THE CALL OF THE LAND 



exception, now have educational institutions 

 on this basis. 



March 2, 1887, President Cleveland 

 approved another piece of land-grant legis- 

 lation, the Hatch act, specifically agricul- 

 tural, intended to diffuse "useful and prac- 

 tical information on subjects connected with 

 agriculture and to promote scientific investi- 

 gation and experiment respecting the prin- 

 ciples and applications of agricultural 

 science." This act procured from the 

 United States for each state $15,000 a year 

 to be expended in connection with agricul- 

 tural experiment stations established or to 

 be established (as a rule) at educational 

 institutions receiving the benefit of the Mor- 

 rill fund. By the Adams act, approved 

 March 16, 1906, this experimentation fund 

 will in a few years be doubled. 



By an act of Congress approved August 

 30, 1890, entitled "an act to apply a portion 

 of the proceeds of the public lands to the 

 more complete endowment and support of 

 the colleges for the benefit of agriculture 

 and the mechanic arts established under the 



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