIessor thereof is selected by the Board he shall recieve as compensation for his services the sum of two thou.sand dollars. ($2000) per annun. "" . , The chair of Botanist is e'stablished and' when filled that officer shall re- ceive a salary of one thousand dollars ($lQOO) per annun. No change was made of present assistants in the Department of Agriculture under Pro f • Newman. 86

A ss ist ~t in Meteorology ~o be named by the President of the college whose com• pensati on shall be at the rate of $SbO. oO per ~ n um . Dr. James T. Ander son of Little Rock, Arkansas was elected Assistant Chemist with a salary of ($1500) fif teen hundred dollars per. annum and secretary inst ructed t o notify him t he reof. " - By Mr. Bishop -Resolved - that W. L. Broun, t he President of the college be , and i s hereby authorized to execute for and in the naile' 'of ,the Boar d of Trustees of, th,e A,gricul tural and Mechanical college' of

• t By Mr. Haraloon - R esolv ed ~ - t hat t he President 'of the college, be and he is hereby authorized to expend the. sum of $.300, t hree hundred dollars,,. or so much thereof as m~ be necessary for. preparing an illustrated catalogue 'of t he col legeo (Adopted.) ,

By Mr. St ansel - Resolved - t hat t he visitors designated in secti on 12' by-which the Dept. of Agriculture is organi zed - be appoint ed by the Governor as President of thi s Board with Mr. Gilchrist chairman. ' ' . By Mr. Kolb -Resolved - t hat tbere be a ppro p ri a~d from the $15000 'appropriated by Act of Congr ess March 2nd, 1887 . - t he sum of .$150. 00, one hundr ed and fifty dollars, as addi tional compensation to F. M. , Reese secretary of the Board and that his salary as secretary be (3500) five hundred doi lars per ' annum. (Adopted.)

By Mr. Kolb - Resolved - t hat in_accor dance with the estimates reported by Pro• f essor New.man, of funds needed at the Expe riment station from Dec. 22nd, 1887, ~ , September 3 0~ h , . 1888"t h e sum of ' ($lSbo) fifteen hundred dol lars i s hereby appro• priated f rom the ($2000) two thousand dollars by the Commissioner of Agriculture to t he Treasurer of t he ' coll~ge on December 24th, 188~, which ~a s . ~ d o pt e d . ' ,

, . " \.. By Mr. Langqon - Re solved ~ that the report 'of the President of the College t o the Board of Trustees at this session, be furnished to the Montgomery City papers with t req u est . th ~ t the papers of the stat e publish t he -same. . (Ad?pted) On mo tion the Board adj ourned sine die. F. M. Reese Secr etar,i to Board of Trustees

, . Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the A & M College, ~ fer ring to the college proper at a me eting held i n the office of the Governor in the State Capitol, February 24 and 25th, 1888. , ' ,'" ". , . ,

The Board being in session with all the member s present . , It was by Mr. Haralson -Resolved - t hat the President of the col lege, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered t o sigh the name of the Agricul tural and Mechanical College of Alabama to the bond required by t ~ ' United States Government for ' necessary arms and accoutrements for the military department of the college, and to 87

bind the . college thereto: and to procure the necessarJ s'Qr~ties 'thereto: ani the-.• . Board her eby promise . to indemnii'y and to save harmless . any surety or sureties on such bond, in consideration of thei r becoming sureties on the same , for the benefit of the college. (Adopted) . ~ o St~nsel r By - Resolved - t hat the sum of ( $300) three hundred dollars be • • allowed the comi!landant of corps of cadets' as compensation for his servi ces, as such comiiiandant, urrler t he direction of the Pre sident of the college, when detailed by the Secretary of War. . (Adopted)

BY Mr. Ligon - Resolved - that as the detail of 1st Lieut • . M. C. Richards, . Col. commanding· the corps of :cadets will expire Oct. 1st, 1888 - that the Presi• dent of the college is hereby authori z:ed to apply to' the Secretary of War for the detail of an officer in his place .- He shall make application , first for Lieut. John B. McDonald, 10th Cavalry - second, Robert L. Bullard, 10th InfantI""J, "and if neither of the above named officers a'annot be' detailed "then for Lieut. John H. Wills, 22nd Infantry. Adopted.

Note. As the swm of $800, for which the .cQllege farm was sold was appro• priated to Dept. of Agriculture, the resolution directing a· deed· to be made to the same to Amax A. Cox the pu:tchaser, is embraced among proceedings relating to the Dept. of Agriculture.

Also the Tes:>luti.on by which the salary of tHe secretary was increased, making his salary five hundred dollars ( $500) per annum, the additional salary' being allowed on account of services requir~d on account of establishment of Dept. of Agriculture. : .

On opposite' page .on resolutions on the ,death of Hon. 'WIn . H . ~ Barnes whi ch were introduced at this meeting of the Board.

Montgomery, Ala. F. M•. Re'ese. Feby 25th, 1888 Secretary to Board of Trustees A & M College of Ala ~

The Governor has designated Messrs. Ligon and Mitchell to complete the committee of Visitors, to be appointed in accordance with requirements of Resolution 12 of Act of Organization.

F. M. Reese Secretary Tr.

In Memory: of ~ . William H. Barnes

By Mr. Stansel - Resolved - that whe~as since the. last annual meeting of thi.s Board, Col. Wi~iam ~ • . Barnes, . one of our members departed this life at his home in Opelika, Ala., therefore be it resolved, .

1st That the Board of Trustees 0+ the A & M College of Ala ~, has sustained 'a serious l oss by the death of our esteemed and able associate : _and that the' Institution has lost one of its wisest and most able supporters. 88

2nd -That in the death . of Col. Barnes our. state has lost one of its best citizens, finest patriot~ and ablest statesmen - the bar one of its-most learned and eloquent advocates - A bright light in the profession has been extinguished - a strong man ~as fallen. . -

3rd That we his intimate friends and associates in. all the relations of , life, mourn his unexpected departure - we shall miss him - the ties of friendship of many years are broken - we· will ever, cherish in memory the manly v~rtues - the genial and social nature of our deceased friend. 4th That these resolutions be spread upon therecord~ of this Board - that a copy of t h~ same be transmiited to the family -of the -deceased, and that the State papex:s be reque sted to publish the ~ame .: ~ _' - Mr. ~gon moved the adoption of the r~solutio~s seconded by ~r . Malone .- and they were adopted unanimously. .

Meeting of the Committee of ·Visitors Aubu~n ; Ala. Apr. 3rd, · ~88 8.

The committee of visitors consisting of Mr. Gilchrist, chairman, and Messrs. Ligon and Mitchell met in Auburn, April 3rd at the oall of Dr. Wm. L. Broun, President of the College, ~y request of chairman of Com.

By Mr. Ligon - Resolved; that the bid made by Mr. James Snith, !lith such al• terations in the plans and specifications for t he buildings to be erected at the Experiment Station, and therein naIlEd, as m~ be consented to arAi agreed on by the Committee, so that "the" cost of such buildings does not exceed the amount heretofore appropriated, to wit, the sum of two thousand, two hundred dollars ($2 , 200) , is hereby accepted; and that Dr. "'Tm. L. Broun, the President of the College is hereby au thorized and empowered to sign _the contract for said buildings with sald-Jame s Smith, when plan~ and specifications are agreed on. (Adopted) .

F. M. Reese Secretary to Board of Trustees

AUBAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION A & M. Co~eg~, Auburn, Alabama, June 4th, 1887 Dr. Wm. leRoy Broun, President: Sickness has prevented an earlier preparation of this report. Chair of Agriculture

My work as Professor of Agriculture, during- the past ses~ion " has b~en bQth agreeable and satisfactory - Each succeeding year brings manifestat~ons 9f increased interest in the study of Agriculture on the part of the cadets. MUch of this is no doubt due to the kindly interest, which you have shown in the welfare of this de• partment, for which and ' the uniform courtesy and kindness you have shown and ex- . tended to me both o~ficially and personally, please accept my appreciative aoknow• ledgement. 89

One of 'the most marked feat ures of 'the experience of the session just ' ended is the decided interest shown by the cadets in the practica. work of the station, in which the three higher cl,asses have engaged most cheerfully. . . Owing to the large amount of laboratory work done in other. departroen:t"s by cadets taking the course of chemistry and agriculture; I found it 'necessaIY to occasionally, to devote an hour which s~ould have been used in class room in• struction to field work, which demanded immediat e attention, while the best in• struction could be Kiven. This was especially the case in \.t)rk in the. horti cultural department in which planting and pruning rrmst receive attention at the proper .time or the lesson be' lost.

When the weather admitted ten hours a week were devoted to field instruction as follows. Sophomore class six ho~s Junio;r Two and. Se~or Two •

. There have been 96 in attendance upon ten cl~sses in Agriculture dur ing the session just end~d , . distributed a~ follows. Senior class 7. Junior 8. Sophomore 41. Freshman 40 - 96. The e?cperiment. of in~tructing the Freshman class in Agricultur~, has prove~ succe.ssfu;I. beyond my expectatipns. Nptwithstanding the fact that you gave them to me only once a week ver,y satisfactory progress has been made as shown by the examinations just completed. If practicable; I would like to have this class recite twice per week during the second term. This would enAble me to extend my course of instruction by commencing in the Sophomore where the freshman ended. When not interrupted by unfavorable weather my collegiate duties occupy eighteen hours per' week. Eight in the lecture room and ten in the field. Add to this the conduct of the aation, planning, planting, observing developments and weighing results of expe;riments, the preparation of bulletins and monthly visits to the canebrak~ station and I find little leisu're time of the 'year, vacation ·included. Indeed it would hQve l b~en utterly impossible for me to have accomplished the work that has been done without the assistance which has been rendered by-Mr. C. L. Newman, who has received for his services the pitiful sum of $15.00 per month from the Station. This, however, has been supplemented from private funds. I make no complaint of any kind. I have endeavored to per• form with fidelity the duties. assigned me and am gratified to be able to state that so far as thS cadets are concerned, the old prejudice against t he study of Agriculture ' no longer exists.

IV relations with the cadets have been of the most pleasant . character, both officially and socially. They have so far as has come under my observation con• ducted the~selves as gentlemen and as such have done faithful wQrk. MY' dut,y ' as te~cher h~s bee~ a pleasant one and I trust not without profit to those who .have sat under my instruction• .

Experiment Station

The bulletins accompanying furnis h a partial report of the work of last year. During (this month another will be issued. giving results of experiInSnts upon sweet potatoes and sugar cane , to be ~ollowed 111 July by a maInlal o~ forage culture and llay m~ing for Alabama, with some comments Up 011 the most economical and profitable manner of feeding our stock. This will be followed in August by a report of investigations made upon the fruit trees and plants and a rep(jrt of tests of varieties of smal~ fruit~. .

The usual investigations are in progress in regard to the methods of planting, fer:tilizing and cultivating our -principal field crops, besides some intera.stirig enquiries in the fieldf:j of horticu.lture and homology ~ ' Preparation i s being made 90 to afford additional facilities for investigating the underground developments of our c:ult-ivated plants. • -' The seven acres which belonged to the estate of William Stenn, were planted last Nov. and steps .are being taken to improve the soil and heal the unsiehtly gullies with which it was co:r:rugated. , Financial

I herewith submit my book o£ accounts with vouchers classified and numbered. It will be observed that these have been received from all sources. $2781. 91 Expended , 2307 . 78 Unexpended balance $ 474.13 The unexpended balance will be paid for pike and ram purchased, erecting tank, replacing building de~troyed by fire and in payment of wages, etc., this month.

" . I trust" you will recommend to the Board as liberal appropriation as their m~an s will j ustify for the purchase' of additional improved implements, prepar~tion for accurate experiments in feeding stock, and , otherwi~e developing the usefulness of the station. Ver.y respectfully ' ~ . S. Newman . Prof. and Direc,tor'

The above report by some means ' went into p ossessio~ of Dr. Broun' and was not found until this day, May 31st, 188, hence-not with oth~r reports'.

Auburn, Ala., June 11th, i888 ,

This being the day designated by the Board of Trustees of the Agriculturai and Mechanical College of Alabama for their annual meeting - on call of the roll there we~e present:

His Excellency, Thos. Seay, Governor of the state Mr. Palmer, Supt • .' of Education and Messrs. Gilchrist, Ko~b, Har ~son , Ligon; Malone and Stansel. Absent: Messrs. Bishop, Langdon and Mitchell. A quorum was present. The proceedings of the Board at their meeting in the city of Montgomer,y, the 24th day of February, 1888, were' read and approved; also, the resolution of the Board of Visitors adopted at a called m~eting , held in ~ ub urn on the 3rd day of April, 1888'. The entry of the secretary was corrected in reference to the call of said meeting by inserting after the words "at the call of WIn . 1:. Broun, President of the College" by order of Mr. Gilchrist, chairman of the c~mmittee . Also, the 'note made by t~ secretary on page wag amended to read as follows, liA s the sum of $300. 00 for whic;h the old college farm was sold w~s appro~riated 91

: to the Experiment Station and $500 ~s payinent on the property knO"iffl cas the Chambers property, purchased by the col ege. ~ .

The 'President or" the colleg~ r~ad his ·'report and submitted the ' same to the Board of Trus t ees.

On mo tion of Mr. Haralson - Re solved - that the degrees recommended Oy the President of the college i~ his report, be conferred on those persons named by him in the , report., which was adopted.

On motion of l-f.r. Ligon that the report of the President lie'l on the table' until he furnish a s,ynopsis thereof in order that the same ma~ , be referred to appropriate c~mmittees . Carr~d . • "

The Treasurer read ani submitted his 'report which:, on motion of ~ . Stansel was referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Auditor read ~n , d : sUbro'itted hi's report -on the ' Experiment Station and tha t 'of the Tre as ur~r ' of t11e c olJ;ege which .:were on ~otion of Mr. 'Stansel referred to the CoJDllfi t tee on 'Financ Ef. • - "

Mr. Mitchell;a memb'er of the Board, appeared and' t oo~ his 'sea't' with the Board. On motion of Mr. Malone - Re solved - that 'a. committee be appointed by the President to report, for the future the regular order of business of the Board. Adopted. • ~_ . I . '. ' 4 _. os . And the President appointed as, that committee Messrs. Malone, Haralson and Stansel. The several reports of thEfFaculty were t hen read and submitted. ,J.... ' "' ~. That of the Director of the Experiment Station was referred to the committee on Agriculture; and the report of Professor Newman as Professor of Agriculture was referred to the C?0prrnittee on GOUT-f?e of Study. On motion of Mr. Kolb the Board adjourned until 3 o ' clock -p. m.

