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JUNE · I 898 30 heifer calves have been sent to the Farm and only 5 have ever been returned to the dairy. These were our best calves. Mr. Holland is given 3 men 4 if needed to tend lo acres. Mr. Greens lo men to tend loo acres I have co acres in exp. work and not a man given me. I want to conduct some feeding exp. and of course must have responsible men to do them. I have no further recommendations to make. A number of our finest cows are to drop calvs soon, and during this hot dry weather skill and vigilince must be exercised to save them. I say all this in behalf of my desp.3 and the best intrests of the school. Respy. Geo. W. Carver ALS Con. ~38 BTW Papers DLC. Wiley W. Holland taught in the agricultural department at Tuskegee from 897 to ~ 899. 2 Charles W. Greene. 3 Carver seems to have intended to write ''dept.'' To Emily Howland Tuskegee, Ala., June I, 1898 My dear Miss Howland: ~ am sorry that I have been so long in answering your letter. I sent you a note stating that your letter with a draft for $500 had reached us. When your letter came we were in the midst of our Commencement exercises. We are very grateful to you for this gift. We are planning to have the building ready for use in September. We have felt very severely the war excitement. Our income has been greatly reduced on this account. I do not know where the end will be. I am unable as yet to give you any definite information regarding Kowaliga. I have asked Mr. Galloway and Mr. Benson for a full statement of last year's income and expenditures together with the vouchers showing how money was spent. This I have not gotten as yet. I think little if any progress has been made towards the completion of the school house since you were at Kowaliga. One thing that makes me a little doubtful about Kowaliga is that Mr. Benson is not inclined to 425