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effective in 1887; Morrill Act, 1890; Adams Act, 1906; and 

 Nelson Act, 1907, have appropriated sums of regularly increas- 

 ing amounts which in 191 2 aggregate $80,000 annually for the 

 agricultural colleges and experiment stations of each state. 



By June 30, 1909, the end of the fiscal year, there had been 

 paid to the land-grant colleges by the Federal Government an 

 approximate total of $23,000,000. 



Although the colleges for several years derived their prin- 

 cipal support from the income of the grants of land, the Morrill 

 and later acts have proved such a spur to the states that a large 

 number appropriate sums each year amounting to many times 

 the 'aid received from the federal treasury. 



This is strikingly shown by the fact that the total federal aid 

 given the land-grant colleges for all purposes for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1909, amounted to $2,641,006.63 while the 

 total income from state appropriations amounted to $10,172,- 

 559.48, making a grand total of $12,813,566.11.® 



An agricultural college exists in every state and territory 

 except Alaska either separately,' in connection with the state 

 university,® or as a part of a semi-public institution.® 



The value of all property of the land-grant colleges in June 

 30, 1909, was $111,882,686.96, including permanent funds 

 amounting to $34,285,131.71, and their total income was $18,- 

 082,853.55. Out of 28,686 white collegiate students, 7,038 were 

 in agricultural courses of all kinds or home economics, while 

 10,409 were in corresponding " short courses. "^^ The enroll- 

 ment in the engineering courses increased 14 per cent from 



'Office of Experiment Stations Report, 1909. 



^ Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 

 Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Nevada, 

 New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn- 

 sylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, 

 Virginia, Washington — 26. 



^Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, 

 Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, 

 Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, — 18. 



' Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, — 5. 



"Office of Experiment Stations Report, 1908, p. 192. Does not in- 

 clude the few colored students. 