J F,. M. Re~se ' ,'" 'f Secretary of Board; ' Jt - , '"'\ •

EVening' Sess:Lon ,I The Board of Trustees met' at ~ 'o' clock and ~ there were present, -and on call of roll: Thos. Seay, Governor of the state, Mr . Palmer, Supt. of Education and Messr s. Gilchrist, Haralson, Kolb, Ligon, Ligon', Malone,' Mitchell' and' stalisel: ,Ab sent: Messrs. Bishop and Lapgdon. There being a quorum p~esen t. On motion pf Mr~ Maloite . ~ the report of Prqfs s;,>or Luptoh 'wa,s re~d and, rEf! ez:red to ~ the Committee on Finance. ' . ,.' J • J 1 J • l " , '-'- That of Professors Smith and Thach was read, received and ordered ,on file.

The report of Professo~ Lane was refe~e? tot... the -' C6mrirl.ttee rip F~ . ance . ,•

On moti on of Mr . Malone - Resolved; that the regular annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural and. ~ Mechanica.l Colleg~ of Al'aban;ta(,' shall be held at the college in Auburn on Monday preseding cOtrunencement Clay, unt-il' otherwise ordered by the Board, which wa s adopted. '

Mr. I saac Ross by invitation came before the- Board"and atldressea them in reference to establishing a dairy and creamer,y in connection with the Experiment Station. _ 92 The report of Professor. Mell was read and referred to the Committe.e on Finance; also, that of Professor Bryant to the S~le commi ~ tee .

The pr opo sition of Mr. Ross submitted',by him after conferring with the Board was on moti on of Mr. Haralson referred to the Committee on Agric u ~ture .

The report of Adj unct Professor Petrie was reag - receive~ and ordered on file.

On motion of Mr. Stansel - Resolved - that the President of the Bqard, revise the st anding commit tees to t ake effect at the next meeting of the Board and that such re• vision be made ever" two years thereafter.

The President of the Board assigned Mr. Mitchell· to the Committees on Finance and Revision of Laws and Claims. On motion of Mr.' Ligon - that the report of th President and aC,companying papers referring· to .appropriations 'be referred to the Committee on Finance. Carried. The Committee on Mechanic Arts, a standing committee, having been. created at the last ·regular annual pleeting of the Board, and the committee .not named at the' time, the President QDm0unced as that committee - Messrs. Palmer ~ Ligon, Stan~el , Gilchrist, and Malone. On motion of Mr. Malone the matter of the purchase of the safe in the office of the f reasurer b~longing to ~he Department of Agriculture of the state was ~eferred to the Committee on Finance. ' _ ' . . - .

On motion of Mr. Palmer the Board adjourned until 9 0 t clock tomorrow morning.

F. M. Reese . Secretary of the Board

j{.A)I __ • Aubur~, •Ala . , - A~ril 12, 1888. The Board of Trustees of the Agricultural & Mechanical Col lege of Alabama met at 9 o ' clock Ao Mo and on call of tne roll these were present: Thos . Seay, Governor of the State and President ex-off. of the Board, ~~ . Palmer, Supt. of Education, Messrs. Gilchrist, Kolb, Haralson, Ligon, Malone, Mitchell and Stansel. Absent: Me ssrs. Bishop and Langdon . A quorum was present .

The minut~s of yesterday were read and aooroved. ,.. ' J; ,& . • . Leav~ was granted Mr • . Maone .to maKe a treport from . a. speci.9.l comnittee...... ~ Mr." Presi,dent.: Your "specie_l committee to whom v-las referred the matter of action of business of the Board; has had the same' under consideration and ask leave to report the follOwing and to recommend its adoption.

"I . Calling the roll. 20 ~ eading winutes of last meeti ng " 3. Reports of President and Officers of the College 4. Reports of the FacWlt y • . 5. Rep9r ts of the Standing Co~i t tees . 6. Repor~s of Special COmmitt ees . 7. Miscell&neous business ~

This report was concurred in.

Mr o Presi dent suggested, and it was ordered, that hereafter the Secretary prepare the daily proceedings of t he Board in such manner and f orm, that t hcy be ready to be 93 t r ansferred t o the minu t es ~

Mr. Kolb on motion introduced t he following resolutions:

I. Resolved 1st, That i n. t he future t he incident al fee charged t he students of t his college shall be as f ol l ows:.

Surgeons fee f or half. session $ 2 . 50 Incidental fee f or half session 2 . 50 Li br ary fee f or half session 1.00

II. Resolved that no fee shall be charged Alabama students in the Laboratory f or the use of apparat us and material consumed .

On moti on of Mr. Li gon the resolutions were laid on the t able and

On moti on of Mr. Ligon the Board adjourned until 3 o'clock p .m.

Evening Session

The Board met according to adj ourmnent, and there were4 pr esent : Thomas. Seay, Gover nor of the State, Vtr. Palmer , Superintendent of Education, and Messrs; Gtl• christ, Kolb, Har alson, Ligon , Malone , Mitchell and Stansel. A quorum .

On moti on of Mr. Ligon , the Board took a r ecess unti l 4 o'clock.'

On moti on ,of Mr . Malone t he r esolutions i ntroduced by Mr. Kolb were t aken f rom t he table and considered seriatim.

Mr. Gilchr ist moved to amend the 2nd r esolution by striking out t he - and ~.t Alabama 0 The amendment was adopted.

Mr. Haralson moved to amend 1st resolut ion by st riking out $2 . 50 and inserting in l ieu thereok 10 as i ncidental fee . The amendment wa s not adopted .

The resolut i on as to amount of inci dent al f ee , viz: $2 . 50 was adopt eci .

That relating to surgeons fee and library fee was adopt ed.

On mot i on of Mr . Haralson, Resolved that the requirements of students in the Chenu• cal Laboratory bei ng r equired on entering t o deposit a fee of $5.00 as f ound on page 38 of the catalogue, be and the same is hereby r escinded. Adopted.

Mr. Kolb asked leave t o make a report from t ~e Finance Comnuttee . Leave was gr anted.

The Finance -Committee beg leave t o report t hat they have .examined the account s and vouchers of the Treasurer. of the College, that they compared the vouchers for di s• bursements in the several departments wi t h his accounts as presented and f i nd t hat his report i s correct except in t wo sma.ll i tems - one of 8 cents and one of 10 cents, making 18 cents to which t he attention of the Treasur er has been called.

They beg leave f ur ther t o report that they have consider ed the mayt er of Appropria• t ion t o t he several departments from the several funds and without making an itemized recommendation for appropriat i ons beg to st ate that t hey have taken the estimates as 94 recommended by the President of the College and have considered the same by it'ems. and general~approve the same, but report back to a full Board to be modified as in their judgment may be wise .

R. F. Kolb J . B. Mitchell Jas . G. Gilchrist J . N. Halone Jno . Haralson

The resolution was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Haralson, the appropraitions recommended by the President of the college be considered seriatim or by items .

From United States Fund For Uniontown Experiment Station . $ 2,000 Part Salary Professor of Chemistry 1,600 Part Salary Professor of Botany 1,600 Salary of Assistant Chemist . 1,500 Asst . Botanist & Bacteriologist 500 F.or Printing 500 Equipment f or Botany . 800 Equipment for Chemistry 400 Salary of Treasur~r 500 Salary of Secretary and Auditor 15 0 For Stationery 200 For Postage 100 For Arboretum 150 for Trustees 225 For Library 400 For Farmers Institutes 300 To Experiment Station "400 $6 ,125 On motion of Mr. Kolb , The resolution strikLng out the fee of ten dollars was adopted. Refer to 2nd resolution of Mr. Kolb . , On motion of. l>1r . Ko+b, Resolved that four hundred dollars ($400) of the proceeds of the crops of tQe Experim~nt Station be appropriated to purchase chemical appa• ratus for the use of the students.

Appropriations as suggested by the President of the college being again under consideration, the f ollowing appropriations were made from the Agricultural Fund, the runount thereof being aniticipated froTIt \ he sale of tags .

Salary of Director $2, 500 Two A s si~tants, one at salary of 600 and one at salary of 400 Labor and E uipment of Farm 2,lGO Two Asst~ . in Chemistry - one at salary in part 800 One at salary of 300 Chemical Supplies 600 House Rent for Chemist 200 95 Appropriations from Endowment Fund

Salary of President $3, 000 " Profes·sor of Hathematics 1, 800 " "" Engineering 1, 800 " " " Engli sh 1, 800 . Chemi stry, part sal ary . 200 Natural History, part salary 200 Hechanic Arts 1,400 Adjunct Profs . Modern. Languages & HistorJr 1, 000 ala~J 1st Asst . in Mechanic Arts 750 Salary 2nd Asst . in Mechanic Arts 250 Three{Asst. Instructor s , $250 each 750 Commandant 300 Treasurer, part salary 600 ecretary and Auditor 3~0 Asst . i n Chemist ry 200 Chambers proper ty 540 Commutation house rent 1, 000 Insurance 250 Trustees 225 Fuel 250. Pri nting ~OO Stationery 50 p.o stage 150 Servants 350 General Expenses 400 Mil i t ary 100 Music 100 Commencement expenses 100 Repai t s and Grounds 100 Supplies for Mechanic Ar ts 700 11 " Physics 500 11 II Engineering 100 II II Chemistry 100 " /I ' N atur~l History 100

From funds of Department of Agricult ure due t o the College on the 1st day of October next . On motion of :Hr . Kolb, Resolved that so much of the fund of the State Department of Agr i culture which will be due to the College on the 1st day of October next viz, the sum of $2, 474. 53 be appropri ated from that fund to cancel the defi ci t in the Agr i cul• tural Fund of the coll ege which was adopted on motion of for . Palmer. Resolved : That the sum of four hundred dollars (~ OO) of the Agr i cultural Fund d1.le · on the 1st day of October next be appropriated as part salary of the Treasury, wh ich was adopted .

On motion of Mr. Haralson, that George H. Bryant be styled Director of Laboratory of Me chanic Afts and that he be a member ,of th~ Faculty.

On moti on of Mr. 14alone the Board adjourned unt il tomorrow morning, 8 o' clock . 96 Auburn, Alabama June 13, lBBB

( The Board met at B o'clock and t here were present:

Thos . Seay, Goy-ernor of the State, Mr. Palmer, Superintendent of Education, ani Messrs . Gilchrist, Kolb, Haralson, Ligon, Malone, Mitchell and Stansel.

Absent ~ Messrs . Bishop and Langdon .

A quorum present .

The minutes of yest erdays proceedings were read and there being no objections, the s~ne were approved.

On motion of Mr. Haralson, Resolved, t hat the degree of Ll.D be and the same is here• by imbued on Reverend Doctor A. S. Andrews, President of the Southern Uni versity at Greensboro, Alabama, which was adopted.

Elections being in order:

The name of J . J. Wilmore of Purdue University, Indiana, was pr esented and he was elected 1st Asst . in Mechanic Arts with a salary of ~75 0 a year.

Boling Glakey of Montgomery, Alabama, was elected 2nd Asst . in Mechanic Arts with a salary of $250 per annum. , , On motion of Mr . Malone, Resolved, the kindness of the Presbyterians of Auburn in tendering their church building to t he Faculty of the college for recitation purposes is gratefully appreciated and acknowledged and the thanks of the Board of Trustees are hereby tendered to them for their generous consideration; and that t he Secretary of the Board be requested to notify them of the action of the Board.

The Chairman of ' the Committee of the Board of Visitors of the Experiment Station sub ~ mitted a report, viz; the Committee of visitors shall have full power when the Trustees are not in session to act in all matters relating to the Station, it being provided the action of said cornnatt ee shall continue of force until the next meeting of the Board.

Resolved 2nd, All assistants in the Experiment Station shall be appointed for one -year. Should a vacancy occur it may be fil led by the Directors sub j ect to the approval of the committee of visitors .

Resolved 3rd, All offices of the college and of the Experiment Station, will in their annual reports, state the number of days they have been absent from duty and the cause of such absence. The report was concurred in.

On motion, the Board adjourned until 3 o'clock p .m.

-" Evening Session, there were present: Thos . Seay,' Governor of t he' State, Mr . Plamer, Superintendent of Education and Messrs . Gilchrist, Kolb, Haralson, Ligon, Malone, Mitchell, and Stansel.

Absent Messrs . Bishop and Langdon . A quorum was present .

On motion of Mr. Stansel, Resolved that hereafter when any officer of this college shall absent himself without leave of the President of the College from the diwcharge of his duties, unless on account of sickness of himself or family, requiring his per- 97 sonal attention, his salary shall .be abated in pr oportion to the time of any such absence; and the President of the College i s charged with the duty of reporting to ·the Board such abs ences. Was adopted.

On moti on of Hr . Gilchrist, Resolved that the Treasurer,be and he i s hereby inst ructed to pay Mr. ~

The resolut ion was adopted.

On m otion ~ of f r . Ligon the Board adjourned until tomor r01'l morning, 8 . o'clock.

F . H. Reese , Secretary to the Board.

Auburn, Alabama June 14, 1888

. The Board met at 8 o ' clock' a .m. and on call of the roll these were present: Messrs.' Gilchrist, Haralson, Li gon, Malone, Mitchell and Stansel.

Ab sent : The Governor, Hessrs . Palmer, Kolb , Bishop and Langdon .

A quorum was present . ... . On motion of Hr . Stansel, l r . Halone was call ed _to t he. chair .

I . ' On motion of r . Stansel, Resolved, that the proposition of Isaac Ross to conduct the livestock and dairy department of the ~ k g ricult ural Experiment Station of Alabama for .the term of three years, be accepted as follows: his salary for the -first year is to be.fi fteen hundred dollars ($1, 500) and for the two succeeding years eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum, payable in like manner as othevcollege officers, and also two hundred dol l a~s a s house r ent per annum all out of f unds under what is . known as the Hat ch Bill. , . II. Said Ross is to furnish the first year ten head of thoroughbred registered Jersey cows free of cost to the Station, for succeeding years ten, fifteen or twenty such cows per year at the option of this Board with the privilege to the Board of . buying the same , or such number as the Board may submit after the 1st of July, 1889, on t he basis of three hundred dollars for three hundr ed pounds of butter per cow per annurn . 'That is for a 200 lb . Of butter from a cow; 300 lbs, $300; 400 lbs . at $400 , and so on at that proportion and rate . In case of purchase under t his arrangement at any time , this board is to select the cows to be purchased . After th-e clo:;;e of the first year, the Board is to pay f ifty dollars per cow rental per annum on such cows as may not be purchased as aforesaid.

III. Said Ross agrees to take all Qutter produced under this arrangement at thirty• five cents (35¢) per pound, and all milk not used for the production of butter or experimental or other purposes on the farm without cost, and he further agrees that if such cows are fed accor ding to his direction, they shall produce each not less . t han three hundred pounds of butter per annum; and the trade mark of such butter :;;hall be A. M. C. Ac Hr . Ross to procure the stamp at the expense of the College . 98 IV . In the event of t he dissolution of thi s compact, at any time by death or other• wi s e , t his Board shal l have t he option of pur chasing such cows or any number t hereof as the Boar d may see fit on t he basis indi cated in s ection 2 of this resolution and agr eement .

