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valuation. This provides an income for the current year of about 

 $550,000. Appropriations were also made aggregating $130,000 for 

 additional buildings and equipment at the university farm at Davis, 

 and $88,500 for its maintenance during the ensuing biennium; $20,000 

 for farmers' institutes; $15,000 for viticultural investigations; $12,000 

 for cereal investigations; and about $40,000 for the equipment and 

 maintenance of the Southern California Pathological Laboratory at 

 'Wliittier. 



In Connecticut the total State appropriations for the agricultural 

 college during the biennium aggregated $112,101. Of this, $50,000 

 was for current expenses, $4,000 for the station, $18,000 for four new 

 •cottages, $12,500 for a dining hall, $10,000 for the improvement of 

 the road from the college to the railroad station, $8,500 for the pur- 

 chase of an additional farm, $5,000 for the equipment of the horti- 

 cultural hall, and the remainder for miscellaneous improvements. 



Georgia State College of Agriculture has an appropriation of 

 $125,000 for maintenance during the biennium. Of this sum, $10,000 

 is for extension teaching, which, with funds available from other 

 .sources, will supply about $14,000 a year for this purpose. 



In Massachusetts the legislature of 1910 appropriated $142,000 for 

 maintenance and $115,625 for additions to equipment and other spe- 

 cial purposes for 1911. This is an increase in income of $37,500, of 

 which $30,000 is for general instruction and maintenance and $7,500 

 for short courses. 



The appropriations by the Minnesota Legislature for the college 

 and school of agriculture included $50,000 for a girls' dormitory, 

 $30,000 for dairy structures and equipment, $10,000 for a poultry 

 •department, $43,400 for minor studies and equipment, $82,000 for 

 maintenance and buildings at the Crookston School of Agriculture, 

 $11,500 for the Crookston substation, $14,000 for the Grand Rapids 

 substation, and $50,000 for extension work in agriculture during the 

 ensuing biennium. 



The Legislature of New York in 1910 gave the college of agricul- 

 ture an increase of $25,000 for maintenance and of $2,000 for exten- 

 sion work, together with $113,000 for a classroom and auditorium 

 building, $90,000 for a poultry building, and $154,000 for a home- 

 •economics building. A significant feature of the legislation is the 

 practical acceptance by the legislature of a systematic plan of 

 development for the college as outlined by the board of trustees. 

 This plan looks toward the growth of the institution during the next 

 10 years, and if carried out will necessitate the expenditure of 

 nearly $2,000,000 for buildings and equipment. 



In North Carolina the legislature gave the Agi-icultural and 

 Mechanical College, at Raleigh, an annual appropriation of $70,000 

 ior maintenance and $18,000 annually for the ensuing biennium for 



