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people in the way of profit on the lands a large share of what Con- 

 gress had in the first instance intended for the colleges. It follows 

 that whatever the states lost in selling upon a low market, the peo- 

 ple gained in buying, and are in equity through Congress under obli- 

 gations to restore. Fortunate were those states which, although 

 obliged to sell the scrip, found buyers who were willing to locate the 

 lands and give proper guaranty to turn over the profits to the college 

 established. 



But notwithstanding the difficulties in the way of realizing the full 

 value of the Grant, no one, I imagine will have the hardihood to deny 

 that a great, an immense good has been accomplished. Look at a 

 few of the facts and figures. The Land Grant amounted to 17,430,- 

 000 acres. The sum realized from the sale of this scrip is reported 

 to have been $7,545,405. . This sum has been greatly increased by 

 additions of grounds, buildings, apparatus, and money given by 

 benevolent individuals. In this way the land scrip fund, which in 

 New York amounted to scarcely more than $600,000, has been aug- 

 mented to not less than about $6,000,000. Though the university to 

 which I refer has, perhaps, been the most fortunate of the land grant 

 institutions, gifts with a similar purpose have likewise increased the 

 endowments in other States. The result is that the latest reports 

 show that these colleges now employ nearly five hundred professors 

 and teachers, and give instruction to some five thousand students. 

 Many of these students have, in turn, become teachers in other schools 

 and colleges. From the institution with which I have the honor to 

 be connected, I recall the names of at least twelve of the graduates 

 who have become professors of some branch of Agriculture in other 

 schools of collegiate grade. In a similar way, the other land grant 

 colleges are disseminating knowledge on those great subjects which 

 were especially named in the bill. 



But this, of course, has been but a small part of the work. Thous- 

 ands of young men, educated in the various branches of Agriculture 

 and Mechanical Science, have gone forth to /engage in the practical 

 duties of life, and thus have disseminated and multiplied the knowl- 

 edge they have received. The work is to go on with ever accelerat- 

 ing vigor, and thus there will be sent out a continued succession for 

 all future time. 



There is another feature of the benefits received from this great 

 measure that ought not to be overlooked. I refer to the fact that 

 centres of agricultural knowledge have been established in all the 