V. The StationE' to furnich feed, quart ers and dairy faci liti es for such. cows f ree of cost t o said Ros s , -and al so a comp etent dairy man such as said Ro ss nay ' select and quarters f or him free of char ge - the price for the dairy man not t o exceed $40 per month , payable monthl y, and such other help as may be necessary for him t o conduct the rr ~ n a geme n t in accordance with i ts designs under the Hatch Bill.

VI . I n case of death, di s ease or other cause that may r educe the productive value of any said cows, Mr. RQ s s by subst itution of ot hers of t he s ame kind and .gr ade, shall keep up the standard of said cows according t o the i nterest of this agreement .

VII . The salary of Mr . Ross is to begi n under this agreement on the 1st day of July 1888, and the cat tle are t o be pl aced at the Experiment Station for the purposes indi• cated as soon thereafter as sui table pr eparati on can be made at the Station for their r ecept ion .

VII I. If f or experimental purposes any or all of sai d cattle shall be fed differently from directi on of Mr . Ross, he i s r eleased from his guaranty as to minimum quantity of but t er to be pr oduced - he onl y accounting f or am ount pr oduced during the t ime of such exper imentation .

IX . It i s further agr eed by sai d Ross, that he will and does hereby accept as part of his arrangement the office of First Assi stant at Exper iment Station , i f assi gned ther eto by the Boar d of Tr ustees and t o perform such servi ces as pertai n t o sai d posi t i on not incompati ble .wi th,his duties under t his agr eement • . _ I X. Under this ar rangement sai d Ross wi ll keep a f ull and accurate.dai l y recor d of all milk and butt er produced and t he kind and quantity of food used and t he condition of the animals, so a s to show r esults in accordance with t he design of the Hatch Bell, and make r eport s a s often as required by officers tin char ge of the Department .

XI. 'The purpose and design of t he Board of Trustees and Mr. Ross i n this agreement is as f ar as pract i cable at thi s time to carry into effect the eXfiJe riments as to dome stic animals indicated in Secti on 2 of what i s known a s the Hatch Bill . •

XII . All calves dropped on the Stat ion belonging t o Mr . Ross t o r emain unt il si x month s old .

XIII. 1he' f eed t o be furnished shall not be unusually expensive but such as is gener• al l y used in making butter ,test s in ~ the Sout hern States • . Pr ovided that i n making exper imental tests no feed shall be pr escribed wh ich does not have t he approval of Hr . Ross.

The r esoluti ons were ~dopted and signed as an agreement i n fol l owing words:

Witness on hands and seals this 14th day of J une A. D. 1888.

Attest Agricultural and Me chanical Colleg e F . H. Reese by Wm . LeRoy Br oun, President E . T. Gl enn I saac Ross 99 Reports of Committees

r . Ligon from t he Committee on Agriculture submit ted the following report:

Mr. President : Your comrrlittee have examined the Experiment S t a t~on farm. Various experiments are being made in fiel d crops which at t his season of year cannot be reported on, the crops sufficient advanced or matured .

The Cowmittee st ate t hat they have ey~min e d the "recei pt s. and disbursements for the past year of t he Direct or of t he Station and find them in correct and dUe form.

R. F. Ligon Chairman

t Th e report was r ecei ved and concur r ed in.

Mr. Gilchrist from t he Comrnittee of Visiters :

Hr . President:

Your Committee beg leave to r eport that they visited in April. last the· Experiment Station and at a meeting of the Commit tee of Visitors, it was decided t hat the bid made by James Smith with certain alterations in the plans ~~d specifications for the buildings to be erected at the Experiment Station which are on file:, be accepted, and that the sum appropriated" viz: two thousand two Bundred dollars ( ~ 2 , 200) not to be exceeded; and that Doctor Broun, the President of the College, was authorized to sign the cont ract for said buildings .

Your Co ~ ~ttee further r eport that said cont ract has been executed and that said bui l dings are being erect ed .

I . G. Gi lchrist, Chairman

The repor t was received and concurred in .

On motion of Mr. Stansel, Resolved, That the proposition of Mr. Isaac Ro s s be rele• gated to 2~ e s i dent Br oun and the Corrmi ttee of visitors with power ~ and authority to accept and _consummate' the same on such terms and Gobditions as othey :may deem best f or the interest of the college and Experiment Station , so as to put the proposi• t i o& "in full oper.ation a s early as practicable; and also t o authorize hlin to visit similar i nstitutions in this country and Canada with the view to informing himself as to the best method of conducting his proposed enter prise to successful operation s and result s, and authorized by t he Committee and Pr esident Broun shall draw his usuant on the College Treasurer for his r easonable expens es in making such visi ts to be_ paid .out of the Uriited States Funds i n t he hands of" the Tr-easurer . " H~ (N ote )

Was- adopted.

On moti on of Mr. Gilchrist, Resolved that t he contract for building barns, et c. be suspended with consent of the contractor until 1st Asst . Ross can examine such build• ings at other Stations and present to the visi tors ' such changes and mo di f\cations as he " rr ~y deem advisable •

.,H~ Another resolution on same subject which is the proper one . 100

Was adopted. On motion of Mr. Ligon , Resolved that the Auditor shall examine the accounts of ., the college and station every three months and report the result of each examina• tion to the President . The surrmary of their reports shall constitute the annual report to the Board of Trustees . Was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Ligon, Resolved that the unappropriated contingent in the Agricul• tural Experiment Station, viz, the sum of $400 is hereby appropriated to pay for Library. fixtures and necessary plumbing in Chemical Laboratory.

II. The President of the College is hereby. authorized to expend by July 1st, 18$8 , as may be required by the different departments of the Experlinent Station - the unexpended balance of the annual payment of ($15 ,000) fifteen thousand dollars re- ceived from the U. S. Treasury. ~ as adopted.

On motion of Mr . Ligon, Resolved that Professor Mell is hereby t ransferred from the· Department of Entomology to that of Botany in the Agricultural Experiment Station en d shall continue in charge of Mete orolo~r~ which was adopted. On motion of Mr. Stansel, Resolved that where any violation of the regulations is made known to the President, in which it appears a member of Cadets were engaged and the parties committing such violations are not known . The President, may at his · discretion appoint. a Court of Inquiry, which court shall be composed of the Comman• dant, two Professors and two cadet commissioned officers . This court shall have power to summon before it any student connected with the college and such student shall be required under penalty of dismissal, or such other penalty as the court IDGV impose, to testify in regard to any matter under investigation except when such evi• dence shall tend to incriminate himself.

The court shall keep a record of its proceegi ngs and report the result of its enqutry t o the President . Was adopted. On motion of Mr . Haralson, Resolved that the President be and he is authorized to execute the notes of this college and in its name to William L •. Chambers as execut~ of Nilliam H. Chambers for the unpaid balance due on the property purchased from him whenever said William L. Chambers has authority as such administrator to execute bond for titles or titles to divest the -title of -said land not of the estate and heirs of said Willirun Hg Chambers deed, and invest the same in the Agricultural and Mechani• cal College of Alabama

The resolution was adopted.

On motion of M~ . Liton, Resolved, that the President is authorized to pay V. L. Allen for services as Commandant twenty five dollars ($25) less fees due from him - to pay for guard at Commendement and also to pay the student s for extra work for construct• ing sterun engine the sum of ten dollars ($10) which~s adopted.

O~ m oti ~ n of Mr . Stansel, Reso~ved that the Board of D~rec tors , if they shall deem proper to do -so, shall authorize Hr . Isaac Ross in charge of the live stock_and dailY department of the Experiment Station of this college to visit otqer similar Institu• tions of this country and Canada with the view of obtaining information as to tee best methods of conductiI!g his Department, and the President shall draw his wanrant 101 on the college Treasurer f or such stun as may he ne'cessary to· defray his expenses whil st thus engaged t o be pai d out of the £unds arising under the Hatch Bill, Provi ded the amount so expended shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars . Adopted.

On motion of Mr . Haralson, Re solved, that the Building Commi ttee of the College, be and they are hereby authorized for and in the name of the Agricultural and Mechani• cal College, to negotiate a loan for money sufficient to complete the main building under contract of the college with r . James Smith; and to that end to pledge the f aith and credit ' of the college by the execution of the obligati on of the college for the payment of the loan. Any sum thus borrowed to be repaid out of any money to be appropriated by the Legislature of Alabama whenever i t may be appropriated and paid over. to the college ; and any obligation executed under t his resolution shall be made due and payable only when such appropriation may be made by the Legislature and money received.

The resolution waS adopted .

On motion of Mr . Har alson, Resolved: That R. F . Kolb, Soloman Pal me r , I . B. Mitchell Jas . G. Gilchrist, R. F. Ligon and J . N. r alone, be and they are hereby appointed a committee for and in behalf of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama to memorialize the Legislature of Alabama for the passage of a law for the appropriation of money to complete, furnish and equip the new building ~~d f or such further legis• lation as i s deemed to be for the i nterest of the Co~lege . On motion - ~ Mr . Haralsm was added to the Commi ttee . Adopted .

On motion of Mr . Haralson, Resolv~d : That whe r eas ~here are alleged di scr epanci es jn the account of the Director of the Station (Experiment) for the years 1884-5 - 1885- 86 which the Auditor has examined and made report on , but not in such shape as to cer tify this .Board as ~ t o the t rue condition of said accounts as to whether ther e are any mistakes in them or not ; and whereas this Board cannot at this session w~thout a delay of many days, examine all of said acoounts; therefore it is ordered that the Audi tor be and he is hereby directed without delay to re-examine said accounts and ascertain the~ r t rue co~d i ti6n and report the result of this examination in account form to the Board of Visitors at their next meeting and to this Board at its next meeting , which was adopted . - On moti on of :t-1r . L:igon, Resolved : That when means are available the Building Committee is author ized to make such change in the front of Langdon Hall as t hey may deem desF- able, which was .adopted. and The Board then proceeded t o elect an Assiatant liotanist/to be in charge of met e o ro l~y the Board elected V. L. Allen with a salary of 1500) five hundre~ dollars per annum .

On motion the Board adjourned sine die .

F . M. Reese, Secretary to Board of Trustees

Note:- The reports of the Faculty, together with i nventories of property of the college are on file and deposited in the safe of the Treasurer. 102

A communication from Thos . Seay, the Governor of the State and Ex Officio Presided of the Board' of .Trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, was receivep., a copy of which ~s herewith on record:

"Chief Executive Office

Montgomery, Alabama June 16, 1888

Enclosed find a revised list of the Committees under a recent resolution of the Board of Trustees ~

You may spread it on the Minutes as the action of the President of the Board.

Re spect fully,

Th os . Seay"

R E?es~ tlCol. F. Mt Secretary, Board of Trustees A. & M-. College Auburn, Alabama

Under the,resolution refe r r~ d to, the President of the Board of Trustees designated the Standing Committees to consist of t he f ollowiQg members ,of ttle Board:

Committ ee on Finance: Me ssrs . Ha ralson, Malone, Li gon' tGilchrist, 1itchell, Palmer.

Committee on Mechanic Arts: Messrs . Palmer, Langdon, Ligon, Stansel, Malone .

Committee on Agriculture: 11e.ssrs . Kolb, Gilchrist, Ligon, Bishop .

Commit t ee on Revision af Laws : Messrs . Stansel, Hit,chell, Haralson, Ligon, Bishop .

Committee on College Lands & Proper t y : Mes srs . l~ lon e , Gi l christ , Langdon, Bishop, Haralson, ~ olb .

Committee on Claims: Mes srs . Ligon, Mit chell, Bishop and .Langdon . Course of Study: Messrs . Langdon, Kolb, Bishop and Gilchrist • . . , Committee of Visitors: Messrs . Gilchrist , Ligon and } litc.b~ll o Report of the Pr esident of the College to t he Trustees of the A. & M. Coll ege:

I r espectfully present herewith the annual r eport of t he college for the session of 1 ~ 7- 8 .

The destruct i on of t he college building and cohtents by fire on the 24 of June last necessitat ed immediate provision of rooms and equipment for the opening of t he sessin on 15t h Septemb er. By your direction, Langdon Hall was t emporarily partitioned int o four recitati on rooms and an assembly hall and ar r angements made t o heat the saine by st eam - an ,·inexpensive but comfort able room, 20 x 40 , was constructed for the use 103 of the Engineering Department and by the purchase of the Chambers property, s even rooms were secured which are used as off ices for the President, Treasurer and Com• mandant and for library, armory and recitation rooms and one out room for the jani• t or.

The Professor of Agriculture has met his classes in the Presbyterian Church, which was generously offered to the College, for the pur pose - and the professor of Chemi stry has used during the year the forge and foundry rooms for a lectur e room and a l abora• to r y , ~ Comfortable quarters wer~ thus provided for every department of the coll ege .

A suitable r oom was r ented for the Commis sioner of Agriculture up to January 1st and during the year a small rent has been made for the use of the l'1asonic Hall by the b·TO college literary societies .

Wh en we consider the unfor t unate condition in which t he college was placed by the destruct ion of its main building, the success of the present session has been very grat i fying to i ts friends .

There -have been 'enrolled as matr iculates 171 students, classi fied as follows : gr aduates 6, f irst class 16, second 31, 3rd class 53 " 4t h clas s 57 , sub 4th 14.

, The following shows this classification in' regard to' subjects of study in:English 164, Hist ory 74, French 33, German 28, Latin 48, l'1ental Science 11, Political Ec onomy' 15, iathematics 150, Chemist r y 81, Agriculture 99 , Physics 72, Natural History and Geology 89, 1f, hystology 19, Engineering 24, Drawing 129, Mechanic Arts 101,. Military Tactics

158 0

~ I am gratified to state that the college has- never had; since my conneotion with i t , be ter order. No more earnest work on the part of the students than during the pre• sent session.

lvtECHANIC ARTS

The Depart ment of lvlachinery in the Mechanie Art Laboratory has been well equipped by means of the State appropriation, and during the session by reason of ' tpe occvpancy by the professor of Chemistr y of ' t he forge and fQundry· rooms , work ' has been done by the students only in t h ~ wood and machine r ooms .

By an unexpected change in the Code, the appropriation made at your last meeting. for the support of this department \-Tas not available and speci al arrangements were made for i ts continued operation. The machinist form ~ rl y employed to assist in this depart• ment was for satisfactory r easons relieved of duty and two competent students were appoipted to whom small compensation was g~ted . ' - . ... ,. . Th~ department of Mechani c J\rts has grown t o bEl an important and promipen~ i'~ature in the College . It has now an excellen~ equipment and snould be encouraged and supported as an essential factor in the work of technical education which at th~ pr~p ent time i s attra±ing expeci al . att'8n:~io n througltout this countr7.. "as, w,ell ,as ._ Europe . ' , " " " , 1. , . ,. !. . I r e spectfully recommend that George H. Bryant who has been earnest 'j and faithful be made professor with increased salary and that two assist,ants be .assi gned to this d~ part m ent. Tqe work cann~t be properly done with less . 104 ODERN LANDUAGES AND HISTORY

The depa tment under' adjunct professor'Petrie has been conducted with energy , enthu- siasm and success . I ther efore, recommend that his be encouraged as your . means wi ll permit .

