Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1905 Page: 13
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ANNUAL REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT
STATIONS, JUNE 30, 1905.
SUMMARY.
By A. C. TRUE and DICK J. CROSBY.
STATISTICS OF THE STATIONS.
Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation under the
act of Congress of March 2, 1887, in all the States and Territories
and, under special appropriation acts, in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto
Rico. In Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, Missouri,
Alabama, and Louisiana separate stations are maintained wholly or
in part by State funds. A number of stations are also maintained
in different States. Excluding the substations, the total number of
stations in the United States is 60. Of these, 55 receive appropriations
provided for by acts of Congress.
The total income of the stations maintained under the act of 1887
during 1905 was $1,525,489.18, of which $718,163.45 was received
from the National Government, and the remainder, $797,571.02, from
State governments, individuals, and communities, fees for analyses
of fertilizers, sales of farm products, and miscellaneous sources. In
addition to this, the Office of Experiment Stations had an appropriation
of $177,500 for the past fiscal year, including $15,000 for the
Alaska experiment stations, $15,000 for the Hawaii Experiment Station,
$15,000 for the Porto Rico Experiment Station, $20,000 for
nutrition investigations, $67,500 for irrigation investigations, and
$5,000 for farmers' institutes. The total value of additions to the
equipment of the stations in 1905 is estimated to be $i55,619j.72.
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.
The activity of the stations in disseminating the results of their
investigations continues unabated. Of the 845 persons employed in
station work last year, 423 did more or less teaching in the colleges
with which the stations are connected, and 393 assisted in farmers'
institutes, contributing a total of two thousand six hundred and
eighty-nine days to this work. In this way the results of investi13
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