222 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS, 



1908, cxc'lu.sivc of the funds received from the United States for a<4ricul- 

 tunil experiment stations (^719,099.50), was as follows: Interest on land 

 ^n-ant of 1862, ^074,17-1.77; interest on other land i^-rants, $84,903.31; 

 United States appropriation under act of 1S9U, $1,200,000; interest 

 on endowment or retjular appropriation, $278,409.25; State api)ropria- 

 tion for current expenses, $2,4<>9,84S.44; State appropriation for build- 

 ing's or other special i)urposes, $1,577,927.40; endowment, other than 

 Federal or State grants, $(302,802.41; tuition fees, $944,82().o7; inci- 

 dental fees, $294,492.95; miscellaneous, $1,120,993.80; total, $9,248,- 

 378.40. The value of the additions to the permanent endowment and 

 e(iuii)ment of these institutions in li>03 is estimated as follows: Per- 

 manent endowment, $026,910.50; l)uildings, $1,420,330.31; libraries, 

 $135,312.40; apparatus, $104,247.94; machinery, $109,182.24; live 

 stock, $51,140.90; miscellaneous, $230,552.91; total, $2,743,083.38. 



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

 and mechanical arts was as follows: For preparator}^ classes, 445; 

 for collegiate and special classes, 2,024; total, 2,401. In the other 

 departments the faculties aggregate 1,141, making a grand total oi 

 3,002 persons in the faculties of the land-grant institutions. The 

 students in 1903 were as follows: (1) By classes — preparatory', 8,,S0l; 

 collegiate classes, 19,101; short course or special, 7,999; post-graduate, 

 607; other departments, 10,70O; total, 52,4S9. (2) By courses: Ju>,(r- 

 year — agriculture, 3,140; horticulture, 539; household economy, 873; 

 mechanical engineering, 4,475; civil engineering, 2,587; electrical 

 engineering, 2,110; mining engineering, 955; chemical engineering, 

 IBS; architecture, 182. /Shorte?' — agriculture, 5,505; dairying, 807; 

 horticulture, 307; veterinar}- science, 811; military tactics, 10,316. 

 The graduates in 1903 were 4,524, and since the organization of these 

 institutions, 53,252. The average age of graduates in 1903 was 21 

 years and 10 months. The total num])er of volumes in the libraries 

 was 1,837,401. The total number of acres of land granted to the States 

 under the act of 1802 was 10,170,851, of which 1,007,994 are still 

 unsold. 



SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF 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 ficrsey. New York, Hawaii, Missouri, Alabama, 

 and Louisiana separate stations are maintained wholl}^ or in part by 

 State funds. A number of substations are also maintained in ditlerent 

 States. Excluding the substations, the total number of stations in the 

 United States is 00. Of these, 55 receive appropriations provided for 

 by acts of Congress. 



