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In Minnesota the legislature granted $1,283,900 to the university, 

 $399,700 for the school of agriculture at University farm, $89,200 for 

 the Crookston School of Agriculture, and $199,750 for the Morris Agri- 

 cultural School. 



Substantial increases in the appropriations were made to the Mon- 

 tana Agricultural CoUege and Experiment Station, the aggregate pro- 

 vided for the ensuing biennium being $274,295. Of this, $102,295 

 was for maintenance of the college, $36,000 for demonstration work 

 and dry farming, and $10,000 for greenhouses. 



In North Carolina the legislature gave the Agricultural and Mechan- 

 ical College, at Raleigh, $30,000 for an animal husbandry building. 

 There was also provided $80,000 annually for maintenance. 



In Oregon the total State appropriation for the college and station 

 duriag the biennium aggregated $681,500. Of this, $273,500 was for 

 new buildings and improvements, among the items bemg $36,600 for 

 a horticultural wing of the agricultural building, $29,700 for a dairy 

 building, $14,600 for a farm mechanics building, and $7,600 for a 

 stock judging pavilion. The appropriation for maintenance of the 

 college was nearly doubled, bemg made $150,000 per annum. 



Under a recently enacted law 28 per cent of the mcome derived 

 from a tax of 4 J mills is to be available for the maintenance of liigher 

 education in Utah. Of this amount 28.34 per cent is to be allotted 

 to the agricultural college, 64.43 per cent to the State university, and 

 7.23 per cent to the State normal school. 



The Washington Legislature appropriated $485,000 for mainte- 

 nance of the agricultural college and station. A law was also passed 

 providmg a tax of 0.325 mills on the assessed valuation of the State 

 for the support of the college and station for the years 1913 to 1918, 

 inclusive. It is estimated that this tax will provide a revenue of 

 $320,000 per year at the beginning of the period. 



BUILDINGS. > 



A new agricultural building is in process of construction at the 

 University of California. This is a white granite structure, 162 by 64 

 feet. The mam floor will contain a lecture room to accommodate 

 approximately 500, a museum, the agricultural library, offices, and 

 a laboratory for horticulture and viticulture. On the second floor 

 will be laboratories for entomology and plant pathology, and addi- 

 tional offices and lecture rooms. A laboratory for experimental 

 work in plant pathology, the mailing rooms, a lecture room, and 

 other offices wdll be housed m the basement. 



The new dairy barn at the Delaware Agricultural College is now 

 completed. This barn, which was made possible through an appro- 

 priation by the legislature, has accommodations for 75 head of cattle 

 and has many modern features of construction. 