·-MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Owing to the condi t i on of the health of the Commandant, Lieutenant M. C. Richards, the cadets were not drilled this s ession as heretofore . He r eported on October 1st and was absent by reason of sickness from November 14th to January 14th and since Hay 12th has been absent on leave by advice of the Surgeon.

By your order application was made t o the Secretary of War for the deatil of Jno . B. McDonald to act as Commandant and Professor of 'Military Science . Should an officer not be detailed, I respectfully ask for authority to ~ke other arrangements.

The bill for the relief of the College from many lia~ilities for loss of arms by f ire was passed by Congress and approved; and on May 19th official notice was re• ceived f rom the O ~dnance Department, Washi ngton, that the money liability of this college was cancelled by Act of Congress : and in the month of April, 130 new Spring• field rifles and accout r ements were received for the safe presentation of which the proper bond was .given .

For special appropriati ons in regard to the other departments of th€ college, your attention is respectfully invited to the att ention of the officers herewith submitted. One poi nt is apparent, there is an immedi ate and pressing necessity of a full equip• ment in each department, but excellent work has been done With what is now possessed the ener gi es of the pr ofessors increased with the difficulties t hat surr01,mded them.

CHAMBERS PROPERTY

In accordance with instructions from the building committee the Chambe rs property was purchased for $2,500 - $500 c~sh and the balance in four equal installments with inter est . I t is necessary that some one should be authorized to sign the bonds f or the annual payment in order to receive the bond for titl es; and upon appr oval the house and lot north west of the college -was sold for $800 cash. Of 't his '$300 was appropriated to the Experiment Stati on and $500 to 1st payment on the Chambers pro• perty.

BUILDINGS

Messrs . Bruce and Morgan as architects furnished the plans and specifications of the Chemical Laboratory and the Main Building of the College which were approved by your committee. The contract for building the Chemical Laborator,y was awarded to Messrs . Floyd and Stevens of $11,900 subsequent the painting was inc1ude,d for $350 . The building was finished on 'May 19th, not by the time ~greed on but in a lII8.l\Iler in all respects acceptable to the architects and committee . The entire cost ot the Labora• tory was $12,720. 90 exlusive of architect fees and appropriation for plumbing and fixtures .

It has been insured tor $9,000. '!be College now possess one of the most elegant and convaniently arranged Laboratory for instruction and research in the Southern States. 105 The contract for ,building the main college edifice was awarded to Mr . James Smith' for $43,500. This contract only included the wails, stonework and roof - not the interior work. It was agreed t hat the .builder was to. receive the remainder of the insurance money on hand after paying to the Chemical Laboratory architects fees amounting to $.21,000, and that the subsequent payments c.ould only be made when an appropriation was made by the Legislature to complete the building. If possible the action of the State should be anticipat ed and money borrowed with which to put the building under coyer. .

LANGDON HALL The tower of Langdon Hall is badly constructed and ·is a source of danger in a storm _ well as from fire. At a small estimate of $800 cost- the tower can be removed and a Grecian front given the building which will be an improvement both in regard to appearance and safety. I recommend that this be done when means are available. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION At your meeting in Montgomery February 24, . the Agricultural ExPeriment Station was partially organized under the Act of Congress and appropriations made t o cover the first annual payments to be expended by Jul7 1st. The report of the Treasurer shows the present condition of this fund. A full report covering the entire expenses must be forwarded to the Secretar,y of the Treas~by February 1st. . , The Committee of Trustees in charge of the Station met Apr.il 3rd and approved the plans of the building now being constructed. I recommend that in 'place of the action taken at your former meeting in reference to botany and physiology, that there be established the Department of Biology with a sal., of-$2,000 and furthe~ recommend the appeintment of Doctor Wil.l.iam K'rause ot Gottingen, Germany as Biologist. Doctor Krause is. an. author of- eminence and authority on questions relating to Biology. At the request of Professor Mell, I recommend that he be transferred from the depart• ment of Entomology to that of Botany and continued iii charge of meteorology. Provi• sion should be made as soon as ~ competent and available men can' b. obtained for the department · of Entomology and Veterinary Science. '

ADJUNCT EXPERIMENT STATION

} . I again would present the importance of extending experimentation in Agriculture, beyond what .can possibly be done 'at any one place, by establishing outlYing 'or adjunct experiment farms in different Agricultural sections of the State.

In this way the experiments made representing different soils will be of more value and will excite more general interest. ' " The plan proposed for your Gonsideration is that four adjunct farms (experiment)' be established in different agricultural sections of the State, by selecting in said sections intelligent and reliable farmers, who for a reasonable compensation will contract with the authorities of the college to cultivate for a fixed period, a definite selected plot of . land ·01' not 1e88 than five nor more than ten acres. The Superintendent of these adjun'ct farms should "be "required to use eueh fertilizers and methods of cultivation a d make expeJ'iments and reports as may be prescribed by the pro pe~ authorities. If judicious selections of agents are made the results of experiments made at these adjunct fa~, enforced as they would be by a contract, should be as reliable as those made at the College Station. 106

In this ~e r also the experiments which being largely increased' in number and value could be made at a minimum cost, as the college wculd own no property· ·of· eq character at the adjunct farms, and, would pay alone f 'or skill and intelligence in conducting the experiments. - I

DAIRY FARM

In this connection I invite your attention to a proposition of.Mr. Isaac Ross of Lee County herewith submitted in regard to a livestock and dairy department which merits your careful consideration.

The Dairy interest is growing in importance in the State and is in the Act of Con• gress named as one of the ,subjects :t.o .l be investigated by the Experiment Station.

FARMERS I INSTITUTES

I would also recommend that provision be made to have officers of the Station lecture on subjects appertaining to their departments at the Farmers' Institutes, that may be organized by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

" SPECIAL. COMMITTEE The biennial report of the College must be made, to the Legislature at the opening of the session of the Legislature and at the same time application must be made to the Stat,e for funds with which to complete and equip main college building. I recom• mend that a special cOllllidttee be appointe d for this purpose.

In making application .to the Legislature for the necessary appropriation, it should be mad e plain that the' colleg., only asks the State to fulfill the obligati.on that she assumed in accepting the same' with all the conditions attached -- the grant of land made by Congress in 1862. t The Act of Congress after prohibiting the appropriation of any part of the proceeds from the sale ot lands to .the erection of a building affirms (3r.d proviao, section 5) that "any state which may take and claim the bene.fits of the provision of the Act shall provide not less than one college." The application should also show the close and casual relation between progress in civilization end the difrusion of technical oducation and the consequent necessity of making· liberal provision for ~he completi~ and equipment of the college. - FINANCES, STATE APPROPRIATIONS By your direction the appropriation of $12,500 ma4e by the Legislature was expended _ the law required, for equipment of machinery in Mechanic Art, for the Chemical Labora• tory and for the general equipment of the other departments. . . J ' FUNDS f.ROM THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE These were . received from -the Commis~ione~ . D@cember , ~, $2 , ~ ~ Th~ remainder due this college must ~ 1n accordance w1~h the previsions(ot. the new code be paid to. the Presi• dent of the Board of Trustees at the close of the fiscal year and be used for main• taining the Experiment Station. 107 There was appropriated in advance of receipts at your regular meeting in June 1887 to 'the departments of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts the sum( of $6,790 and the failure of the college to receive the same has caused a deficit as reported. by the Treasurer of $2,474.53. It would seem to be right and proper that the original amount of $6,790 ~f . il.t.K appropriated to Agriculture. and Mechanic Arts in June 1887 less the amount of $2,00 received the current year from the State Department of Agri• culture making $4,790 should when received be paid into the Treasury of the College to make good the deficiency caused by the efforts to carry out your orders, which were based on the assumption that_that amount would be subject to the appropriation as directed. COLLIDE ENDOWMENT The annual appropriations made last June of the income from the Endowment and inci• dental fees caused the usual receipts. There was also appropriated an increase of salaries amounting to $1,000. This and the extraordinary expenses occasioned by the loss from the fire has"caused the expenditures to exceed the receipts 'by $1',760 .01.

For the information of the Board, I submit herewith a statement from the Treasurer madked (A ) showing the entire cost of establishing and maintaining the department of Agriculture and the Experiment Station for the year ending June, 1887; also a state• ment marked (B) showing the cost of establishing and maintaining the department of Mechanic Arts for the two years ending.June,. 1887. ~ The Faculty recommend for the degree or Bachelor of Science the following students: Cyrus Washington Ashcraft Robert Love Bennett G~orge · Fleming Broun FQntaine Broun HQnry-.Lee Broun John Hodye Drake, Jr. Edward Wiley Foster John Thomas Gregory Eugene Willis Harris GQoroge A. Huguley W~liam Lyman E4win Conway McCastney Thomas Drake Samford Otis Oliver Smith Samuel Oliver Taylor . , The fo~owing students are recommended for the degree of Easter of Scienc~:

V~ssar Lyle Allen ., ~ward Read Lloyd W~lson Herbert Newman ~Parles Woodard Simmons L.evi W. Wilkinson

The fol~owing student is recommended for the degree of Civil Engineer: CParles Hunter Ross 108 TAe Faculty recommend for the honorary, degree"of Master of Arts: ,George W. Stevens

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• ,.. WID. LeRoy Broun President

A & M College Auburn, Alabama June ll, 1888 .

~eport of the Trea~uper of the A & M. College for the fiscal year ending JUne 'l, 1838

COLLmE ACCOUNT . Receipts To balance -June· 1, .$ 429.71 Endowment fund • 20,280.00 Incidental alc 2,082.50 Surgeon alc j "' ...... ·692 • .50 Library alc 279.00 Expense - Diplomas 70.00 Chemical fees 132.00

Disbursements

By General Repairs alc " $ 1,414.17 " Expense " 503.46 " Stationery " 49.25 " Music " 76 .. 60 " Military " 141.16 " Trustees " 361.05 II Salary " 19,812.50 " Servant Hi-r-e II -r. "10 b ~. 201.00 " Postage " 137.20 " Fueld II ' 93.48 " Speaker " 50.00 " House Rent " 850.00 II Special Appro. " · 36.50 " Insurance " . 225.00 " Library " 289.14 " Printing It 349.27 " Surgeon " 692 • .50 II Chemical Dept. II 232.00 II General Equip. " 164.63 Mechanic Arts II ~8.8l " Total $25,727.72 109 AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNT Receipts To Balance June 1, 1887 $ 1,974. 32 Cash from Comnissioner 2,000.00 'I $ 3,974.32 Balance 2,474. 53 I 6,448085 Df'sbursemente By Experiment Statlon alc to April 1 $ 1,200.00 II Salary of Director 700.00 Current EJq>enses Mech . Art Dept. 800 .00 Siar,r of Instructors 1,085. 55 Equipment --- 1,000.00 State Chemical Laboratory 600 .00 Salary, Aset • Chemists 913 .30 House Rent Prof. Lupton 150 .00 $ 6448•85

STATE APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Receipts To Cash from State Treasurer $12,500.00 Disbursements .. \." By Chemical Labor.tory Building $ 5,000.00 Equipment Dept . Mechanic Arts 4,000 .00 " " , . -, Physic!!! 446 .96 1\ : ~atura1 History 742 .75 1\ Ch.emistry 996 .34 II If Engin eering 591 .71 " "General Equipment 659 .33 II tI Books for Expt . Station 62 . 91 112,500.00

REAL ESTATE ACCOUNT Receipts

To Sale of Land " $ 800 .00 J Disbursements By Paid Chamber,s· Note $ 500 .00 II " Director of Station 300 ,00 $ 800 .00

INSURANCE FUND Receipts To Policies collected $30,000.00 110 Disbursements By Chemical Laboratory Building $ 7,720.90 " Bruce and Morgan Architects 150.00 1 .1 " Co1lege .Building 9,501.25 " Commissions . Treasurer 300.00 $17,672.15 Balance 12.327.80 $30,000.00 ANALYSIS ACCOUNT . 'Receipts r' To Balance, June 1, 1887 " Cash trom Prot. Lupton

• Disbursements By Cash Paid Prot. Lupton $ 300.00 To Balance 405.00 $ 705.00

t BJiJJAPlTULATIONS Receipts College Account $23,965.71 Agricultural Account 3,974.32 State Appropriation 12,500.00 Real Estate 800 .00 Insurance Fund 30,000, 00 Analysis alc 705.00 $71,945 .03

L . Disbursements College Account $25,7'Zl .72 Agricul tural 6,448.85 State AppropriatiDn 12,500.00 3.tate Appropriation Real Estate 800.00 Insurance .. } 17,672.00 Analysis 300.00 $63,448.72 Balance on Hand 8.496.31 $71,945.03 III

Sal aries and .House Rent due August 1, 1888: b Dqctor Broun $800 .00 Professor Smith 500 .00

" ~ Mell 500 .00 " Lane 500 .00 Thach 5QO .OO Lupton 500 .00 " Newman, 500.00 " Bryant .- 325 .00 II Ass.t·. in Chemistry 193 .33 " Gl enn, Treasurer 250 .00 " Reese,. Secretar,y and Audi tor 87· 50 $4,780.83 Respectfully submit ted, E. T. Glenn, Treasurer 'UNITED STATES FUND

From United States Treasury $11, 250 .00 Disb.!l!semen..ts By Agricultural Department t ..'l, 777 • 51 II Chemical " 803 .75 " Nat ural History " 318. 65 " Libr ary " 61.20 " Trustees ... 1-73 .15 " Prirlt1ng NP j 'l ~1 • .50 " Contingent a/c 11. 95 " UniontoJom Station ./e 1, 50q.OO ..r Balance '

Balance Cash on Hand

Cash on hand paid by Col . Newman 161.22 " II 11 General College Act 8496. 31 11 " II Uilited States bond 6586 .29 15, 24.3 .82 Respectfully submitted,

r · . E ~ · T. GleIlIl, Treasurer \ ~ .- ~ ... Report of Auditor on Books of Treasurer Auburn, Ala . , ' June 7, 1888 To t he Board of Trustees A & M College of Alabama

I n compliance with my duty as auditor, I have from time to t ime carefully examined t he books of the Treasurer, and I find proper voucher s endorsed by the Pr esident of the College, and those approved by the Chairman of the Building Conwdttee, to correspond with entries in their books of account, and t he char ges made to the appropriate 112 departments, in accordance with a resolution of t he Board of Trustees.

I found his addi\ions correct, and bank book showing correct bal ances .

As the transacti 0ns of the Treasurer involve a very large amount, I thought it best and did make an i temized transcript from his books which are herewith pre• sented for the purpose of verifying his numerous vouchers amounting to about 900. As the Treasurer ·presents to the Board a full synopsis of ill his transactions for the fiscal year ending June 1, 1888 - a summary by us would only be a recapitulation.

