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creased by $5,000 each year for four years, thus secur- 

 ing for each State a sum of $25,000 in addition to that 

 carried by the Second Morrill Act. This amendment 

 also contained the provision " that said colleges may 

 use a portion of this money for providing courses for 

 the special preparation of instructors for teaching the 

 elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts." 



The total amount of appropriations of the federal 

 government for the colleges of agriculture and mechanic 

 arts for the years from 1890 to 1914, are as follows: 



1890 $ 660,000 



1891 704,000 



1892 782,000 



1893 864,000 



1894 912,000 



1895 960,000 



1896 1,008,000 



1897 1,056,000 



1898 1,104,000 



1899 1,152,000 



1900 1,200,000 



1901 1,200,000 



1902 1,200,000 



1903 1,200,000 



1904 1,200,000 



1905 1,200,000 



1906 1,200,000 



1907 1,200,000 



1908 1,500,000 



1909 1,750,000 



1910 2,000,000 



1911 2,250,000 



1912 2,500,000 



1913 2,500,000 



1914 2,500,000 



Total $33,802,000 



