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appropriated $15,000 to each State and territory out of 

 funds proceeding from the sale of public lands for the 

 establishment and maintenance of an agricultural ex- 

 periment station, as a department of the land-grant 

 colleges established under the act of 1862. This act 

 passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

 and was approved by President Cleveland on the 2d of 

 March, 1887. 



BENEFITS TO THE STATES. 



The benefits arising from the establishment of agri- 

 cultural experiment stations in the various States were 

 of such a patent character that it was not long before 

 increased facilities for such experimentation were pro- 

 vided for by the appropriation of federal funds. 

 Under the lead of Representative Adams, of Wisconsin, 

 an act was finally passed providing for an increased 

 appropriation over that established by the Hatch Act, 

 namely, $15,000 a year. The Adams Act provided for 

 an increase of $5,000 for the fiscal year of 1906, in- 

 creasing this amount by $2,000 annually until the total 

 amount reached $15,000, the same as provided for in 

 the Hatch Act. Thus the total amount provided for 

 each State for experimental work in agriculture from 

 the federal treasury is now $30,000 per year. The act 

 providing for this increase was passed on the 16th of 

 March, 1906. 



PROMOTING AGEICtrLTTJKAL EDUCATION. 



Subsequently a successful attempt was made to in- 

 crease the funds available for agricultural education un- 

 der the lead of Senator Nelson, who succeeded in intro- 

 ducing an amendment to the agricultural appropriation 

 bill which provided that for the fiscal year 1908 an addi- 

 tional $5,000 be appropriated, and this amount be in- 



