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teachers' courses in agriculture, 745 (one to three year, 249; summer 

 schools of agriculture, 496); mechanic arts, 695; military tactics, 

 20.117. 



The students in colleges and schools for colored persons were as 

 follows: (1) By classes — preparatory, 6,273; collegiate, 864; short or 

 special, 768; other departments, 291; total, 8,138. (2) By courses — 

 agriculture, 2,257; teachers' courses in agriculture, 159 (one to four 

 year, 27; summer schools, 132); industrial courses for boys, 2,712; 

 industrial courses for girls, 5,456 ; military tactics, 2,292. 



The graduates in 1911 in the institutions for white persons were 

 as follows: Agriculture, 860; mechanic arts, 2,265; all other courses, 

 4,192 ; total, 7,317. The total number since the organization of these 

 institutions is 95,512. The graduates in the institutions for colored 

 persons were 260, and the total number since the organization of these 

 institutions is 7,337. The total number of volumes in the libraries 

 was 2,685,481, and the total number of pamphlets 808,727. The total 

 number of acres of land granted to the States under the act of 1862 

 was 10,570,842, of which 979,842 are still unsold. 



SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF THE STATIONS. 



Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation under the 

 acts of Congress of March 2, 1887, and March 16, 1906, in all the 

 States and Territories, and under special appropriation acts in 

 Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Guam. 



In Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, 

 New York, North Carolina, and Virginia separate stations are main- 

 tained wholly or in part by State funds. A number of substations 

 are also maintained in different States. Excluding the substations, 

 the total number of stations in the 48 States is 59, and in the United 

 States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Guam, 65. Of 

 these, 50 receive appropriations provided for by acts of Congi'ess 

 approved March 2, 1887, and March 16, 1906, and 4 by other Federal 

 enactments. 



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

 and 1906 during 1911 was $3,662,425.05, of which $1,440,000 (Hatch 

 fund, $720,000; Adams fund, $720,000) was received from the Na- 

 tional Government, the remainder, $2,175,425.05, coming from the 

 following sources: State governments, $1,246,470.32; individuals and 

 com.munities, $80,483.54; fees for analyses of fertilizers, $144,031.48; 

 sales of farm products, $202,687.87 ; miscellaneous, including all bal- 

 ances, $548,751.84. In addition to this, the Office of Experiment Sta- 

 tions had an appropriation of $424,000 for the past fiscal year, in- 

 cluding $30,000 each for the Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico Experi- 

 ment Stations, $15,000 for the Guam Experiment Station, $15,000 



