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... amounts now to $ 212,150 . This fund , by the terms of the State Act , February 28 , 1878 , was equally divided between ... amount was $ 227,500 , derived from the sales of scrip which represented 207,920 acres of public land . When this ...
... amounts now to $ 212,150 . This fund , by the terms of the State Act , February 28 , 1878 , was equally divided between ... amount was $ 227,500 , derived from the sales of scrip which represented 207,920 acres of public land . When this ...
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... amount and there remains in the State Treasury to the credit of this fund $ 3S8.08 . WANTS AND NECESSITIES OF THE COLLEGE . We ask the Legislature to give the College the same general support given the last two years ; also to provide a ...
... amount and there remains in the State Treasury to the credit of this fund $ 3S8.08 . WANTS AND NECESSITIES OF THE COLLEGE . We ask the Legislature to give the College the same general support given the last two years ; also to provide a ...
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... Amount cash on hand last report ...... Am't from State Treasurer for salaries .. Am't from State Treasurer for student labor .... Am't from State Treas , for equipm't , incidentals , Am't from State Treas . for repairs , insurance , ete ...
... Amount cash on hand last report ...... Am't from State Treasurer for salaries .. Am't from State Treasurer for student labor .... Am't from State Treas , for equipm't , incidentals , Am't from State Treas . for repairs , insurance , ete ...
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... amount of fencing to enable us to make the land available for cropping and pasture , Previous to being occupied by the College , about two - thirds of the bottom land had been partially cleared and cropped , but at the time purchase was ...
... amount of fencing to enable us to make the land available for cropping and pasture , Previous to being occupied by the College , about two - thirds of the bottom land had been partially cleared and cropped , but at the time purchase was ...
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... amount equal to the returns from the cotton crop will be expended in cotton seed and meal for feeding purposes , and in concentrated fertil- izers . This plan will enable the farm to carry a larger number of stock than could be done ...
... amount equal to the returns from the cotton crop will be expended in cotton seed and meal for feeding purposes , and in concentrated fertil- izers . This plan will enable the farm to carry a larger number of stock than could be done ...
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Page 47 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 78 - ... its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes...
Page 58 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 64 - If any portion of the fund invested as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs...
Page 64 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...
Page 49 - An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 49 - ... comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective...
Page 62 - The grants of moneys authorized by this act are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purpose of said grants...
Page 79 - States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre...
Page 49 - ... to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals ; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same ; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial...