STATISTICS OF LAXD-GRAXT COLLEGES AND AGRICULTURAL 

 EXl^HRIMl-XT STATIONS, 1900. 



By Miss M. T. Spethmann. 



The. following statistical statements relate to the institutions es- 

 tablished under the acts of Congress of July 2, 1862, and August 30, 

 1890, most of which maintain courses of instruction in agriculture, 

 and to the agricultural exioeriment stations, which, with few excep- 

 tions, are organized under the act of Congress of March 2, 1887, 

 and are conducted as departments of the institutions receiving the 

 benefits of the land-grant act of 18(52. These statistics have been 

 compiled in part from the annual reports of the presidents of these 

 institutions made on the schedules prescribed by the Commissioner 

 of Education. Tables showing the annual disbursements on account 

 of the acts of Congress of March 2, 1887, August 30, 1890, March 16, 

 1906, and March 4, 1907, prepared from figures furnished by the 

 Departments of the Treasury and the Interior, are also included. 

 Owing to the complex organization of many of the institutions, it is 

 impracticable to give exactly comparable statistics in all cases, and 

 in some instances the data furnished are incomplete. 



SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. 



Educational institutions receiving the benefits of the acts of Con- 

 gress of July 2, 1862, August 30, 1890, and March 4, 1907, are now 

 in operation in all the States and Territories except Alaska. The 

 total number of these institutions is 67, of which 65 maintain courses 

 of instruction in agriculture. The aggregate value of the permanent 

 funds and equipment of the land-grant colleges and universities 

 in 1909 is estimated to be as follows: Land-grant fund of 1862, 

 $13,236,303.95; other land-grant funds, $2,970,787.90; other perma- 

 nent funds, $18,078,039.86; land grant of 1862 still unsold, $8,378,- 

 907.27; farms and grounds owned by the institutions, $15,136,197.97; 

 buildings, $38,389,127.91; apparatus, $3,553,989.54; machinery, $2,- 

 803,629.76; libraries, $4,136,738.96; live stock, $542,246.03; miscel- 

 laneous equipment, $4,656,717.81 ; total, $111,882,686.96. The income 

 of these institutions in 1909, exclusive of the funds received from 

 the United vStates for agricultural experiment stations ($1,180,- 

 780.09), was as follows: Interest on land-grant funds of 1862, 

 $763,274.04; interest on otlier land-grant funds, $127,732.59; United 

 States ai)propriation under acts of 1890 and 1907, $1,750,000; interest 

 on endowment or regular aj)pr<)priation, $257,295.20; state appropria- 

 tions for current expenses, $5,959,551.51; state apjDropriations for 



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