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Secondary Education in Agriculture and Household Science: A. C. 

 Page, Eugene Davenport, R. E. Muckelroy, F. G. Blair, W. G. Fulton. 



Highways: E. W. Burroughs, Geo. A. Switzer, D. M. Marlin, L. L. 

 Wakefield, Wm. E. Meier. 



Agricultural Books: Eugene Davenport, F. G. Blair, J. B. Burrows, 

 L. C. Brown and A. C. Page. 



Entomology: J. B. Burrows, Geo. F. Tullock, L. C. Brown. 



Soil Investigations and Experiments: Ralph Allen, F. I. Mann, A. N. 

 Abbott, Geo. F. Tullock and O. L. Wakefield. 



Moved that these committee appointments be confirmed. Seconded 

 and carried. 



Director Burroughs reported the following resolutions, which were 

 unanimously adopted: 



WHEEEAS, Our respected and beloved fellow member, Director J. P. 

 Gilbert, of the 25th Congressional District, has been called to his reward. 



Be it Resolved: That in the passing of Director Gilbert, the Farmers' 

 Institute and the agriculture of the State at large has lost an active, un- 

 tiring and unselfish friend and benefactor whose constructive work as a 

 leader and teacher along educational and improved farming lines will long 

 be remembered and lastingly appreciated, especially throughout Southern 

 Illinois where Mr. Gilbert labored so faithfully and successfully in the inter- 

 ests of better rural conditions. 



Be it Further Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be made apart 

 of the official record by incorporating in the minutes of the Board. 



E. W. BUBEOUGHS, 

 (Signed) GEO. F. TULLOCK, 

 C. V. GEEGOBY. 



WHEBEAS, Death has removed from this life Director Edward Grimes, 

 who served as a member of the State Institute Board from the 21st Con- 

 gressional District continuously since his election in 1903. 



Be it Resolved: That the Illinois Farmers' Institute has lost a devoted 

 and untiring worker whose long service will always be remembered; that 

 Illinois Agriculture has lost a true and tried friend and the State one of 

 its most useful and public spirited citizens. 



Be it Further Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be made a part 

 of the official record by incorporating in the minutes of the Board. 



E. W. BUEBOUGHS, 

 (Signed) GEO. F. TULLOCK, 

 C. V. GEEGOEY. 



Announcement was made of the call for a meeting of the executive 

 committee to be held at Monmouth, September 8th at which time definite 

 arrangements of the state meeting would be made. 

 On motion the Board adjourned. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 Approved, November 29, 1921. 



H. E. YOUNG, Secretary. 



MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HELD 

 AT MONMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 8, 1921. 



Purusant to the call of the president a meeting of the Executive com- 

 mittee was held in Monmouth, September 8th, 1921. 



Present: Directors, Mann, Allen and Curtiss. 



The committee inspected the facilities offered for the holding of the 

 state meeting in February and conferred with representatives of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce, County Farmers' Institute and County Farm Bureau re- 

 garding detailed arrangements and program. The new state armony build- 

 ing was found to be ideally located, and equipped as a meeting place for the 