Any special matter about which the Board may wish to' be 'in any advis,ed is of easy access by reference t o thLbooks, of the Treasurer or transcri~ts prepared by ~self. Respectfully submitted, F. M. Reece, Auditor _I Sworn to and subcribed before me this 11th June, 1888. Jno. Haralson, Judge. F. M. Reece, Auditor

Report of Auditor ~ Experi~ent Station AU9~n, Ala . , June 7, 1888 To the Board of Trustees A.&M . College of Ala . -J • On a cunsory examination of the books of the Director of the Experiment ~tation, I thought it would be more _ s~isfactory to the ~ard of Trustees tq p sent to them a f ull and accurate stateme~ of all his financial transactions from the t ime he assumed c:Olltl"Ol-of the receipts and disbursements of the Station, ~ to wit; from the 1st of January-le85 to 1st April, 1888. .I After a thorough, critical and careful investigation, I find that the receipts of the Station within that time have been: Receipts

From the Treasurer $6, 000 0 00 From Farm Products ~ ~ etc . 3,126. 95 Error in page 50 $1 .00, in page 52, 10 1.10 9,128.1>5

Expendi tures $9040. 69 Errors page 39, 29 . 30,in 58; jO¢ ' -30.10 9070. 77 Balance 57 028 9,128.05

The balance has been paid to Treasurer. 113

In this connection I will state to the Board of Trustees that I have carefully examined and compared all the vouchers, except comparatively a few and find they correspond with entries on the ~ook of the Director. _I He informs ~e that the vouchers nmt examined may have been destroye~ in the 1058 of the College Building by fire. It seem8,~~ver, they were passed on by the Stat e Examiner and the President of the College. J ~ The November pacrkage. of :vouchers for 1886 are also missing. The Director thinks in the same manner. ' I find his book noted as to these vouchers and the sums bl a commi tteJl of .the .Board. ' _ J 1'.

( .J Since ttie 1st of April; 1888, the Director has made his payments of accounts of the Station. through the Treasurer. 'I ,have' 'compared' th:e account. of the Director submitted to me from the 1st April to l~t of June with the cooks of the Treasurer, and I find only a small difference, one dollar and a few cents, which will doubtless be ' cornected when I ma:k~ my quart~rly examination, the 1st oft July • .

It may not be ~mpr&per J for me under the circumstances to allude t~ a report made by the Board of Trustees to the Legislature; of the State at the sessions of 1885-6. In that report the Director furnishes the following statement - Re-ce1pts from .'the 1st of .July 1885 to -lst of October 1886. (- From Treasurer $3',000-.60 From Products 1.766.80 . $4,766.80

_ I In t he same report his disbursements of classified expenditures balanced the $4,766.80,: ,This does not compare with the book entries of the Director which show that the receipts in that time were from the TreaGurer $2000.00 • II , ~Irm and other sources 1502. 69

and that expenditures were ' $3,09o: b5 o' . I find, however, on examination of the books of the Treasurer - that from the 1st of O'anuary;: 'le85 to 1st October, 1886 the Treasurer did pay-to the Director the sum of ' J ,000: and further the Director informs me that' there was a typographical error in the published report of the Board' of Trustees. ,That instead of July 1st the report should have shown ~anuar y l~t 1885 . .. " • a"".' . - I detected a small error..l i rrlthe 'a'ddition of classified ~tatement in publishe ~ report - ~ the amount should be $4,77?80 instead of 4,766.eO • . , ~ ..:> • - I will f urnish t o the Board of Trustees, as far as I am able an~information of a detailed or special character they may desire in connection with t he books and accounts of ' th~ Director. - J '. . .} .. ~ ,-" - ,d .:>,. :) Respe'ctfully submitted .J F •. M. Reece, Auditor

The above report was sworn to' before Jno. HaraIson, Judge on '11th June, 1888. ~ - 11.4 Meeting of Committee of Visitors ,_Auburn, Alabama JulY' Z7, 1888,

The Committee of Visito~s met thi~ day and there were present: ¥~. Gilchrist, Chairman, and ~ essrs ) . Ligon and M ~ tche.ll . . The Auditor r ead and submitted a report together with a statement, which on motion of .Mr. MitchE!,ll was :r:eceiY!=ld and postponed for further consiqeration. On mot'ion, It was ordered that the Treasurer be instructed to ..pay to Mr. Isaac Ross the sum of eighteen 96/1.00 dollars, t he sum being in excess of expenses of f.he sum ,9f , $15.9 aJ. ~ owed him by: action ,pf t he" Trustees {or, t.he purpose 011 visit• ing dairy ,farms and creameries, for the purp.ose of .;information as to their - . m~agement ' and, appliances theref~r.. (Adopted,) ,- ".. " . " " On motion, of Mr: ~igo'n, Resolved, That .the Co~ttee hereby ,:ccept the bid made bY' ... Messrs Floyd and Stevens to build on the grounds of the Experiment Station a cow house or .barn, milk dairy CU,ld brick, ice house. at a cost" not t-o exceed the sum o£ ei~ht hundred dollars, the plans and spec~f~cations of which to be furnished and approved by Mr. Ross, the Director of the Station and the President of the College. Adopted. , t ~

On motion of Mr. Ligon, Resolved, Th,.t M+. liose is her~by authorized to purchase t he necessary appliances and outfit for a creamery, and to have dug a well the same to be wal led w1~h b~ick with pump therein at a cost not to exceed the sum ~ of $300. Adopted. _~ . _ _.,. The Board adjourned untii 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning • . F. M. Reese, Secretary

, JAuburn, Alaba,JJIa July 28, 1888

The Committee met and there were present Messrs •• Gi}..chr~st, C ~irman, and Messrs. Ligon and Mitchell.

. .. ., ~ On motion of Mr . Mitchell, Resolvf!Jd, That there be prepared for di. ~ ri?u!-ion _ an i l lustrated PamPhlet of the School of Agriculture at a co~t to ~~cee~ the ~~ of one hundred and fifty do+lars. ,Adopted. -

On motion of Mr. Ligon, Resolved, That the chairs of Entomologist and Physiologist be combined in that of Biology, and that the P!esid"nt o! the 9~11ege be, ,and he is hereby authorized to take . th~ ne~ess~ry steps to. present a name ,for that Rrof~ssor­ ship for the consideration Qf the Board at a meeting to be held in Montgomery during the year. Adopted.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, Resolved, That persons holding a po , ~ition of assistant in any department connected with the Experiment Stat ion be required when the Board of Director may order and direct, to do other work than that for which they were specially appointed or elected in connection with the Station. Adopted.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, Resolved, That this Committee recommend that Assist ant E. R. 119yd be allowed the sum of ~:)De hundr~ dollars in ~&.ddition to the sala ry ll5

of four hundred dollars heretofore allowed him, until the next .special or-regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. Adopted. , On motion the Board .adjourned sine die.

F. M. Reese, Secretary

Montgomery, Alabama November 15, 1888

At a called meeting .of th~ . 'Board . of- Trus~ee8 of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. On call of tlte roll there were present: The Governor of the State, Thomas Seay, President; Superintendent of Education, Mr. Palmer; and Messrs.

~alllon, Bishop, Ligon, Langdon, Mitchell, Stansel, and Gilchrist. v

Absent Mr. Kolb. A quorum being present.

Reports were called for:

Doctor Willi~ I;eRoy Broun, President of) the College, submitted 'a report which 'will be record«i and constitute a par-ti,.t)f the.'proceedings cit the Board at this meeting. The Report. of the Board. of !l!rust.ees .in r-.equir..ement of the Act of . the: General Assem• bly,tQ the Governor of ~he ' State ~ b.1 order of the Board handed to the p~ivate i Secretary of the Governor, with the signatures of the members of the Boand present.

- On motion of Mr.• Palmer, Resolved, That tile, laemorial to the G.eneral· Assembly be . - signed by the membe.rs of the Bbara. Ad~pted • ... . 'I r - On motion of Mr. Palmer, That the appointment. of Mr. Clayton, as 2nd Assistant by the Board of Visitation, be confil"m"dlby.:the Board of Trustees and that suCh appoU.- ment shall continue tor eme year. - - ~ , . By Mr. Haralson, Resolved, That the Board of Trustees, hereby authorize and empower the Board of Visitors, to adopt such plans as they may deem best to have field' 1 experiments made in the different agricultural sections of the State as recommended by the President of the College in nis report to the Board at this meeting. Adopted.

{ By Mr. Stansel, That Al~redE. Mayer be chosen Professor of Biology and Biologist at the Experiment StatlQn for the term of one year commencing 1st JulY next at a salary of $2,000 per annum. Adopted. - ;

On motion of Mr. Haralson, 'That Mr. Sransel be requested. to prepare a bB.l for the General Assembly to &m8Qd section 150 ot the Code regulating time of payment of salaries of the Professors and officers of the college. Adopted • . J . On mot-ion of Mr. Gilen~ ~ st, That the Treasurer of the College be and he is hereby authorized to pay to George P. Harrison the sum of $50 as a fee for preparing a copy of a lo.st deed. Adopted. ':' _ • On motion, That the matter of payments for the purchase of what is known as the Chambers property, by the College from the 'Administrator ·of .the Estate ott ~~~_ Ctmabers ·be referred to Mr. I. B.• Mitchell as advisor of the Pl."esident or the Col• lege, who shall have authority to act in the premises on such advice. Adopted. 116

On motion the Board adjourned sine die . 11

F. M. Reese, Secretary to the Board of .Trustees.

Report of the President of the College To the Trustees of the A. & M. College

Sirs:

I herewith pre~.nt a brief statement ot the present conditiOD ot the~ollege, not deeming an extended report necessary at this special meeting.

All the departments of the College 'are in succeasful .0peratioI\, with -& larger number of matriculalants present, than were enrolled the entire session during the past year. They exhibit diligence in their studies and in tha practical work in~he different Laboratories. J The contract with James Smith for constructing the walls and roof of the Main College building aJDounts to $43,500 . This the ' contrac.tor has been paid $20,048, 'the amount in the (;olleg~ . Treasury availaDle tor building pll ~ poses-. H. has completed the work of .the last story, or nearly 80' and expects to continue the work on the building until the 'contract is, completed.. The collage is now in debt for work actually on . th~ building, the sum o..l $1·5,800. • "

According to the estiulatea ot the Architects, Messrs.. Bruce and Mo:rgan, herewith presented, there will be required to complete the building $26,(;)80 . That "is, there will be required $49,532 to p~ the present contractor and complete the building. . . " Whim the building is ~ompleted it will be neeesaa17 ·t.o furnish. ana equip the same in order to give the scientific instruction demanded nf the College. ' ~ ~bmit · the following estimate showing the amount that will be required to furnish and equi p t h e building in a' moderate way, with the necesaa17 equiJlllent. and applianees. _ . Physics ~ $5,500 ¥-ng1nee.ring(Civil, Mining, Mechanieal & Electr.ical) . . 3,000 Natural History, Musella, etc. 3,000 Mechaniq8 . . 2,000 Machinery f &r testing strength e£ materials 1,000 Pr i nting outfit and t ype writers . 1,000 Ill ustrative speci mens, models, etc. 1, 500 Ill ustrati ng applied science 2,000 . Furniture 3,000 Maps, charts, et ~ . 300 Fer Library 5,000 }l{aldng a t.tal .25;800

It will be seen therefore t o complete, furnish and equip the buil ding t here wil l be r equir ed accor ding to careful estimates the sum of $75,332. , ' The preservation and safety of Langdon- Hall requires that ·the wooden t.ower should be r emoved and other changes made . The architect est"lmatea that the necessary changes can be mad~ for $800. . . 117

I respectfull y r ecommend that .application b~ mad~ to the Legislature for an appro~ria t io n not less than $75,000 to be paid one half during t he PJ'e8ent y'e~ ending Sept. 30th 18-

and the other half during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 18900 L .

'f; ' .( • .,. I"'" t: ~ 1 Your attention is respectfully i nvited to the necessity of a definite acceptance by the State Legislature of the Act of Congress approved March 20, 1887,- knowm_as the Hatch Act, in order that the college may continue to receive t he funds th~r e in apPfop,riated for experimentation and i nvesti gati on of s ubjects r elated to agriculture o

,'1. i f l..N - .... J"" ~ :' ,,J! ... A. contract Lor the b.uilding. of the dairy- departme{lt~ #JIlountj.~ to $800; was ~de as ordered by t he Commi ttee of Vi sitor JJ .:t o the Experiment stat.loll • .l l'he building",including dairy, ice house and cattle house were by contract to be completed by Nov . l Otho

; l (,.f _ ~ e .. ~ ...... Ass't I . Ross i n charge o~ the Dai~ Dep artm~t ~ expeets . t~ r.eport f or duty and have t en cattle on t he college far.m the 15tp Novembero

Assistant E. R. Lloyd having resigned James Clayton was appointed by the Board of 'Directors t o fill the vac ~ ncy '.SJlbje-ct ' t o eorif irmation •.

Cooperative Cult ure Experiments -

I would again bring before the Board the Jl e e e~it y .f.. llaving , c~fa !- i ve cultuf e experi ments made in different agricultural 'sect ionsl of t l;l~ State. ,to de~ermine the: infl uence of soil and cl imate. One or two p l a ce~ canAa ~ properly ref~e~ent the eptire State - concl usions drawn f rom the combined result~ , of cooperative f ~eld exp ~ ri ~ ent~ made i n different t ypical sections, would be far m.ore sat i sfactory, excit ~ a largeK i nt erest and ultimately have of more value .to the . St a t~ . _. r. , . . I f this enlarged plan of experimentation is a pproved, I recommend t hat .• uthori t Y. fO.r , its execut ion be given to the committee of T~t ~es cotlsti tuting the visitot:8 to, jih,e Experiment St ation and that the officers of tlL e J ~t ~t ion be directors to prepare ~ p'1an of cooperative field experimentation for s ubmi ss 1 ~n , to the vis±tors at t h ei ~ ne ~ meet ing. l • , . " ..i .1 J " • To complete the orga nization of the Expt . station there is t o be elected according t e)- their r..esolution _a .Biologist'l.i .1, reC'.ommen<1 i!or t he posi tioJ) Dr . Alf'rpd. E,.... ~ :at p re s~ n t J Fellow o ~ the Johns BopldnSi Ins t ittl t e l' ( I] niv~I' B~ t yl . ! , - M<\ ' '1Q~

.l f Po' " <, , An examinati·on ot' the, reco.rds (If Le:e .C..ounty d~ ¥elo ~ d ~..he fa c ~;, t.AA,t "the},e -was n? r ecord of a deed, showing a title by which the A & M College hold the property donated in 187'2 by' the ·Methodist 'G-onference, no ~ COJlld, t he: 'dee$i ~f whi ,c}1 mention ,is made in the Act of th'e tLegislature establis.hing, the cJtl.lke~ . be found ~ " . v 1',' ~.l r 'lrjr No~ ' recently a -dupL[cate' deed. ha.5 been _de .and sigll.,ed ~y. David 'Ca0}lt0n i!Pd tGeo'. P. Harrison, ,who were the original signers of the deed made in ~~7~ ~d the (s ame has Q,een recorded in the Probate's office at Ope1ikao ~.~ ~ ~,' . ~ ~j _,.f ,I ': r \ ... e _1 v ';1 -Gen ., Geo . 'F . ' H a ~rison prepared! the dee..a" anq h~ 6 J . ~sente d a' 1;Ii11 of $50 ~ for , ~e~ ; :r Authority is asked for the Treasurer to pay the same .

r f ' ~ ... ~ J " _ ..... ; t , :; , " The' $econd payment due on' the' p'urcha,se of, tj u ~ · Ghalllbe.rs p~pperty , in accordance with legal advice .aas not .. been p.dd. r rI e.uJ:)Jl1it tile t lett~r from vim. t ~ . J ' Chamber,s . ~rk ed B. ari~ ~sk for instructions .

