1907.] Endowment of Experiment Station-. 



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and those of 5 to 50 acres from 236,585 to 235,481. The total 

 reduction in the number of " small holdings " would, therefore, 

 be 9,534 or 2*6 per cent. A comparison of the figures for all 

 classes of holdings in 1895 and 1906 respectively gives the 

 following result : — 





England. 



Wales. 



Scotland. 



Great Britain. 



1895. 



1906. 



1895. 



1906. 



1895. 



1906. 



1895. 



1906. 



(I) 



(2) 



(3) 

 (4) 



87,055 

 170,591 

 106,955 



15,578 



80,917 

 166,017 

 109,736 



14,711 



10,763 

 30,969 

 18,113 

 443 



10,279 



3i,7i3 

 18,022 

 411 



20,150 

 33,92i 

 22,802 

 2,766 



18,553 

 34,645 

 23,123 

 2,706 



1 17,968 

 235,481 

 147,870 

 18,787 



109,749 



232,375 

 150,881 

 17,828 





380,179 



37i,38i 



60,288 



60,425 



79,639 



79,027 



520,106 



510,833 



Size of Holdings : — (i) Above I and not over 5 acres ; (2) above 5 and not over 

 50 acres ; (3) above 50 and not over 300 acres ; (4) above 300 acres. 



During this period the total area of cultivated land in Great 

 Britain declined by 310,758 acres, or ro per cent., and the 

 total number of holdings by 9,273 or r8 per cent. The propor- 

 tion of holdings of each class to the total number in 1895 and 

 1906 respectively, was as follows : — 



Year. 



1-5 Acres. 



5-50 Acres. 



50-300 Acres. 



Over 300 Acres. 



1895 





45'3 



28-4 



3;6 



1906 ... 



21-5 



45-5 



29-5 



3'5 



Whereas, therefore, " small holdings " of 50 acres and less 

 constituted 68 per cent, of the total number of holdings in 1895, 

 they were in 1906 just 67 per cent. 



Endowment 

 of Experiment Stations 

 in the United States, 



The value of the agricultural experiment stations of the 

 United States has recently been recognised by Congress by 

 an Act known as the " Adams Act," 

 which was passed in 1906. It provides 

 that each State and territory shall 

 annually receive from the National Trea- 

 sury a grant of money in addition to that given for the estab- 

 lishment and maintenance of the stations by the Act of 2nd 

 March, 1SS7 (1 hitch Act). The initial appropriation to each 

 State under the Adams Act is {"1,000 for the fiscal year looo 



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