82 G EXFERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Statistics of the Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. — The sta- 

 tistics of these institutions for the past year have recentlj' 1)een compiled and are 

 now in press as a bulletin of this Office. The summary shows that there are 66 col- 

 leges of agriculture and mechanic arts, 63 of which maintain courses of instruction 

 in agriculture. The aggregate value of the permanent funds and equipment of the 

 land-grant colleges and universities in 1902 is estimated to be $67,544,888.25, of which 

 the land-grant fund of 1862 furnishes $11,369,031.50. The total number of acres of 

 land granted to the States under the act of 1862 was 10,110,852, of which 1,010,845 

 acres, valued at $4,315,546.06, remains unsold. The value of the farms, grounds, and 

 buildings and equipment of these institutions is estimated at $34,426,291.15. 



The income of these institutions in 1902, exclusive of the experiment station funds, 

 w^as $9,166,272.82. Of this amount, $682,960.65 was derived from interest on the 

 land grant of 1862, $72,098.63 from interest on other land grants, $1,200,000 from the 

 United States appropriation under act of 1890, and $3,761,291.21 from State appro- 

 priations for current expenses, buildings, and other special purposes. The value of 

 the additions to the permanent endowment and equipment of these institutions in 

 1902 is estimated at $3,413,202.96. 



The faculties ofthe colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts numbered 2,229 per- 

 sons, and in other departments 1,050, making a grand total of 3,279 persons in the 

 faculties of the land-grant institutions. The students in 1902 were as follows: (1) 

 By classes — preparatory, 8,272; collegiate classes, 17,212; short or special courses, 

 5,114; postgraduate, 483; other departments, 16,334; total, 46,699. (2) By courses — 

 agriculture, 6,299; mechanical engineering, 4,702; civil engineering, 2,146; electrical 

 engineering, 1,814; mining engineering, 935; chemical engineering, 499; architec- 

 ture, 336; household economy, 2,706; veterinary science, 977; dairying, 1,372; mili- 

 tary tactics, 12,996. The graduates in 1902 numbered 4,443, and since the organiza- 

 tion of these institutions, 50,026. The average age of graduates in 1902 was 21 years 

 and 11 months. 



There are now 60 agricultural experiment stations, excluding the sulistations, and 

 of these 55 receive ai)propriations provided for by act of Congress. In Connecticut, 

 New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, Missoui'i, Alabama, and Louisiana separate stations 

 are maintained wholly or in part by State funds. 



The total income of the stations during 1902 was $1,328,847.37, of which $720,000 

 was received from the National Government, the remainder, $608,847.37, coming 

 from the following sources: State governments, $369,771.12; individuals and com- 

 munities, $2,301.38; fees for analyses, $80,942.36; sales of farm products, $105,644.60; 

 miscellaneous, $50,187.91. In addition to this the Office of Experiment Stations 

 had an appropriation of $139,000 for the past fiscal year, including $12,000 for the 

 Alaska experiment stations, $12,000 for the Hawaiian investigations, $12,000 for the 

 Porto Eico investigations, $20,000 for nutrition investigations, and $50,000 for irriga- 

 tion investigations. The value of additions to the equipment of the stations in 1902 

 is estimated at $262,829.62. 



The stations employ 710 persons in the work of administration and inquiry, not 

 including the regular or temporary laborers. Of these 56 are directors or special 

 agents in charge of stations, 151 chemists, 54 agriculturists, 7 agronomists, 25 animal 

 husbandmen, 73 horticulturists, 50 botanists, 20 mycologists and bacteriologists, 56 

 entomologists and zoologists, 8 biologists, 34 dairymen, 27 veterinarians, 12 meteor- 

 ologists, 5 physicists, 4 geologists, and 9 irrigation engineers. Three hundred and 

 sixty-four station officers do more or less teaching in the colleges with which the 

 stations are connected. 



The activity and success of the stations in bringing the results of their work before 

 the public continue unabated. During the year they published 373 annual reports 

 and bulletins, which are many more than are required by the Hatch Act. These 

 were supplied to over half a million addresses on the regular mailing lists. A larger 



