Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University, Volumes 1-2Illinois Industrial University, 1868 - Education, Higher |
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... soil varies , some clay and gravel ; prairie , openings and timber ; the timber is hickory , red and white oak ; openings , burr oak . A. Baley . - Surface soil black , one foot deep , light prairie ; subsoil open yellow loam ; can be ...
... soil varies , some clay and gravel ; prairie , openings and timber ; the timber is hickory , red and white oak ; openings , burr oak . A. Baley . - Surface soil black , one foot deep , light prairie ; subsoil open yellow loam ; can be ...
Page 221
... soil , clayey loam to the depth of 10 or 12 inches ; color , brownish black , or between black and light cold clay soil , mixed with just sand enough to render it pliable and easy to work ; it takes in water freely and stands drouth ...
... soil , clayey loam to the depth of 10 or 12 inches ; color , brownish black , or between black and light cold clay soil , mixed with just sand enough to render it pliable and easy to work ; it takes in water freely and stands drouth ...
Page 222
... soil is a warm , light - colored soil - as compared with the blackest soil of this part of the State - having sufficient sand in it to show a little on the surface after a rain . It is about fifteen to seventeen inches in depth . Deer ...
... soil is a warm , light - colored soil - as compared with the blackest soil of this part of the State - having sufficient sand in it to show a little on the surface after a rain . It is about fifteen to seventeen inches in depth . Deer ...
Page 223
... Soil rather sandy than otherwise , though in spots it is clayey . Part is bottom land . Natural growth , timber - hickory , oak , sassafras , mulberry , ash , sumac , red - bud , etc. J. Balsiger . — The surface soil is a black or brown ...
... Soil rather sandy than otherwise , though in spots it is clayey . Part is bottom land . Natural growth , timber - hickory , oak , sassafras , mulberry , ash , sumac , red - bud , etc. J. Balsiger . — The surface soil is a black or brown ...
Page 224
... soil seems to be more peculiarly adapted to the culture of fruit , and also of vegetables - those of a bulbous nature in particular— as sweet potatoes , onions , beets and turnips . This is owing to the warm , sandy soil , with the open ...
... soil seems to be more peculiarly adapted to the culture of fruit , and also of vegetables - those of a bulbous nature in particular— as sweet potatoes , onions , beets and turnips . This is owing to the warm , sandy soil , with the open ...
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Page 162 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the 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 agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 2 - If any portion of the fund invested as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished...
Page 1 - That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 161 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be...
Page 2 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease ; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid.
Page 229 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy. Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Page 2 - That the grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts: First.
Page 1 - States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre...
Page 15 - Legislature to the contrary notwithstanding; and further, that I do this with a full determination, pledge and purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever; and I do further solemnly swear [or affirm] that I have not fought a duel nor sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel, nor been a second to either party...
Page 257 - I do not know that I can add anything to what has been already said in the text of the Lecture on this point.