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HR0989
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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Representative wish to congratulate the University of Illinois
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on the occasion of the 150-year anniversary of the creation of
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the Morrow Plots; and

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WHEREAS, The Morrow Plots started in 1876 as an
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experimental crop field to study if Midwestern soils required
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fertilizer or if simple crop rotation was sufficient for soil
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nutrient retention and stewardship, becoming the nation's
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oldest research field and one of the oldest continual
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agricultural research fields, second only to England's
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Rothamsted Field; and

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WHEREAS, The Morrow Plots' establishment can be attributed
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to a collection of three talented agricultural researchers,
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agricultural chemist Charles Wallace Silver, Agriculture
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Professor Manly Miles, and Professor and Chair of Agriculture
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George Espy Morrow; and

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WHEREAS, The Morrow Plots were named after Professor
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Morrow, the first dean of the College of Agricultural,
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Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University
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of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, after publishing the findings of
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a long-term corn study, known as the Experiment 23 Rotation

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Study, that he inherited from Professor Miles in 1888; and

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WHEREAS, The Morrow Plots were initially ten half-acre
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fields designed to test how cropping methods affected soil
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health and productivity over time; as the University of
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Illinois expanded, two plots were removed from the study in
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1895 and used for construction purposes, five other plots were
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returned to grasslands in 1903, and the remaining three plots
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were reduced in size and subdivided into the profile that is
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now familiar to the campus; and

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WHEREAS, The Morrow Plots were designated a National
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Historic Landmark in 1968 in recognition of both the
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scientific and symbolic impact of the plots on their 100-year
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anniversary; and

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WHEREAS, The Morrow Plots occupy a unique space on the
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ACES campus as both a place of scientific study and cultural
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prominence, reinforcing that agriculture is cyclical; and

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WHEREAS, The Morrow Plots' purpose remains dedicated to
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the advancement of agricultural knowledge to better support
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responsible land stewardship and enhancement of the public
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good; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

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HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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we congratulate the University of Illinois on the 150-year
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anniversary of the establishment of the Morrow Plots; and be
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it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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presented to Dr. Andrew Margenot, Director of the Morrow
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Plots, as an expression of our esteem and respect.

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