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superseded by The New England Fiu-iner. In 1824 it sought to 

 secure the assistance of the l('<^islalure in estal)lishin<j an agricultural 

 department at Duninier Academy, but the phin failed of .support. 

 The death of Benjamin Bussey in 1842 laid the foundation for the 

 establishment of the Bussey Institute of Afjriculture, and the death 

 of Oliver Smith in 18-15 resulted eventually in the founding of 

 Smith's Af^ricultural School in 1005. Chiefly through the agency 

 of jVIarshall P. Wilder the Massachusetts School of Agriculture was 

 incorporated in 185G, but the oncoming of the civil war precluded its 

 practical establishment until the first Morrill Act of 1862 provided 

 for the national system of land-grant colleges. Under this act the 

 state legislature set apart one-third of the annual income for the use 

 of the Institute of Technology as satisfying the requirements for in- 

 struction in the mechanic arts, thus leaving the agricultural college at 

 Amherst as the only one now devoted exclusively to agriculture. 

 William S. Clark, who became the third president of the school within 

 two years after its establishment in 1865, is given the chief credit 

 for its location at Amherst. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



The state appropriations for the maintenance of agricultural col- 

 leges, the construction of buildings, and the purchase of equipment are 

 growing larger j'ear by year. Several of the biennial state appropria- 

 tions for these institutions have approached or passed the half-million 

 mark, notably in AVashington, $487,256; Pennsylvania, $526,000, of 

 which $170,786 is specifically appropriated for the school of agricul- 

 ture and the station; and Kansas, $671,500, with over $12,000 addi- 

 tional to restore endowment. The Kansas appropriation includes 

 $375,000 for current expenses, $35,000 for the purchase of land, 

 $10,000 for a greenhouse, $52,500 for farmers' institutes, and varying 

 sums for other purposes. There were also many other large biennial 

 appropriations for the colleges, among which may be mentioned 

 $64,900 for the Arkansas University and Station; $119,000 for the 

 Colorado College and Station; $105,000 for the Georgia college; 

 $165,300 for the Montana College and Station, including $78,500 for 

 maintenance, $50,000 for a women's dormitory, $10,000 for a sheep 

 and steer barn, and $18,800 for the purchase of land to extend the 

 campus; $202,100 for the Utah College and Station, which is nearly 

 twice the amount given for the preceding biennium ; and $175,000 for 

 the New York College of Agriculture for one year, which is $25,000 

 more than the appropriation for the previous year. 



Among the specific a2)pro2:)riati(ms for buildings were $80,000 to 

 the Florida University and Station for a biological building and a 

 new station building; $85,000 to the Massachusetts college for the 

 erection of fireproof buildings for the departments of entomology 



