priated to each State, so to be specialfy provided by the 

 Congress in the appropriations from year to year, and to 

 each Territory». 



This established the Experiment Stations under the di- 

 rection of the various agricultural and mechanical colleges, 

 nsually one in each State, and this fund was added to from 

 time to time by the States themselves. 



Seeing the great good that was being accomplished by 

 the stations in workiug ont the agricultural problems of the 

 country and diffusing the knowledge thus obtained among 

 the people, Congress passed a second Act in 1906 known as 

 the "Adam's Act," which will result in a few years in doubl- 

 ing the appropriation for each State, makingthirty thousand 

 dollars in all, ($30,000.00) ' ; to be applied only to paying the 

 necessary expenses of conducting original researches or ex- 

 periments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the 

 United States, having due regard to the varying conditions 

 and needs of the respective States and Territories." 



Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation 

 in all the States and territories of the Unites States including 

 Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. Excluding the substations, 

 of which there are several in some of the States, there are 

 now 60 in operation. 



The total income of the stations maintained under the 

 Act of 1887 during 1905 was $1.515,734. 47 of which $7 1 8,163.45 

 was received from the National Government and the balance 

 coming from the State Governments and other sources. 

 (Taken from Annual Report of the Office of Experiment 

 Stations for the year ending June 30th, 1905.) 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGR1CULTURE 



One of the great evidences of the increasing interest being 

 taken by the people in their agricultural resources, and farm- 

 ing populations is the phenomenal growth both in resources, 

 and scope of influence of the Unites States Department of 



