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Avithin a few years double tlie amount of the national appro- 

 priations to •each of the experiment stations of the country. 

 This act was approved on March IG, 190G. There was for a 

 time doubt as to whether the first installment of $5,000 would 

 become available during the fiscal year ended June 30 last. 

 A final decision was not made until very late in June. The 

 passage of the act had, however, been anticipated, and, in 

 preparation for an increase in the scope of station work, the 

 principal part of the first installment was used in the pur- 

 chase of scientific apparatus. The Adams bill stipulates that 

 the funds which it makes available are "to be applied only 

 to all the necessary expenses of conducting original researches 

 or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry 

 of the United States." It should by the terms of the bill be 

 devoted to research of the highest scientific character. No 

 part of the funds made available by the Adams bill can be 

 used for ordinary administrative expenses or for publication. 

 The bill was so dra\\Ti that acceptance of its provisions by 

 the Legislatures of the several States was a necessary pre- 

 requisite to the reception of the funds which it provided. 

 Such acceptance on the part of the Legislature of Massachu- 

 setts was promptly obtained. 



Change in the Name of the Station. 

 At the time when work was organized under the Hatch act, 

 establishing experiment stations as departments of agricul- 

 tural colleges, there was already in existence in Amherst a 

 station organized under State law, known as the Massachu- 

 setts Experiment Station. It will be remembered that for 

 some years the two stations continued in operation side by 

 side and without disadvantage, for there was agreement as to 

 the lines of investigation to be undertaken by each, and there 

 was no duplication of work. The fact that the name Massa- 

 chusetts Experiment Station was already in use made it 

 necessary to adopt another name; and, as a mark of respect 

 to Senator Hatch, to whose activity and influence the estab- 

 lishment of the stations under the general government had 

 been due, this experiment department in Massachusetts was 

 called the Hatch Experiment Station. In the course of a few 



