ANNUAL REPORT OF OFFICE OF liXl'ERIMENT 

 STATIONS, lUNE 30, 1905. 



SUMMARY. 



By A. C. True and Dick J. Crosby. 



STATISTICS OF THE STATIONS. 



Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation under the 

 act of Congress of March 2, 1887, in all the States and Territories 

 and, under special appropriation acts, in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto 

 Rico. In Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, Missouri, 

 Alabama, and Louisiana separate stations are maintained wholl}^ or 

 in part by State funds. A number of stations are also maintained 

 in different States. Excluding the substations, the total number of 

 stations in the United States is 60. Of these, 55 receive appropria- 

 tions provided for by acts of Congress. 



The total income of the stations maintained under the act of 1887 

 during 1905 was $1,525,489.18, of which $718,163.45 was received 

 from the National Government, and the remainder, $797,571.02, from 

 State governments, individuals, and communities, fees for analyses 

 of fertilizers, sales of farm products, and miscellaneous sources. In 

 addition to this, the Office of Experiment Stations had an appropria- 

 tion of $177,500 for the past fiscal year, including $15,000 for the 

 Alaska exi^eriment stations, $15,000 for the Hawaii Experiment Sta- 

 tion, $15,000 for the Porto Rico Experiment Station, $20,000 for 

 nutritiim investigations, $67,500 for irrigation investigations, and 

 $5,000 for farmers' institutes. The total value of additions to the 

 e(iuipment of the stations in 1905 is estimated to be $155,619^72. 



DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. 



The activity of the stations in disseminating the results of their 

 investigations continues unabated. Of the 845 persons employed in 

 station work last year, 423 did more or less teaching in the colleges 

 with which the stations are connected, and 393 assisted in farmers' 

 institutes, contributing a total of two thousand six hundred and 

 eighty-nine days to this work. In this way the results of investi- 



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