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engineering, 950; architecture, 292; household economy, 1,908; vet- 

 erinary science, 1,167; military tactics, 11,506. The graduates in 1900 

 were 3,111, and since the organization of these institutions, 11,690. 

 The average age of graduates in 1900 was 21 years 10 months. The 

 total number of volumes in the libraries was 1, -169,318. The total 

 number of acres of land granted to the States under the act of 1862 

 was 9,660,379, of which 886,889 are still unsold. 



Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation under the 

 act of Congress of March 2, 1887, in all the States and Territories. 

 Agricultural experiments have been begun in Alaska with the aid of 

 national funds, and two experiment stations are in operation in Hawaii; 

 one under private auspices, the other under federal control. Steps 

 have been taken to establish a station in Porto Rico under national 

 auspices. In each of the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, and New 

 York a separate station is maintained wholly or in part l)y State funds. 

 In Louisiana three stations are thus maintained; and in Alabama two — 

 the Canebrake and Tuskegee stations — are maintained Avholly l)y State 

 fimds. Excluding the l)ranch stations esta])lislied in the several States, 

 the total number of stations in the United States is 57. Of these, 52 

 received the appropriation provided for in the act of Congress 

 above mentioned. The total income of the stations during 1900 was 

 $1,170,857.78, of which $719,999.07 was received from the National 

 Government, the remainder, $150,858.71, coming from the following 

 sources: State governments, $217,281. KJ; individuals and connnunities, 

 $2,420.51; fees for analyses of fertilizers, $70,927.31; sales of farm 

 products, $90,088.81; miscellaneous. $10,110. 59. In addition to this, the 

 Office of P^xperiment Stations had an appropriation of $15,000 for the 

 past fiscal 3'ear, including $12,000 for the Alaskan investigations. The 

 value of additions to the equipment of the stations in 1900 is estimated 

 as follows: Buildings, $89,416.23; libraries, $lO,7>i4.70; apparatus, 

 $19,397.85; farm implements, $17,015.86; live stock, $22,009.10; mis- 

 cellaneous, $8,850.94; total, $167,474.68. 



The stations employ 693 persons in the work of administration and 

 inquiry. The number of officers engaged in the different lines of work 

 is as follows: Directors. 71; chemists, 143; agriculturists, 74; experts 

 in animal husbandry, 14; horticulturists, 75; farm foremen, 24; dairy- 

 men, 30; botanists, 55; entomologists, 50; veterinarians, 29; meteor- 

 ologists, 16; biologists, 6; physicists, 7; geologists, 6; mycologists 

 and bacteriologists, 17; irrigation engineers, 7; in charge of substa- 

 tions, 10; secretaries and treasurers, 27; librarians, 10, and clerks, 51. 

 There are also 30 persons classified under the head of "miscellaneous." 

 including superintendents of gardens, grounds and buildings, apiarists, 

 herdsmen, etc. Three hundred and twenty-seven station officers do 

 more or less teaching in the colleges with which the stations are 

 connected. 



