154 REPOUT OF OFFICE OF EXFKIUMENT STATIONS. 



491.77; interest on other lan(l-n:rrtnt funds, $l)(;,0r>0.70 ; United States 

 api)ropriation \nider act of 18!)0, $1,200,()()(); interest oii endowment 

 or refjular appropriation, $.5.52,004.10; State ai)pr()i)riati()n for cur- 

 rent expenses, $;5,048,4!22.22 ; State ai)pr()priations for buildings or 

 for other special purposes, $2,313,0()0.5;j ; income from endowment, 

 other than Feileral or State grants, $071,888.10; tuition fees, $881,- 

 105.80; incidental fees, $007,080.04; miscellaneous, $1,074,1.50.70; 

 total, $11,707,1.54.54. The value of the additions to the permanent 

 endowment and equipment of these institutions in 1005 is estimated 

 as follows: Permanent endowment, $028,542.08; buildings, $2,133,- 

 225.41; libraries, $182,247.43; apparatus, $173,580.42; machinery, 

 $153,025.78; live stock, $50,712.30; miscellaneous, $180,170.71; total, 

 $3,501,513.10. 



The number of persons in the faculties of the colleges of agriculture 

 and mechanic arts was as follows : For preparatory classes, 475 ; for 

 collegiate and special classes, 2,002; total, 2,072. In the other de- 

 partments the faculties aggregated 1,880, making a grand total of 

 4,561 persons in the faculties of the land-grant institutions. 



The students in 1905 in the colleges for white persons were as fol- 

 lows: (1) By classes — p)reparatory, 5,072; collegiate, 20,020; short 

 course or special, 10,196; postgraduate, 515; other departments, 

 17,830; total, 53,518. (2) By courses: Four-year — agriculture, 2,526; 

 horticulture, 112; household economy, 854; mechanical engineering, 

 4,227; civil engineering, 3,624; electrical engineering, 2,034; mining 

 engineering, 1,022; chemical engineering, 370; architecture, 148. 

 Shorter than four years — agriculture, 3,230; dairying, 617; horticul- 

 ture, 38 ; veterinary science, 740 ; military tactics, 16,657. 



The students in colleges and schools for colored persons were as 

 follows: (1) By classes — preparatory, 4,781; collegiate, 709; short 

 or special, 400; other departments, 683; total, 6,294. (2) By 

 courses — agriculture, 1,624; industrial courses for boys, 2,404; in- 

 dustrial courses for girls, 3,428 ; military tactics, 1,566. 



The graduates in 1005 were 5,001, and since the organization of 

 these institutions, 02,081. The average age of graduates in 1005 was 

 22 years. The total number of volumes in the libraries was 2,141,465. 

 The total number of acres of land granted to the States under the act 

 of 1862 was 10,233,160, of which 844,164 are still unsold. 



SUMMARY OF 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, Ala- 

 bama, and Louisiana, separate stations are maintained wholly or in 



