ILLINOIS STATE DALt YMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 147 



Illinois— $6,200. 



At Urbana jointly for Instruction and Experimentation. 



Cattle Barn $ 3,000 



Horse Barn 1,800 



Carriage and Tool Barn . 1,400 



6,200 



SUMMARY. 



New York $257,500 



Ohio 236,000 



Minnesota 146,700 



Wisconsin 113,000 



Iowa .....* 97,500 



Illinois 6,200 



States that have better agricultural equipment than Illinois: — Colo- 

 rado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi- 

 gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dako- 

 ta, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. 



STATE AID TO EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Agriculturement Experiment Stations were founded on the United 

 States endowment known as the Hatch Act of 1887. The work of most 

 of the stations has been greatly extended by state aid, which is commonly 

 either for specific investigations or for printing or illustrating the bulle- 

 tins of the Stations. 



State Appropriations for Agricultural Experimentation, 1897. 



Alabama, Fertilizer Tax $ 12,238 



California 16,137 



Connecticut, New Haven and Storrs 14,300 



Louisiana 18,000 