Respectfully,

Wm . Le.'l\oy Broun A & M College Nov. 14th, 1888 118.

R~ port of the 'Board' of Trustees of"the Agriculturai and MechanieaLJGollege of Alabama for the, year 1886-7 and 1a87- 8. ; ( '{) t Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 15th, 1888. _I To.-Hi'sExcelleney Thos. B.eay 1:Exec·iitlCVe Deparl.m~nt · 0' ~ ,,1 t ... Sir: We have the honor to herewith transmit the r eport of the Agricultural and ~ eeh~eal ,' College of Ala. for , t~ year lSg6-71 and i887...s,· andrrespectfully request tliat the same -be transndtted to the' Gen&ral Assembly. " ~ C~ 'I J • + • :) 'I,i: C. C. Langdon W. R. Stansel Jas. G. Gilchrist R'•. F. L1.gon Jon Haralson J . ~' B. Mi.tcheil Soloman Palmer Jno. i ' . Bishop 1: Trustees· of the A &.; M College of Alabama

Trustees of the College:

His Excellency Thos Se-ay ~ Preside'l1t 'ex-0fficio SS'lomon Palnier, Supt . of ' 'Education ", oJ orithan Harilson, Exp~res · 188<). Selma: R. F . Ligon n ) Tuskegee Jne). W. Bishop JI. It ; Talladega :.w J . G. Gilchri at " 1891 MorrtigoJ1\ery",J - I M. L. Stansel II II Carrollton J . N. M&J.one*deed ' II II Athens C. C: Langdon II , 1893·') Mobile . R~ F .. Kolb ... • ., Eufaula

J . B. Mitchell J ... L' II Seale ' E. T. Glenn, Treasurer Auburn F . M. Reese, Secretary & Auditor " ,.,+ The Trusbees in presenting their biennial report of the. ! & M College for the years 1886-7 and 1887-8, respecbfully and wi. th muchl gratifl.cation, invite the attentj.on ot the Legislature to the progress made in the different departments of the College, and to t he excellent work.. -it·4.s now doi.ng 'in general and ' te~hnical education.'

t This institution is justly recognized as' an essential factor in the educational development of the State and by its close attention to these branches, tneor~t~cal and practical that relate to agriculture and the Mechanic Arts and to other industrial . urs . s, i t occupies an' educational fi elG of its own; and that i 's e'5sentia1. to _tbe pro~perj;ty of the Statt;.- < •

The present condition of the college is especially gratifying when we consider the diffi"culties under which it ha's' recently labored, by means of its severe ,mi~fort\.\Ile~ .

'} On the 24th June 1887 the main college building wi th its equipment \'las destroyed by fire. Temporary offices -and lecture rooas were arranged by the _pur thase of a residence adjoining the college campus, 'a1so t by using the audiencerooll. 'o:f Iang.dQn Hall. _". "l . 119.

Th e ~ coll ege open'ed the session of 1887-8 at the appointed t i me in Sept . 1887 r and though having suffered the less of its buildi'ng and equi}:ment, i t r eceived that year a large number of students and hel d a session of marked' success. +

During th'e session of 188'7-8' there wer ~ 171 students classified as follows, according to their studies:

English • 164 Agriculture 99 History 71+ Physics 72 French 33 Nat .t History & Geo!. 89 German 28 Physiology 19 Latin 48 • ~ Engineering 24 Mental. Science '. 11 DraWing 121 Pol. EConomy , • 15 MecHanic Arts 101 I Mathematics 1 ~50 ' 'Mill tary Tacti cs 158 , Chemistry 81 ~ , . -+ Fifteen recei ve,d the d~gree of B. pc. and five were' awarded a pest graduate degree. At the present time 175 have entered c~llege of whoa 21 are candidates for the degree of~. Sc . and four for a post graduate degree . Agricultural Experiment Station - The Agricultural Experiment Station was partially organized Feb. 24th, 1888 under the copditions expressed in the Act ot Congress, March 2nd, 1887, entitled "An Act, t. Establish Agri'cultural Experiment Stations in connection with the C'olleges established in the several states under provisions of an act approved 'July 2n"

The attention of the Legislature is respectfully invited to the necessity of lots f ormal acceptance 'of said grant and conditions expressed in order that the College, under whose direction the Experiment 'Station must exist,-shall co~tinu8 to receive the !unqs ~p­ propriated by said Act for experimentation and scientific investigation of subjects re- lating to agriculture. . ... "" - The disposition made by the Board, of the funds received under .this Act is sl;lown ,in . the report of the Treasurer herewith forwarded.: . . The object of this grant by Congress is to benefit agriculture by experimentatio~ aQd scientific investigation, and by diffusing among the farmers of the State useful know• ledge of practical value. It is the design of the Board to .institut e ~eas~res tQ h~ve careful scientific experimentation' maderin field work in the, different agricultural sections of the State, in order that each secti~n of ~ tne State may receive all possibl e benefit from the experimentation designed by tn8 ~ct of· Congress.

The organiZation of the Station also authorizes its officers to lecture at such fa~er's institutes aS ,may be held in the State! . ~ .J The_Station ha~ b~en well equipped tdth agricultural machinery~ and is now p epared to conduct varied experiments with care and. • scientific"precision. The Direc;1for was gi ven Jtwo -as,sistants, one of whom f:1r .r Issac .Ross has charge ~f the L:iv~ Stock and Da:!-ry de• partrpent. The department will, 'it is')believed, excite int.elligent ~nt , ere1>t i n tpe State, 'and if it meets with the success anticipated, will prove "of v-4i.J.ue to all farmers in introducing silos and showing how a silage made of forage plants may be profitably . 120.

converted into .butter and ~t ee f; thus tending to. diversify agriculture, and will._ also be of e$peeial value in qetermining the true. value of cot ton seed or feed for cattle ~, ( , .... • - .. I I , '.. f ... and the best form in wPdch it should be used as food. i '- In the ·Dept.• of, C]lemistry, more .t,han 400 analys~ ~ ,ot:. ,soifs,. fertilizers, et-c., have been by the state Chemist, and his assistants in the past two years, ~n the interest of the far~ng community. Inferior and valueless fertilizers are thus determined and f being made known to the public by the Commissioner of A gricult~e, serve to protect the f ar mers from impo.sition in the s4e of inferior compounds. An addi~ional assistant was appointed to the DeRt . ot Oh~stry, . and it was made the duty of the Station to analyse, free of charge all articles ~elatin g to agriculture sent to the Station by citizens of the State when of puJ?li.c }l~ ility. A Dept o of Botany with meteorology.' attached was assigned ~o the Station, and ,there was also established t he Jmportant · Department of Biology. It is d~signed to fill this l atter pos~tion with ~ ' officer qualified to make scientific i~~ . e8tigations, representing plant ~nd animal phys~oJ:ogy and pathology; and to equip a biological laboratory with the aPPliances needed fGr such work . The Board entertained very positive convictions, that the Experi ment Station will i~ ' the not ~emote future, be o~ grea~ value~o the .farmers of ,our, sta~e ,and they are equally convinced that the united action in each ' sta~e Qf' an organized bOdy of scientifically trrined officerf; engaged ;in agricultural , , ~xRerime~tation ~nd in inves• tigat ing subjects related thereto must ~esult i~large benefits t9 the ,agricultural ', interests of the entire country. ~ ,. • ~

Chemical Laboratory

Ii The Chemical Laboratory q,ompleted last May' is a ~r:i.ek · building of ha~dsome appearance and contains II rooJlS including offices, lecture .room ~d working l.,boratorie's' apd is furnished and equi ppe<;l . One laboratory is devote? exclusively ~o the analisis :of soils and fertilizers, etc. , in the iI;lterest of , ~griculture . · The organization 'of' the '. Agricultural Experiment Station is as follows: ,," - ~ ,

Board of Visitors Hon . J . G. Gilchrist ,- Hon . R. ,F. Ligon - Hon . -J. B.

Board of Direction - Officers of the Station

w. ·L . Brown President J . S. Newman Director and Agriculturist N. T. Lupton Vice Director and Chemist P. H.- Me 11~ Botanist B.i:ologist • J . T'. Anderson,Ph. D. Asst. Chemist _ I ssac Ross Agriculturist in cha~ge ' o~ James, Clayton . Asst. 'Agriculturist , T. D. Samford . Asst • .Botani~t, Mechan

Mechanic Arts

The Department of 14echanic Arts has increased i~ e ~ uipment and grown in form. With part of the appropriation made by the Legislat;tlJ;'e; ,the Machine Dept . w~s equipped with ten machines' necessary for instruction, a~ , the rooms are now filled with ,students l nter'ested in their daily worke The manual:: traioing h~ re given tends to train our youth to rh61 bi"ts of 'i'ndUstr,r ~ and while developing the ~ onsj.ructi ye faculties ~ ve aelf- I relianee ' and increased,@6 Wer . While-the system of t Baching is b Y instructioh ~ studenta ·121. \ n ~ he higher classes enter upon a J co ~ s~ of constru9tion. , La~t ~e a~on there w~s ~ d e by the students two small steam engines, and at present the construction class is engaged in making a 10 horse power engine to be used ·at the colle~e in running the engine. When we consider the relation of this education 'to the future development 0t manufacturers in the State, the importance of f08t~ring the same by suitable legislation, cannot be too strongly presented. '...... • . - . .

It is with sorrow, the Board expresses their great regr~t at the -sad loss )~st ' ained oy the death of two of the members - Col. WlIl . Ii. Barnes of Opelika and Judge J . N. MIilone of Athens . Both had be,en members of the Board of Trustees since the inauguration 'of ' the College in 1872 and had given unreserved!Y of their time an~ talent to the well• being of the insti tution, ~hose "'interests were entrusted to their charge, while their valuable services, prudent counsels and earnest devotion to the college are gratefully remembered by all friends of the institution, the memories of their many private virtues are cherished by their colleagues. To fill the vacancy in the third district, J . D. Mitchell ~f Russell was appointed by the Governor. . ~ Change in the Faculty, . , , In June 1887, a Master of Arts of the Uni versi ty of Virginia, was 'elected Adjunct Professor of Modern 'Langul:ges and History, and in August 1888, Lieut. J . B. McIkmald 10th ea~iry U ~ · S. A., was by the Secretary of War on the application of the Trustees, assigned ~ io duty at the college as Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Mining Engineering

The courses of study off ~ r d t o students properly qualified as set forth in the ' annual catalogue have been' expanded by establishing a course in mining engineering, which ~s properly made to constitute a post graduate course. " In the basement of the rtew chemical laboratory a special' room has been provided to work in metalurgy, desi~ed for students who may enter upon this course of study. Pharmacy By means of the excellent facilities provided the Chemical laboratorY, the College is enabled now to offer to students a special course in Chemistr,y . and Nat. Hist . prepar• atory to technic~ ~harmacy. Several students have entered upon this course 'of study. It is designed to make such arrangements as will enable the young men wbo so desire, to thoroughly prepare themselves at this college to become practical and scientific Pharmacists and CheD:dc&l manufacturers . This line of practical and industrial education being legitimately the province of this college. All the departments bf the College as set forth in the annual catalogue with the courses then prescribed and conducted by their officers in ~ - ~~f~ptable and satisfactory manner . The Faculty is organized as follows: W ~ LeRey : ~r~un - President and Professor of Physics and Astrono~ P. H. Mell - A.M. Professor of Nat . Hist. and G,ology o. D. S~th ~ A. M. Professor of Mathematics : . . Jas. "'H : J.ane ~ ,,:, Prof. Civil Engineering and Dra~ng · '- • Jas. S. Newman - Prof. Agriculture and Director of Experiment Station Charles C. Thach - B. E. Profc'3 sor of English and Latin N. L. Lupton - A.M., M. D., L.L~D. Professor of General and Agriculture Chemistry and State Chemist Lieut . J. D. McDonald - 10th Cav. U.S.A. , West Point, Comdt and Prof. of Mili tary Science '122.

Geo. H. Br yant, M. Eo, Mass . · Inst~ Technology, -' Director ·of Labora1-oty and Instructo/{n '- Meeh. 'Arts T" f., ..J '. .,J \. _ L #' .,J.;. r' " . ' I Geo . 'Petrie - M. A. , Un'iversityof Vir inia, Adjunct od. 'Lafl..guages and ' ~ , . Histor'y . -' I .l L 1'1 . 1'1i lkerS'on - B. Sc., -Assistant: in Chemical Laboratory P. L. Hutchinson,- B. Sc . , Assistant in CheDical Laboratory J . H. Drake - M D. , Surgeon '. ~ r4 O. C. Thach - Ubrariail anQ: recordi'ng ,secretary O. De SmitH - Corresponding Secretary . . . Report of the Treasure~ 'for the yea , ~

Coliege Account To balance June l5th'86 Amt from Endowment account " " Incidental and Surgeon account " " Diplomas " " Chemical Fees'

Disbursements By paid expense act 474.30 'I 11 sta.tionery " ,, 45 .40 " "'military 11 '105 . 82 ' , " trtlstees " 1) 26~ o 95 l!1Usic 9:25 "II "II sa~ary 19, 100.00 .r servant " 213~00 " . tI " postage 125 .24 1 " fuel " 220. 38 " speakers " 50. 00 " house rent " 200. 00 "insurance . jl . 360.00 . Ii " ' surgeon " 67Q'. 00 t . . <186 .00 ' , .0" f ~ fI spec:i.alapp:t 0 " " t printing " 399 .73 b n " repairs ' & ~ groimds 14~ . Z2 ' II chemical ," . 255 .00,) 11 " physic~ , , 200. 00 " balance'" 4 429.71 '24,332 .07

Agricultural Bureau Act Receipts '.1 .1 To bal. June 15, 1886 Amt . due recd August 10 " froll Com . of Agriculture

I -1 .1i:l , . 123. Disbursements , .) By paid Mechanic Art Dept . 1305 .90 1/ salaries" ·U ) . 1/ ll55 . 50 " Experim.ent Station 1500.00 " salary of director 700 .00 1/ State Che.mical Laboratory 625 .70 II Salary Asst . Chem. ( Laboratory 1100. 00 " Rous" rent Prof ".: Chemical Laboratory 150. 00 II Nat . Hi st . Def,t". ' 50 . 00 II Weather Service" Dept . 99 .8)· . II Apptu to Pr or' ~ Stubbs 400 000 1/ Balance ' 1974032 9061 .29 Report of Treasurer cont'd. State Appropriation account Receipts · r 0 balance June 15th , . DisburseJ:rtents By axlt . building and equiping Foundry By amt . Physics account r ol

