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STATE IJO.ARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Clias. L. Iiif^ersoll, i^I. S., Professor of Practical Aj^riculture, $1,400. 



liobert F. Kedzie, M. S., Assistant in Chemistry, $800. 



James Cassidy, Gardener, ^HU. 



Emery C Fox, Steward, $000. 



Geo. \V. White, First Foreman of Farm Department, $G00. 



Kansom II. McDowell, B. S., Second Foreman of Farm Department, $400. 



Frank A. Gnlley, Foreman Horticultural Department, 1543. 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LANDS. 



An act of Congress, approved July "2, 18G2, donated to each State public 

 lands to the amount of 30,000 acres for each of its Senators and Keprcscnta- 

 tives in Congress, according to the census of 1800, for the '•'endowment, sup- 

 port, and maintenance of at least one College, where tlie leading object shall 

 be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including 

 military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agricul- 

 ture and tlie mechanic arts." 



The Legislature accepted this grant and bestowed it upon the Agricultural 

 College. By its provisions the College has received 235,673.37 acres of land. 

 Tiiese lands have been placed in market, and 86,121.46 acrec have been sold, 

 giving a fund of §275,104.28, the interest of which at seven per cent is applied 

 to the support of the College. Tlie sale is under the direction of the Agri- 

 cultural Land Grant Board, consisting of the Governor, Auditor General, 

 Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and Commissioner of 

 the State Land Ofltice. Any information in regard to these lands may be 

 obtained by applying to the Commissioner of the State Land Office. 



The following tables, for which we are indebted to the courtesy of the State 

 Land Commissioner, give a detailed account of the sales of Agricultural Col- 

 lege lands for the year ending September 30, 1879; also the number of acres 

 yet unsold and the counties in which they are located. 



TABLE No. 1, Showing, by Counties^ the jAmotmt of Lands Sold {original sales) during 



the Year ending September 30, 1S79. 



