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Show ' l&T Y "T'1 "$ I I Board Reports to Legislature. j lie u, ii.yhi, tic. . ..: I'M j Total 8143,473 I The report of the treasurer shows that the amount of money , on hand Dec. 31, 3 900 , was 13,-! 13,-! 203.82. Received during bien-I bien-I nial period from government appropriation, ap-propriation, 850,000, making a total of 863,205.82. The expenditures expend-itures aggregated 831,041.39, leaving a balance on hand Dec. I (S3, 1902, 812,164.43. According to the report of the registrar, 381 students- wire registered reg-istered in all the courses of the college during the year 1900-1901, 1900-1901, and 516 during the last year. Speaking of the college in gen-jeral, gen-jeral, President Kerr says that i "the people of the state are coming com-ing more and more to appreci- ate the value cf the distinctive j work offered by the college. This is no doubt largely due to the success of former students and graduates in making practical application of their college work. A litt furnished by the professors profes-sors shows that many of the students who have been in the college from one to three years only are now working as carpenters, carpen-ters, blacksmiths, contractors and foremen, at from $2. 50 to S4.50a day, while others are equally as successful in business and in different lines ol liv stack, creamery and farm work. The president and board of , trustees of the Agricultural col-I col-I lege, in their biennial report to Governor H. M. Wells, ask. for an appropriation of $143,475 to maintain that institution and make needed repairs andimprov-ments andimprov-ments during the next two years. A request for a permanent fund or mill tax levy, for the support of the college is also suggested. Chairman W. S. McCornick of 'the board of trustees j has the following to say relative rel-ative to the progress of the ; school during the past biennial-' biennial-' period: ! ' 'We are pleased to report that during the past two years there has been a large increase in attendance at-tendance a nd a great improvement improve-ment in both character and grade of work done. There has , been marked growth in all the j affairs of the collage. I . We earnestly commend for your careful consideration that part of the report dealing with th importance im-portance of providing a permanent perma-nent fund, or mill tax, for the support of the college. We concur con-cur in the estimates of what will be required during the next two years for additional buildings and equipmentand for general maintenance. While the amounts asked for appear large in the aggregate, ag-gregate, the growth of the insti- tution makes imperative the necessity nec-essity for much larger amounts to meet the different requirements require-ments of the institution. Indeed, the estimates are not only conservative, con-servative, but in some particulars particu-lars are unquesjiojiably lower than should, be;. ' j - : ' -- -. , '-'We recommend that a I general gene-ral appropriation for maintenance mainte-nance and equipment be made, instead of having special appropriations appro-priations for each of the requirements. require-ments. This will give th trust-ess trust-ess greater freedom in the use of the money, as- the interest of the college may require. Conditions Condi-tions frequently change during a period of two years, ad there is a great adrantage in being j able to readjust the apportionment apportion-ment of. funds as conditions may require.'", ' The appropriations asked for aggregate $143,475, as follows: Completing the cattle and sheep barns, fencing, pastures, yards, etc. . . . .$2,700 Buildings for hogs, experimental exper-imental station use 1,500 Poultry buildings, experimental experi-mental station use , 3,500 Room for iron foundry and-- ' for carriage building, and to extend the forge ' shop 2,800 Cupola and auxiliaries .... 500 Armory and gym '.. and in phvsical education, will cost for building and i equipment 30,000 j Steam heating plant for I dormitory ; 3,500 (Deficit allowed by state i board of examiners for completing main build- j iDg 5,000 'Foundry 2'900 i Instruments, machinery, etc 5500 Iron forge shops and other i shops 5'4-5 Threshors and power for experiment station 401) Pure bred sheep' and hogs 800 Books for library 4,000 Equipment for agronomy, horticulture, chemistry, commerce, etc... 10.B&U Insurance on buildings . . .. 2.10U , General maintenance, sal- aries, etc 60,4o0 Experiment station, tjr i printing Experiment station, ior |