Library Act Re ceipts . To LibraFy'Fees Disburseel

Analysis ac..count To bal. aune 15th '86 570 . Cash from Prof. Lupton ~ 720 . Disbursements By cash paid Prof. Lupton 300 Balance 420 Report of' Treasurer continued. To the year 1887-8. Ending June 1st • . College Account To balance June 1st 429.71 Cash - Endowment fund 20,280 1/ Incidental and Surgeon '2,rt75 " Library Fees . 279 " Diplomas 70 j ."'... '! .A.~,~ . " Chemical Fees 132 Balance Overdr~w.n oJ • 17.062.01 25,292.01 Disbursements By Paid EapeBS8 act. 503.46 " Repa:irs Jand Gr ounds act. 1,414.17 " Stationery 49 .25 " Music 76 .60 " Military lU.16 " Trustees 361.05 " Salaries 19,812. 50 " Servant 201 .00 " Postage 137.20 " Fuel 93 .48 . 124

Disbursements (can't)

By Speakers Act. $ 50 .00 " House Rent 850 .00 " Special Apptn . 36 .50 " Insuance 225.00 " Library 2?9.14 " Printing 349,.27 " Surgeon 692,. 50 " Chemical Department. 232 .00 " General Equipment " 164 . 6~ " Mechanic Art 48 .81 $ 25,727 .72 Agricultural Buraau Account Receipts To balance June 1, 1887 $ 1,974 . 3~ Cash from Com . $ 2,000.00 Balance Overdrawn 2,474. 53 4.474.53 $ 448. 85

Disbursements By cash paid Experimen'\ Station to April 1 $ 1,200.00 " Salary of Director 700 .00 .. Current Expenses Mechanic Arts Department BOO . OO " Equipment " " .. 1,000.00 " Salaries Instructors " " " 1,.085 . 55 " State Chemical Lab,,~atory 600.00 .. Salaries Assts. Chemical Laboratory 913 .30 " House Rent Professor Chemistry 150.00

Report ot the Treasurer, Con't. _ State Appropriation To Cash tram state Treasurer $12, 5OO . ~OO By Paid Chemical Laboratory Building $ 5,090 ~ 00 Equipment Department ot Mechanic Arts 4,000 .00 n II Physics 446 .96 " " Nat . History 472 .75 " " Ohemistry 996 .34 " " , Engineering 591 .71 General Equipment 659 .33 Books tor Experiment Station 62.91 $12,500.00 Real Estate Iccount , ,. Receipts Sale or La.J:1cI . '. r t. . Disbursed By Cash Paid tor ChamP~~s lot !O:o.oo n "! Director Experiment Sta. " 300 .00 . '. 125 ~ . Analysis Account Balance June 1st . ~ Cash from Protessor 'Lupton .' Disbursed . Cash paid Prores80r Lupton $ 300'.00") Balance , .. .~ 405 .00

• l D~sbu r 8ed

By cash L8boratory Building .I $ 7,720..90 " " J Bruce & 'Horgan, Architects j 150.00 " " College BUi:ld1n~ , -9,501.25 Treasurers Coin. ' " 300 .00 Balance - 12,,27.85 -' '1 Fran Po-}1cies Collected ...... Disb\:lrse4 By Cash on College. Build1rig J , ' $21,339.00 Chemical Laborator,y 8,000.00 Treasury Com. 600 .00 $ 30,000.00 United States Fund for 1887-88 To Cash from United' States Treasurer ,t Disbursed; . . By Cash Agricultural Depart.an~ Equipment $ 2,582. 20. Building , 3,000.00 1 Chemical Department Equipment. ' 4,400AQO Uniontown Station 2,00Q.OO Library ; , 1,499.02 Botanioal Dept . Expat. 508 ~ . 0~ · Printing 105 . ~ 61 Trustees 200.00 Salaries .r; ill . 612.50 Contingent 100, 00

_ ~ . _ ... t . _ The trustees submit herewith .the special r~po~s of .those departments that relate . more directly to the subjects of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.

Report .of Prof~ssor I. S. Newman: Agricultural Experiment St.tion November ,12, 1888 ..1

I Dr. W. L. Broun, President - , ~response to your request I submit the following report of the work of ~ depart• for the last two years, . 126

J J .- s Two years ago last June the first class in Chemistry and Agriculture were graduateQ. Six of the nine then graduated are nov engaged in practical or scientif~ c: wort iD 0 . connection ~~h Agricultural Instruet~on in the School of Agrieul\urei. -uch more satisfactory now, than then on account of the increase. facilities for field work afforded by the growth of the Agricultural Div1:sion of the Experiment Station. Tl'en there was but little work of an educational nature to occupy the tiine of tne sty.dent in the fie l ~ rorchard, garden, vineya~~ or stock yard. Now classes are engaged p~~ r f itably 12 nours per week and could find instructive, praciical work for many more hours, did the time of the classes 8ll~ Pro~8&rs allow, without conflict with other duties. I ~ at{ present engaged 12 hours per week in class and Jiel~ in~t~ctlan ) which, on .the baas of 8 hours per day leave&-28 hours per week for preparation of l ectures and,for discharge of the duties d~~ by the Experiment Station, which l atter becomes more exacting each y~ ... ''"' 1'pe amount of clerical ;yo ,k wh~ch cannot ~ be done by assistants has quadrupled ip the last two yeJ,rs, while, t;.b.e g:rowt:b ~ 9f the " Experiment Station and multiplication. Dt subjects of inquiry demandeg ~~ ~ tho~ht and greater watchfulness. So far asl can judge the members of the three. cJ,.,.sses of· whom practic.a;l,!e1'k J.s required do moat .c~rfully whatever is required of them, many seeming eager to avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded of making practi- cal application of what they have, leaJDled in they+ecturiS;j room. Indeed the experiment of teaching,agripulture is becoming more satisfactory with each sue.e.eediog ~1&S8 , The Agricultural Division of the ExperiBnt Station is now prepared to do more efficient. work than ever before. Indeed in the abs~ce ~ o~ the necessary equipment, the work has hitherto been accomplished under the 'mOst provoking disadvahtages. . ,. , J . PERMANENT IMPROVFMENTS

.., - JflJ. j " The folloWing buildings have been erected upon the farm of the ~8rt.antStation: • 0

A neat four room cottage for the foremanj A neat building containing 3 rooms .e,nd & hall. for' offices and work ·rooa for . the Director and his assistants: • Th~e rooms need furniture; - A two story gin house with sides and top covered with corruga1ed iron; A two story barn with silo. A port.ion Df this bam is devoted to storage of to,Od . for the stock and a part of it is- used as a stable for mules; . ' J A cow stable with capacity for 18 'Cows and one bull, with ~ ~ i' eed room and'Office is nearing completion. Six of ,the- stalls are being prepared for feedingexperl-' ~ ments} •

A dairy and ice house has been built ~der the same roof and will in a few daY'S <

be r.ead7....!or. .. ccupancy. __• ; j .:

The silo has been fi .led with 35 tons of ensilage from corn and sorghum and every available storage poem half' been ttlled with well cured haY'. ' • • . ....,: (J :' .:t.tb EQUIPMENT

A 20 horse boiler and 15 horse power engine have been purchased and put in position. The engine haa been located equal..ly distant from the bam and gill house, -so as to run with equal facility~ line ot shafting from each building.

A 40 saw Pratt gin wIth feeder and condenser att'ached and a power cPres.s .are., in .pc-&itim and afford the means of aceur~e experimenation with cotton. r .... • r- .. oJ ."~ ~ A f eed mill and cotton seed crusher has been provided for gt1Qding food for stock and crushing th~ green cotton seed for the purpose of more satisfactory experiment- l ing with them. An ensilage and fodder cutter is in position in the second story of the barn. 127 A complete grain .separator '"is st'ationed by the girl house and is operated by the s-ame castings that run the press and gin. A mower and barn rake has enabled me to save more- t han double the quantity of bay than could nave been harvested. without them aM at. v e~ snia1l. cost. , ·A cutaway harrow, a· new · impl81a~tlt of great value, has beill added 'to t he equipment for field work . A hydraulic ram now ' pumps water into ·a· cistern upon the horticultural grounds from which water under pr~ssure has been used during the last summer in the investigation of the root development of plants. The publication of the results of this' investigation 'awa1ts facilities for illustr a• tion. The Horticulturai .Depal!tJaent 'has been rapidly developed. A la'rge number of varieties .ot /~ apples, pears, peaches" plums, grapes, '-StraWberries and raapberries are undergoing exPertaental tests and ar.e full of prQRises for good fruit~ both 'j literally' and- t1gWtat,j.vely speald.ng ~ .,',,) . 'I' " . . r . r J.. The v.arieties ot g-ralMs, 54 in nUJlber, have .been pr.o.pagated by cut..tings. to the number of 8 to iO,000 plan1!s .which are now tor' sale on reasol'].able terms. FiftY' eight 'varieties ot strawberries' havebeen propagated' and now ' orfe~ a' large supplY ' of- plants' for' sale. A l~ted number perhaps, 1 ; 000' raspberry plants' of-t.he most , nardi ,varieties have b~en propagated. ' THe floral dept. nas been particula.rly ,devel• oped and adds much to the attractiveness of ttle grotmde. ·JThe lar1d~ of -the station' have been mucn improved .in·produci!iveness when a ~ta£ibn of crops has been prac• ticed. Some that were utter17 rotited three 'years ago are now Tield1rlg most f, remunerative c~ops . Fift,en bulletins covering about 200 pag~s of results ot exper~ents in the field, 'garden, orc~rd and ~ey'ard have beed f s~ed i and " distr~buted mainly tnrOugh the coUrtesy' ot' the Commissioner of AgricultUre. The Station ~8 ' now ' sup p l±ed Lwi~h ' all' nec.ssar" Duildings. for the tarmand ~Qck depart- Dtents, but need aqd1t10nal build1:hgs tor the -horticultural, peultl7, and lloral departments. Its equi.Jll1.~t is complete e,xcept in furniture and appliances in" the oftices and musWm, and a reaper for hariesting small grairi. '. f..· , Respectfully submitted, J.,. " • ~ ,. I . S. Newman, . Profes~or :ot 19ricrulture and tnirector of: 'Station . )

Report ' ~r Professor N. 'T." Luptem: TI a

A & M College Aubum", Alabama , ~ November 8, , President of A &M College I' Sir:

During the present session 86 students have entered the department of chem1str,r. Their work is distributed as follows: 1 The 1st class, seven in number, attend lectures on Agriculture, Chemistry ttice a week and work from six to nine hours in the Labrdatory, in quantitative-analysis;• the second class, 22 in number, attend lectures on industrial ebemietry three times a week and work in the Laboratory in qualitative analysis; the Jrd c~ass, 50 1D number, attend lectures in General Chemistry three times a week. A few of these work in the Laborator,r. In addition to these, seven students are engaged in labora• tory work alone. The course in practical chemistry by nine ot the abovenumher, has 128

been arranged so as, to meet the demand for. instruction in PhaJ"D}&cy . ' [, . '" During last session the work in this· Department was carried on with great incQn• venienQe in the temporary quu;;ers, wbicp .the 10s8 . of the college buUding macle it necessary to occupy. ,This, inconvenience no longer exists and the department i_ in a pros~rous condition. 1

.. .. .; .. ,#. '. Th:e' neW. GAemi.CeJ. Jm1ldingJ wh1~h lfas been occupied since the opening of tne present sessl.pn in September .is complete in all its arrangemept.. and adBI;i.l"ably adapted .to meet the grcndng demands of modem progr~ss in thi-s d1tparlment o! science. In . this building as you are aware, v~ have a cOlllllOdious State Chemical Laboratory with a room adjacent tor balances and one tor the spectroscopO~ ,archartaeter refractometer and microscope. A large laboratory for general work in qualitative and quantitative ...-nalysis wit~ everything in the, "81" of appa.ra:t.~., work taQ.Les, nicbes for 9arrying off 0 t.nsive fumes, ~ink8 gas and other conv~n1.ence and ne~~ss.ries t~r ef:tective work. The l~hting and insti1latio~ . are abl t~at could be :desireq.. _ ,AdJoining this 4rge. ~or~ room there are two others. ot sDli.l;,er dimen- . sion8, wh,"cb"are now used. ~s . balance and store. rooms . ,- In the, basfJlll8Jlt and admirable room has be8l!l fitted, nth all necessary apparatus tor ~8San.ng . On tp. first f19~r ther~ arfil two roollS ill 'addition to those mentioned., one an office and t8e other a room for a -library. belonging to the Experiment St_t1on. .

. '" ., .l ...... r- , This roo. i~ temporar1J..y ~ccup1ed by Prptessor Mel+ ~ hi~ A~si,.8tant .tor botanical and other work in the Departaent of Natural Hiltory. . The .S8Coo4 sto17 contains a l~~e ro~, ap~ratus prepara~ion and . el;egant +ecture an ans room and. a , room for J gas ~ys~s . .The; requi~nt of the bu+lding t~ugJlout is eq~ to the Qest of modern .1a.bo,ratories. The desks or work .tables tor) students, 48 in _ num~,~, are_ all occupied and the work qQne . stnce the o p ~ of the session in the highest degree . satisfactory.

r In the State Chemical Labora:t;or;Y a 'large amount of work has been done by :m;yself and Assistants ~ the d,etails of which are published from time to time in the bulletins issued by the Co~ss1~er o~~griculture and :Director of Experiment Station.

The following tabular statement exhibits the number and character of quantitative analyses made during the past two years: .. .. -

~ 1886-7 l8~-S po~ash Acid phosphate with nit .... gen. 79 80 II " "potash 4 Phosphate 41 60 Natural" guan08 11 10 Phopphates 10 "t Cottonseed" Meal 3 Composts :3 Marls ·5 1: 10 l: Bone Meal 1 Can Earth 3

- I " .2 Cottonseed bull ashe~ . . 1 Kanitr 1 Acid !rOil earlh 1 - " Mulch . + 2 Carbonaceous matter 1 Coal. :3 Water 4 129 1~7 1887-8

Iron ore 1 •. .t 3 ' Limestone 2 Gold ore 2 Cane juice 7 Feed Stuffs ! 3 Irish- potatoes . . '1 .9 _ Soils .4 14 ' Wheat 10 Clay ll-

t _ '.. J . ", In addition to the abovaa eonsider.ble numbe~ of ~erological spec~en~, ~he character of. wbi'Ch was determine~ . · by simple qualJtati,ve tests, were, examined and their 'value determined. , . - -' . ; - .'- ( ( , . , For-a det.11eQ descript10n of tne .new Chemi~al ~ Building, _tten~~on i~ c~lea ~o . our last annual catalogue. 1 Ver,y respectfully,

N. '1'. Lupton Professor of Chemistry and State Chemist ,Report of

PresiderJ.t r ;. A. & M. College Sir: , .: r ... I h~ve tne. honor to submit hereWith the report oft the work done in the Department of Natural Histor,y and "Geology during i.the laat twelve months.

