f9ii.] Agricultural Experiment Stations in U.S. 591 



benefit of the members. Of these societies, 270 relate to 

 horses, 1,259 to cattle, 253 to pigs, and 102 to sheep. The 

 number of holdings affiliated to these societies is greatest in 

 the case of cattle, and least in the case of sheep, viz. : — 



No. of Animals 



No. of No. affiliated No. of Animals on Holdings 



Holdings with to Breeding on all affiliated to 



Animals. Societies. Holdings. Breeding Societies. 



Horses 163,559 23,700 534,680 149,000 



Cattle 183,562 30,300 2,243,889 536,000 



Pigs 188,276 7,150 1,466,814 95,000 



Sheep 95,378 900 726,026 8,000 



It will be seen that approximately one-quarter of the horses 

 and cattle of the country, and about 6 per cent.. of the pigs, 

 are kept on holdings affiliated to breeding societies. 



According to the report of the Secretary of Agriculture of 

 the United States for 1910, there are now sixty-two agricul- 

 tural experiment stations in active work 

 Agricultural j n that country. Fifty-five of these 

 Experiment^Stations gtations appropriations prov i de d 



United States. for b y Acts of Congress, which 

 amounted to ^269,000 in the fiscal year 

 1909-10; in addition, ^200,000 was contributed by the state 

 legislatures, and ^150,000 was received by the stations as fees 

 for analyses of fertilisers, sales of farm products, and from 

 other local sources. The total annual revenue is over 

 ^600,000, as compared with half that sum in 1905. 



In 1906 the United States Congress passed the Adams Act, 

 by which the stations were granted additional funds from the 

 national exchequer. Under the terms of this Act the grant 

 was to be increased annually for five years. The maximum 

 has now been reached, and the stations received ,£144,000 

 under the Adams Act during the fiscal year 1910-11. The 

 liberal policy of the United States Congress towards the 

 stations has resulted in much larger appropriations by the 

 states, and a material increase of the revenues of the stations 

 from other sources. The Adams fund is restricted in its use to 

 original research, and has enabled the stations to attack a 

 large number of the difficult problems of the agriculture of the 

 United States. The scientific work of the stations has beer, 

 greatly increased in efficiency thereby. The state funds are 

 mainly used for the more practical work, including the main- 

 tenance of sub-stations, demonstration fields, agricultural 



