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the State Experiment Station, which is located at New Haven, 

 and which is under the charge of a board of control appointed 

 in accordance with an act of our Legislature, and the Storrs 

 Station, which is under the management of the Board of 

 Trustees of the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs. 



Like other states and territories of the Union, Connecti- 

 cut receives $15,000 per annum from the U. S. Government 

 for experiment station purposes. By act of our Legislature 

 this sum is divided equally between the two experiment sta- 

 tions in the State. The State Legislature has also given 

 considerable sums for grounds, buildings, and equipment 

 of the State Experiment Station at New Haven. It also 

 gives annually, I believe, $12,500 a y^ar to that station to be 

 used in various ways which are indicated by specific legisla- 

 tion. Besides this the station has other resources, including 

 certain sums to be devoted to the analysis of fertilizers and 

 other special subjects, and also some income from a magnifi- 

 cent testamentary gift from a former resident of the State, 

 so that with grounds, buildings, and endowments in addition 

 to appropriations from the State and general Government our 

 station is well equipped for its useful work. Its annual in- 

 come is somewhere near $20,000. Our State Experiment 

 Station is not only the oldest, but it is one of the best in the 

 United States. Its work is appreciated as well, I was about 

 to say, outside of Connecticut as it is in the State. It is an 

 honor to the State and to agricultural science. I can perhaps 

 say that with more grace concerning the Storrs Station, since 

 my only connection with that is that of a member of the 

 board of control, but the fact is that all over the world, 

 wherever people are interested in agricultural science, as 

 well as in Connecticut, our station stands very high indeed. 



As compared with the experiment stations throughout the 

 United States the Storrs Station is a small institution, and 

 with verv limited resources. Since the time of its establish- 

 ment in 1888 it has received annually from the general Gov- 

 ernment $7,500, the other $7,500 of the $15,000 appropriated 

 to Connecticut, as I said before, going to the State Station. 

 For the past six years it has also received annually from the 

 State of Connecticut $1,800, which is specifically appropriated 

 for specific purposes, such as the study of the food nutrition 

 of man and dairy bacteriology. Its total yearly income thus 