Since the deatruction of. the museum· and the excellen~ ' equipment belOftgin ~ to the - Department by fire that consumed the main building in June 1887, the fa6:1lities for work have been so meager, the teaching of the Natural Sciences has been aceomplishc with difficulty. With &" small .appropriation made. me out of the :Cuncis .ot" the ' insti• tution, I ·was enabled to open the microscopical laborato~y , w1th appliances eurficied to accommodate a working class of 12 students. Analytical Botany in this laboratory was under the circumstances studied'with some degree of satisfaction by the advanced classes. - The work in Geology haa been cramped for the lack of minerals and paleontological specimens to illustrate the lec.tuns of the course. Nevertheless, much good work has been accomplished by the use of specimens donated to the college by former studmts and the collection presented to the institution by Mr. Strassburger of Montgomer,y. This valuable contribution by Mr. Strassburger together with a lange.number of wood specimens given by Doctor Charles Mohr ot Mobile and Mr. James Clayton of OJllika furnish a nucleus arou~' . which is steadily growing a museum t, replace the one lost. I have instituted a series of exchanges with scientists in ether parts of the countr,y, by means of which many valuable specimens in all branches of science will be added to the museum in exchange for Alabama minerals, fossils and plants. It is hoped in ·this manner many thousand specimens will. be added to the collection each year. ' Th. fltuqents of the college have taken much interest in this enterprise a ~ d through their efforts many valuable minerals, fossils, shells and plants have been (~_ d onated to the museum. 130

The Smith~~ ~ Instit~te last year gave the college several hundred zoological speci• mens; and large collection of grasses was presented by the United States Depart• ment of Agriculture. Botanical Department Experiment Station

Practical work in Botany in connection with the State Experiment Station was begun July 1, 1888,. Mr. s. D. Samford, a recent graduate in this college,waa appointed .. Assistant in Botany and Meteerology and he entered immediately in the discharge o~ his duties. The first ~ work undertaken was the collection of as many plants as possible in a' wild state in Lee County. These plants were carefully pressed and we are now engaged in naming .and classifying them for publication in the bulletins of the 8tatt'On. -In addition' to this 110 splmens, of 'wood have been exa.mfned.ana -r listed and ar report made upon their value 1il the Arts- ai'ld their medieinaL pro- ' perties. This report was published in bulletin No.2 of the new series. We are' . now g!l:Ying the cotton plant a micr.oscopical study to determine what effect is producedup6n' the fiore under the rd1fferent methods 01 fertilization and. ~ cultiva- ... tion. Photo micrography will be made of the fibre showing the .cross section and twist in the cells and results will be published in the bulletin. Metarological is vigorously prosecuted to determine the climate of the State and for the general benefit of the farming interests. About thirty observers located in different parts of the state, have been supplied "lith standard instruments, through the liberality of the Chief Signal Officer and observations are taken three times a day and reports made to this office at the end of the month1br publication in bulletins. During the crop season from ~ ~ 1st until October 1st special crops and weather bulletins are issued each week, compiled from reports sent in by'all' observers of the Service. Thlese weekly bulletins have- 'been invariably published in the prominent papers of the State, and by special arrangement with agent in Montgomery furnished to the United' Press Dispatch so that the widest possible range is given for information with but little cost to the weather service. At Auburn besides ~ the , observatio.ns of theTegula~ instruments of the Signal Service, records are kept of 80il these mGmeRtoea fram -a depth of one inch to ninety six i nches below the surface and from solar and t errestial radiators. A number of Stations throughout the_State raise signals each day to predict tHe canditiona o£ the weather -2,4 hours in advance 0 : .,J, _ j , . c... ,.. .r ~ . 1 The effort Mill be ma.

Ver,y respectfully,

P. H. 1'1ell Professor o~ Natural History and Geology

Sir: 1.31 1 Since .t heaast Trustees report (f~r · the years 1884~ 5, 1885-6) . three additional branches of Mech~c Arts have been established ana put ,in successful op&ration, viz: foundry work, smith ~ork, and machine wo-rk in metals . ,For -the accommodati.ons', of the first two named branches a substantial Dne Lst ory brick building .32 by 72 feet has been er ected. The machine shop is located::' 1n one' half of the lower floor of Lahgdon ' Hall,' the wood shop occupying the· other 'h&lf . For description of equipment and course of work in the wood department see last' Trustees report . "... 'l'he equipment for the foundry consists of moulding ' b~mche ' s J for a class of 12 ~ st udents, each supplied a complete set of moulders tools, a 14 inch cupola with all the modem improvements, capable of ~e1t1ng 1,0001bs. of iron p&r 'hour, a brass furnace' in which can be melted,100 pounds of brass at' a heat with ,crucib1e 'tongs etc. Also full supply of ladles, large and ·small 'mOUlding ~lasks. The forge shop equipment consists of 12 haRd forges J of ~ new pattern each with' a 'set of ~vils, tools, etc. The blast ~or all the forges i& supplied by a' pressure ~lower ' (wh~t h also furnishes blast for the' ,foUndry cupola)- and an -exhaust blower draws the' draws the smoke ·from the fires into 'the ~moke ' flu~ and fordes it out through the chimney.· '

I ~ J,. I The equipment for the machine shop which was purchased a year ago with the '5,000 appropriated by the Legislatur-e at it'S· last se-ssioir'is as follows: . six engine lathes(screw- cutting);- 14 -moh swing; 2 engine 'lathes'; 16 inch awing, one with, 'tap,er attachment, one speed lathe;, 10 inch swing; one 20 inch drill press (.polier fed); one , 15 inchshaper; one 22 inchx22 inch; x 5 foot friction planer, one universal milling machin'e; one conundrum ,too1 grinder (14 incn wheel):; "one bench grinding machine (sIiialJ.) one post drill press - 14 inch. A part of this room los ,set apart for vise work, chipping' and filing and benches are provided for 12 stlldents each with vise and sets of files, chi5,els" hammers, ' etc. In the tool room is to be found a .good supplY of machine tais~or taps, dies, guages, files, cutting and measuring tools, . wit~a general supply, of machinists tools and special appliances as for machine work, etc.

The course in Manual Training covers .3 years as follows. 1st year wood working, carpentry and turning. 2nd year pattern making and foundry and forge work, mouldiilg and casting and -smithing. 3rd year machine shop, chipping and filing and machine . work in metals. The work of the 2nd and .3rd years of the course is br~efly as tal• lows: 2nd year ;l) pattern making, covering the first half of the first term. : . lhe work includes a variety of examples of whole and split patterns, etc., giving the students faniiliarity with the use of patterns for general moulding. 2) Moulding ' and casting in. iron and brass occupying 10 weeks. The work consists of the most · part of small articles such as light machine parts, but a sufficient variety of forms is introduced for the student to acquire a good general and practical know• ledge of the usual methods and appliances used in light foundry work. Instruction and practice in work4J,g the cupola is given , each student in turn; taking charge of a melting • .3} Forge work in iron and stell, occupying the remain~er o~the year. The lessons are so arraged that the students in making the ,eries of objects, be• come familiar with the nature of the metals and the successi.e steps in working them by hand into simple and complex forms, as drawing, upsetting, bending, cutting punching,welding " by .> ya.ri~us methods, tool forging, tempering, hardening, etc. In connection with this,.. 2nd year's Jroll'k, a series of lectures are given in the metal• lurgy and working of the metals used in the industrial arts, cast and wrought iron, steel and brass. .3rd year: Chipping and filing, covering the first term. The lessons comprise work in cast and wrought iron, chipping and filing to lie on flat and curved surfaces, key seating, etc., filing and finishing to live, fitting, slotting, sawing, surface finishing with seraper, etc. 132 2) Machine work occupying the remainder of the year. The work includes c. st and wrought iron, steel and brass, turning tQ various diameters .and shapes, drilling, doring, screw cutting, plan~g, slotting, fitting, grainding, polis~g, etc. Lectures are also given during the year on various subjects 'connected with the. machines in metal, such as for.ms, construction and the use of the various machines, cut ting tools, gearing guages, screw threads, screws,et c. During t he l~st term some piece of const ruction work is given to the classes . The same general plan of inst ruction is followed as in wood work. All work is done from d~awings and toJ exact dimensions . . v

.J • During the last college a,ession, two engine,s ,were mp.de by .the .classes in machine work: one of abou~ one horse power, the other (which was designed. throughout bya.member of the class) of about 4 horse power. Both were running under steam, .during the commencement iast June. -Another of, lO horsepower, is under const~ction b.r the present- cla~s in Jl)&ch1n;e work-. Thj.s is to run the elect;ric lighting plant for the ' college. This construction work. includes all the branyhes of the m~chanical ~ork, from the design t.o the If.inished, work, drawing4',.) pattlt.rns, castings, forging and finishing filing and erecting.

The total number of students in Mechanic Arts during each of the years s!Dce the establishment of .the department is as follows: 1st 1885-6 - 93;- 2nd 1886-7 - 89; 3rd 1887-8 - 102. 'Below are given the principal items of expenditure in the equipment of the machine' r oom with cost of each machines:

8 engine lathes, $224 ., 1,792.00 r 1 speed lathe . r 48;00 . j 1 dorill press 160 .00 1 shaper 280 .00 1 planer 400 .00 1 milling ma-cbine 495 .00 1 t ool grinder 60.00 1 emory grinder 22 .. 13 1 post drill ,20 .. 00 4 wood cutters $46 184.00 chucks . 1 ' 22 ~ 2; pulleys, shafting, 162 .65 vises 80 .42 benohes:. ' . .to 55.00 To the above should be added the cost of general tools, supplies, dr ayage on machinery, etc. Respectfully submitted, George H. Bryant, Director Department of Mechanic Arts 133 Memorial of the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural and .Mechanical Cpllege, to the m~mber~ of the Senate and Hause of Represen~atives of the General Assembly .of Alab~ The undersigned members of the Boarq of Trustees of the ·A. & M. College, beg to memo• rialize the legislature in respect to the appropriation of funds to complete, furnish and equip the main building of said college. We, therefore, reapectfully present to your ,honorable body the folloWing statement and petition: On the 24th June 1887, the main College Building being a substantial brick structure 160 x 70 feet of three and ·a half atories Was destroyed by fire, .w1th its ·entire scientific equipnent, except a few articles saved from the Chemical Department. This building was in 1872 donated by the Methodist Churoh to, the State, on .condition that the A. & M. College should be there established. At t he time of the fire it was insured for $30,000. . With the funds reoeived from the insurance policies and a portion of the approprta• tion by the legislature, there has been .built since the fire at a oost of $13,060.90 an excellent Chemical Laboratory, 'which .is devoted entirely to teaching the princi• ples and the ' applications of chemistry. . The main college building has been placed in part under contract, and is now in pro• cess of construction. The contract. for the walls and roof without interior finish amounted to $43,500. On this contract.there has been paid the sum of $20,048, all the money in the college treasury available for that purpose. The contractor is still continuing the work, relying upon the legislature to make the necessary appro- priations. The walls of the building are of the most durable and superior character being made with pressed brick made near the college. The architects, Messrs. Bruce and Morgan, estimate that after the roof and walls are constructed it wil l require $ ~bl0 80 to complete the building. Hence, t o construct the building, including all interior work, there will be required according to the careful estimates of the architects the sum of $49,532. This building, when com• pleted must al so be furnished with proper appliances and be equipped with the scientific apparatus required to teach the prinicples and the appliances of modern science. The building alone will be of but little value f or educational purposes without any equipment. And not onl y apparat us but books al so must be supplied for a library if it is designed to have a college - a Polytechnic Institute worthy of the State - an institution that will afford in applied science advantages equal to those elsewhere presented. The sum of $25,000 is a careful estimate of the amount that will be necessary to furnish the appliances with equipment and library needed for immediate use. By Section S of said act, there is imposed the condition that on noppretense whatever shall any partion of the endowment fund be used for building purposes; and also the further condition that each state accepting this grant shall provide a college. Thus while the general government provided the endow.ment, it was made the duty of the State to provide the building. The unfortunate destruction of the college building by fire, imposes on the State the necessity of employing with the obligation assumed in accepting the grant. \ ith confidence in the ability and justice of the Legislature, deeming it unwise to delay I the Trustees ordered the construction of the college and they respectfully pePit10n your Honorable body that there be granted the funds required to complete, 134 furnish .and equip tne same. In this connection it may be stated

It is not deemed necessary to present an extended argument in support of this petition. Justice and wisdom on the part of the State alike with its entkhing' and future development demand compliance therewith. The College is the ' property of the State __ it exists only by Qrder of the State, and for the people of the State and is now doing a work for the State, whose value cannot be overestlmated, .a work that will in the coming years, add to its influ• ence, power and wealth; and hence it deserves and should receive the fostering care and support of the legislature. ' .

Respectfully submitted,

c. C. Langdon M. L. Stansel R. F. Ligon J em. Haralson Jas. G. Gilchrist J. B. Mitchell Solomon, Palmer JnQ. W. Bishop R. F. Kolb Trustees A. Auburn, Alabama November 30, 1888

At & meeting of the Board of Visitors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, held Friday, November 30, 1888, there were present: Messrs. Gilchrist, Chairman, Ligon and Mitchell. • ..L ' . r ~r • r The matter af appropriations haveing -been presented by Dector Broun, President of the College, it was by Mr. Ligon: - ~ . c•

. I. Resolved, that the Board of Directors be authorized to have conducted farm experiment-s in' the different' 'agri cultural sections df the State; provided the number of places so selected does not exceed Cten. Adopted. . . ,

II. Resolved, that for the purpose of making experiments designated, that there is appropriated the sum of twenty-five ·dollars for each of said localities. Adopted. III. Resolved, that the farm experiments, shall be made under the direction of the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College. Adopted. By Mr. Ligon, Resolved, that the sum of $170 is hereby appropriated to Mr. Ross for dairy experiment s • Adopted.

By ~~. Mitchell, Resolved, that l{r. A. Persons be paid the same salary as was allowed to E. R. Lloyd from the 6th day of October until the 2nd Assistant appointed by the Board at their recent meeting, assumes his duties. Adopted. By Mr. Gilchrist, Resolved, that the sum of $200 be allowed Mr. Ros s to purchase a separator from the first money received from the sale of dairy products. Adopted. Resolved, by Mr . Ligon, that the unexpended balance as reported by the Treasurer, is hereby appropriated, for and on account of the Experiment Station. Adopted. By Mr. Ligon, Resolved, that Doctor Broun and Professor Newman be authorized to attend the setting of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experi• ment Stations to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee and that the expenses of the same be paid out of the United States fund. Adopted. F. M. Reese Secretary to Board of Trustees