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131, and the total number since the organization of 

 these institutions, 7,458. 



The total number of acres of land granted to the 

 States under the act of 1862 was 10,570,842, of which 

 652,617 acres are still unsold. 



MUNIFICENT HELP TO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT 

 STATIONS. 



Important also are the figures showing the expendi- 

 tures for the work of the agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions. The total income of the stations maintained 

 under the acts of 1887 (Hatch fund) and 1906 (Adams 

 fund) was $4,068,240.09, of which $720,000 came 

 from the Hatch fund and $720,000 from the Adams 

 fund. The remaining portion of the income, namely, 

 $2,628,240.09, came from the following sources: 

 State governments, $1,492,798.12; individuals and 

 communities, $54,878.51; fees for analyses of fertiliz- 

 ers, $129,884.61; sales of farm products, $230,271.81; 

 miscellaneous, including all unexpended balances, 

 $720,407.04. In addition to this sum, the Office of 

 Experiment Stations at Washington had an appropria- 

 tion for the fiscal year of 1912 of $424,000, which in- 

 cludes $30,000 each for the Alaska, Hawaii and Porto 

 Rico Experiment Stations, $15,000 for the Guam Ex- 

 periment Station, $15,000 for nutrition investigations, 

 $100,000 for irrigation investigations, $100,000 for 

 drainage investigations, and $10,000 for farmers' in- 

 stitutes and agricultural schools. 



PROFESSORS, DIRECTORS, ANT> EMPLOYEES. 



The agricultural stations employ altogether 1,583 

 persons in the work of administration and research, 

 classified as follows: Directors, 57; assistant directors, 



