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has enlai'o^ed the opportunity for it and lent stability to the various 

 undertakings. People understand better than formerly that short- 

 cut experiments are often unreliable, and are more patient to await 

 the results of more thorouirh work. 



Everywhere pride in this feature of the stations' work is mani- 

 fested, and enthusiasm for it among the staff of workers and of 

 teachers. The field is encouraaing more men to prepare adequately 

 to enter it, and the standard which it has set is reflected in the re- 

 quirements for men in other branches of the station work. A con- 

 siderable nCimber of thoroughly trained men have already been 

 brought into the service, whose work has a clear aim and purpose and 

 who are resourceful in investigating problems requiring high scien- 

 tific ability. But the supply of such men is still too limited, and 

 not as much progress is being made in the direction of increasing 

 the available supply as the case seems to warrant. Apart from this, 

 boards of control and executive officers have not yet fully understood 

 the requirements of research work, so as to be willing in all cases to 

 call ill competent investigators when such men are not already on 

 the station force, or to give them such salary and support and oppor- 

 tunity as makes positions attractive. As one of the station directors 

 recently said in a public address, "If the research and teaching 

 agencies would adopt the policy of employing one three-thousand- 

 dolhir man in place of two fifteen-hundred-dollnr men, results would 

 be more effective." 



STATISTICS OF THE STATIONS. 



Agricultural experiment stations maintained in whole or in part 

 by federal funds now exist in every State and Territory, including 

 Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Guam. The total amount ex- 

 pended for stations maintained under the acts of 1887 and 190G dur- 

 ing the fiscal year ended June :iO, li)01), was $3.053,44C).J)0, of which 

 $1,248,000 was received from the National Government. The re- 

 mainder, $1.80r).4-K).l)0, came from the following sources: State gov- 

 ernments, $1,034,803.75; individuals and connnunities, $13,199.93; 

 fees for analyses of fertilizers, $144,32().5'2 ; sales of farm i)roducts, 

 $220,001.70 ; miscellaneous, $393,114.94. In addition to this, the 

 Office of Experiment Stations had an ai)pr()priation of $314.()20 

 for the past fiscal year, including $2().000 each for the Alaska, Hawaii, 

 and l*orto Kico experiment stations, $.5,000 for the (Juam ?L\j)eri- 

 ment Station. $7,000 for nutrition investigations, $150,000 for irri- 

 gaticjn and (h'ainage investigations, and $10,000 for farmers' insti- 

 tutes and agricidtural schools. 



In Alabama. Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jer- 

 sey, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia separate stations are 



