ANNUAL RHPOKT OF OFFICE OF FXPERLMl^NT 

 STATIONS, ll'XE SO, 1903. 



AVORK AND HXPliXDITURl^S OF AGRICULTURAL ILXPliRIMl'AT 



STATIONS. 



By A. ('. True and D. J. Ckoshy. 



SUMMARY. 



STATISTICS OF THE STATIONS. 



Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation under the act 

 of Congress of March 2, 1SS7, in all the States and Territories and, 

 under special appropriation acts, in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. 

 In Connecticut, New Jerse}^ New York, Hawaii, Missouri, Ala])ama, 

 and Louisiana separate stations are maintained wholly or in part by 

 State funds. A number of su])stations are also maintained in differ- 

 ent States. Excluding the substations, the total numlxM* of stations in 

 the United States is 60. Of these, 55 receive appropriations provided 

 for by acts of Congress. 



The total income of the stations, maintained under the act of 1887, 

 daring 1903 was |1,-I:27,23T.73, of which $720,000 was received from 

 the National Government and the remainder. 8707,237.73, from State 

 governments, individuals and communities, fees for analyses of ferti- 

 lizers, sales of farm products, and miscellaneous sources. In addition to 

 this the Office of Experiment Stations had an appropriation of $l(il,000 

 for the past liscal year, including ^15,000 for the Alaska Exp(M-iment 

 Stations, $12,000 for the Hawaii Experiment Station, $12,0(»0 for the 

 Porto Rico Experiment Station, $20,000 for nutrition investigations, 

 and $05,000 for irrigation investigations. The total value of additions 

 to the efpiipmentof the stations in 1903 is estimated to be$23«),370.()l. 



The stations emj)lov 757 persons in the work of administration and 

 inquiry, 375 of whom do more or less teaching in the colleges >vith 

 which the stations are connected. During the year the stations pul)- 

 lished 371 animal reports and Imlletins, which were su])j)lied to over half 

 a million addresses on the regular maiUng lists. A larger mnnber of 



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