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RKPOKT OF OFFICE <>F EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



During the t^^^st term of tlio agricultural course instruction is given 

 in general agriculture, including the origin and (dassilication of the 

 physical and chemical properties of soils, the relation of air and water 

 to soils, composition and primar}' objects of plants, farm work, etc. 

 During the second term breeds of live stock are studied; the third 

 term, horticulture, and entomology. Tlu' agricultui'al subjects of the 

 secojid year are farm practic(\ stock breeding, and vegetable histology: 

 of th(> third yeai', soils and fertilizers, landscape gardening and farm 

 work, stock feedin<>-. market gardening, and dairving; of the fourth 

 year, agricultural cliemistry, dairy l)acteriology, farm work, veterinary 

 science, plant diseases, and fruit growing. Poultr}- raising is also made 

 a feature of the agricultural course. Along with the agricultural sub- 

 jects students study arithmetic, algebra, geometr}', physiology, English 

 (including rhetoric and English literature). United States and general 

 history, civics, zoology, physics, chemistr\', botany, physical geog- 

 raphy, and economics. Instruction in agriculture i^s given by the 

 professor of agriculture and l)otany. 



The library of the institute consists of a well-cliosen assortment of 

 books, including encyclopedias, atlases, and other reference books, a 

 number of Government pu]>lications, current periodicals, and news- 

 papers. The library is located in West Hall, which also accommo- 

 dates the agricultural department and the cooking department. There 

 is also an academic l)uilding, a well-constructed brick building contain- 

 ing offices, recitation rooms, assembly room, sewing department, dairy, 

 and printing office; dormitories for young men and young women, 

 and a large l)uilding for the trades school. These buildings are located 

 on grounds containing 31 acres. 



J'alue of equipmeitt of land-grant colleges and schools for colored persons in 1903. 



State or Terri- 

 tory. 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Delaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maryland 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



North Carolina 



Oklahoma 



South Carolina 



Texas 



Virjjinia 



West Virginia. 



gromfdf i Buildings. 



SIS, 200. 00 



50, UCO. 00 



6, 000. 00, 



T), .TOO. 00 



10, 000. 00 



22, r.00. 00 



22, .=)00. 00 



(i, 000. 00 



(5, 000. 00 



(■), 000. 00 



18, 000. 00 



.5, 000. W 



40, 000. 00 



15,000.00 



.57, 000. 00 



12, 000. 00 



S4.5, 3.53. .51 

 2(1, 000. 00 

 l.s, 800. 00 

 20, 000. 00 

 82, 433. 01 

 23, 000. 00 

 47, 700. 82 

 16,000.00 



1.50, 000. 00 



100, 000. 00 



00, 000. 00 



33, 904. 35 



8, .500. 00 



92, 100. 00 



591,000.00 

 71,000.00 



Total .... 299, 800. 00 1, 338, 851 . 75 



I 



Appara- 

 tus. 



Machin- 

 ery. 



S4,001..5H 



500. oo! 



i.ooo.oo' 



6, 944. .55 



3, 144. 00 



400. OOl 



3, 496. 78 



l,400.00j 



10, 000. oo| 



400. 00 



4,000.00' 



1,-500.00 



3, 600. (XI 



l,OOO.tX) 



Library. 



Mi.scella- 

 Live I neons 

 .stock. I equip- 

 I ment. 



f 4, 992. 30 



12, 000. 00 



8, 000. 00 



1,650.00 



' '2,'.566.'6()i 



4, 41.5. 10 

 1,300.00| 



S2, 957. 00 

 3, 000. 00 



.5, 000. 00 

 6, 000. 00 

 8. .569. 25 

 7, l-iO. 00 

 3, 000. 00 



IS, 771. 00, 



1. 000. 00 



100.00 

 1,800.00 

 3, 980. 00 



400.00 

 3, 000. 00 



300. CX) 

 1, 1.50. 00 

 1,600.00 

 1,700.00 



909. 00 

 6, .500. tX) 

 2, 000. 00 



8400. 00 



1,410. 

 415. 



"i.'ioo.' 



1,2.50. 

 2, 000. 



1.50. 



972 



.525 



2,200 



2, 660 



14, 000 



.500 



S.532. 09 

 1,. 500. 00 



00 3,000.00 

 00 



..j 1.200.00 



OOi 7,200.00 



001 2, 000. 00 

 00 2, 000. 00 

 00 50.00 



00 "1.55,000.00 

 00 1,500.00 



41,386.91; 83,347.65 30,396.00 27,582.50 178,026.34 



Total. 



S76, 436. 51 



93, 000. 00 



33,800.00 



39, .504. .55 



46, 092. 04 



.51,. 500. 00 



90, 452. 70 



28, 350. (JO 



173, 000. 00 



111, 900. 00 



90, 122. 50 



53, 142. 85 



65, 150. 00 



114, 669. 00 



823, 500. 00 



108,771.00 



1,999,391.15 



"Including apparatus and machinery. 



