462 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
and, of course, they were when they passed the laws, they really meant 
to give a half of the $59,000. Wespend far more than that. 
on agricultural education at Cornell. 
The agricultural instruction that we offer costs nearer $140,000. 
That estimate takes in such departments as chemistry, botany, and all 
other sciences in which students in agriculture receive instruction. 
But if you exclude—though you shinulel not—from your consideration 
all fundamental or allied sciences and take account only of agronomy 
horticulture, animal industry, dairy husbandry, poultry culture, and 
similar divisions of technical agriculture, we are spending on instruc- 
tion and facilities therefor more than $30,000—-and that excluding the 
station money. 
Mr. Brooks. Spent by the university from its other funds? 
President ScourmMaNN. Spent by the university from all these funds, 
including the Federal fund. Let me repeat that. I say that if you 
exclude the Federal station money and take account of money spent 
on instruction in departments open only to agricultural students for 
nee, in technical agriculture, we are spending on them this year 
30,290. 
Mr. Scotr. Then you figure that the remaining $29,000 of your 
eee funds could be properly charged up to the other purposes in 
the act? 
President ScourmMann. Yes; to the other subjects mentioned in the 
acts of Congress, namely, mechanic arts and the physical and natural 
sciences. JI would say also if you ask me what should be charged to 
the college of agriculture for the services rendered to it by depart- 
ments like that of botany and chemistry and the like, the studies in 
which are taken by other students, that it would be three or four 
times that sum as » fair share. 
Mr. Scott. How much land have you? 
President ScourmMANN. Our total domain is 500acres, and if we take 
out 150 acres of that for campus proper and 50 for playground, it 
leaves 300 acres. 
’ Mr. Scotr. What is the State doing? 
President Scuurmann. It has foundeda veterinary college at Cornell 
University, for which it votes $25,000 a year, and it has given usa 
dairy building at a cost of $50,000. We hope it is going to do more 
now, and a bill providing for agricultural buildings is pending at 
Albany. It also gives us $35,000 for extension work in agriculture. 
Mr. Bowir. That is for that correspondence work that you have 
just detailed? 
President ScHurmann. Yes. 
Mr. Bowrr. Is it not true that the officers of your university and 
the professors of the university also do some farm-institute work? 
President Scuurmann. Yes; that is a voluntary thing, but we do it 
constantly. I say to the agricultural professors at the time of their 
appointment that along with their official duties I want them to attend 
as ala meetings and institutes in the State whenever it is pds- 
sible. 
Mr. Avams. Your statement is interesting, and the facts that you 
have given us as to the support of Cornell University I never have 
ers before. I never have understood before that the scrip 
was sold. 
