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of more than $ 50,000.00 increase in equipment in one year, 

 for each institution, though the single State of California 

 added $ 348,576.06 in buildings alone, during the year. 



INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE 



What has been the resnlt of this increase of money spent 

 011 the colleges on the number of pupils taking advantage of 

 the edn catión afforded? The following shows the rate of 

 increase of attendance at the land-grant colleges, the figures 

 being taken from Circular n? 21, of the California Agricul- 

 tura! Experhnent Station: 



PUPILS IN LAND-GRANT COLLEGES 



I 9° I 42,000 



T 9Q2 46,699 



x 9°3 52,489 



1 9°4 56,226 



J 905 59,812 



This indicates an average attendance for the 65 institu- 

 tions of 646 in 1901, and of 920 in 1905, ora g^in of 274 

 pupils for each institution during the four years, or 68 

 for each institution per year. The above is a remarkable 

 showing, illustrating as it does the iufluence that is being 

 exerted on the American people by their agricultural and 

 mechanical colleges. 



EXPERIMENT STATIONS 



Hatch Act of 1887 establishing Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations. 



The Hatch Act of 1887 was in part as follows:. 



«Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Repre- 

 sentatives of the Unite States of America in Congress 

 assembled, That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing 

 among the people of the United States useful and practica! 



