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departments depends upon the station work, and their present mag- 

 nitude points to the need of forces which are largely separate and 

 free from other exacting duties. The organization of these three 

 divisions of effort, the relations of the men composing their forces, 

 and the division of the field are now receiving careful consideration. 



INCREASE IN FUNDS AND EQUIPMENT. 



The revenues of the stations in 1911 amounted to more than 

 $3,000,000. Of this amount $1,539,000 was received from the Federal 

 Government, and the balance was contributed by States or received 

 from local sources. There are now only a few States in which no 

 specific appropriation for the station is made and where the insti- 

 tution has to rely solely upon the Federal funds for conducting its 

 work. 



Among the new appropriations for the year the following may be 

 mentioned: In February, 1911, the Legislature of Alabama made a 

 continuing appropriation to the Alabama Experiment Station of 

 $27,000 per annum. The funds were specifically appropriated as 

 follows: For local experiments with fertilizers and field and forage 

 crops, $7,000; agricultural extension work, $5,000; live-stock investi- 

 gations, $3,500; for publications and administrative expenses, $2,500; 

 cotton-boll weevil and other insect-pest investigations, $2,300; for 

 drainage, irrigation, and farm machinery, $1,500; for plant-breeding 

 work, $1,200; for investigating plant diseases, $1,000; and for promot- 

 ing the poultry industry, $1,000. The State appropriation for the 

 Canebrake station was increased from $2,500 to $4,000 per annum. 



An appropriation of $10,000 was made by the Delaware Legislature 

 to complete the equipment of the college farm ; another $10,000 was 

 allowed for repairs and maintenance; and $9,000 was given for 

 extension work. 



Idaho appropriated $13,500 for the purchase of additional farm 

 land adjoining the present experiment farm. A tract of 120 acres has 

 been secured and will be used for experiments in the departments of 

 animal husbandry, agronomy, dairying, and chemistry. The State 

 further appropriated about $6,000 for the construction of modern and 

 thoroughly equipped dairy barns. 



The State Legislature of Illinois made the following annual appro- 

 priations for special investigations by the experiment station: Live 

 stock $25,000, farm crops $15,000, soils $65,000, orchards $15,000, 

 floriculture $8,000, dairying $15,000, and soil maps and other publi- 

 cations $25,000. There was also an appropriation of $19,000 for live- 

 stock specimens, $153,000 for buildings, and $20,000 for purchases of 

 land in which the station is jointly interested with the college. 



The State of Indiana appropriated $10,000 for extension work for 

 the year ended September 30, 1911, and $30,000 annually thereafter 



