STATISTICS OF THE LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. 17 



the people for information are of such diverse nature that when a 

 staff of experts capable of dealing intelli<:;('ntly with the different 

 questions that arise is employed, practically all of the station's funds 

 are expended f()r salaries, labor, and publications, leaving very little 

 for research work. 



Relief such as the stations need is not likely soon to come from the 

 States. There is now a widespread movement for the introduction 

 of instruction in agriculture in the secondary and elementary public 

 schools, together Avith the enlargement of the higher instruction 

 offered in the agricultural colleges. The States Avill undoubtedly be 

 called upon to provide larger funds for agricultural education of a 

 more ])opular character, and in nuiny parts of the country this will 

 prevent their increasing to anj^ material extent the resources of the 

 experiment stations. 



These facts made it highly desirable that the Congress of the 

 United States should enact a laAv giving additional aid to all of the 

 agricultural experiment stations, and that the funds thus appropri- 

 ated should be devoted strictly to the carrying on of scientific investi- 

 gations in agriculture. 



Tliere is an evident purpose on the part of the station managers to 

 differentiate more fully the work of research from that of instruction, 

 but in a considerable number of States it has been impracticable to 

 make much progress in this direction owing to lack of resources per- 

 mitting the employment of a staff more completely devoted to the 

 business of the experiment station. The changes which have been 

 made in the organization of the stations during the past year have 

 almost uniformly increased their efficienc3^ The directorship of 

 several of the stations has been separated from the president's office, 

 and greater supervisory and directing power has been conferred upon 

 the director. Florida, Massachusetts, and South Carolina have re- 

 cently separated the two offices, leaving the joint arrangement only in 

 Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Wash- 

 ington. 



STATISTICS OF THE LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. 



Educational institutions receiving the benefits of the acts of Con- 

 gress of July 2, 18G2, and August 30, 1800, are now in operation in 

 all the States and Territories except Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. 

 The total number of these institutions is 05, of which 03 maintain 

 courses of instruction in agriculture. The aggregate value of the 

 permanent funds and c(iiiipment of the land-granl colleges and uni- 

 versities in 1005 is estimated to be $81,251,704.42. The income of 

 these institutions in 1005, exclusive of the funds received from the 

 Unit«d States for agricultural experiment stations, was $11,767,154.54. 

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