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a law requiring the inspection of cattle foods by the Station, the 

 expense of this to be met also from license fees. 



From 1899 to Oct. ist, 1903, the receipts of the Station for the 

 maintenance of its various lines of work where as follows : 



Maintenance fund $So. 000 



For outside horticultural investigations 8, 000 



Total raised by taxation $58,000 



Enforcement of Fertilizer Law, from license 



fees $10,000 



Enforcement of Feeding Stuff Law, from license 



fees 2, 500 



Total from license fees 12, 500 



From United States Government I » 500 



Total annual income of Station for period stated.. . $72,000 



The amount hitherto given for outside horticultural investigations 

 was not appropriated for the fiscal year 1903-4, so that, for the 

 coming year, the revenue of the Station will be $8,000 less than for 

 many years previous, the total income from the State being $62,500. 

 Of this, only $50,000 is raised by taxation, a sum $18,000 less than 

 was appropriated annually for five years previous to 1899 when the 

 expense of inspection work was met directly by the State, instead 

 of indirectly, by license fees, as is the case at present. This is the 

 financial situation notwithstanding the growth of the institution. 



For the fiscal year 1894-5 the cost of maintaining the work of 

 the Experiment Station, exclusive of inspection, was approximately 

 $6,200 for each member of the scientific staff. For the fiscal year 

 1902-3 the cost of maintaining the institution, exclusive of inspection, 

 averaged only $3,600 for each member of the scientific staff. It is 

 not intended by this comparison to imply that in the earlier days 

 of the Station there was any extravagance or unwisdom in the use 

 of funds but simply to show that through careful management the 

 Station has been able to increase its work and activities without 

 causing added expense to the state. 



