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‘ ·     Value of State University plants.——Covering the value of grounds, build.  ’
  »   I j ings, library, apparatus, machinery and furnit1u·e in 1916-17. (Based 5
1   it on the Federal Education Bureau Bulletin No. 55, 1917.)  _
. I ‘     1. California ............ $13,584,432 23. Delaware State Col..$1,423,129 lv
‘ T7 i 2. Minnesota ............ 10,681,075 24. Georgia ................ 1,375,000 Z
   1 3. New York, Cornell 9,534,854 25. West Virginia ...... 1,281,085  
. »   C 4. Wisconsin .............. 8,128,346 26. North Carolina ...... 1,222,675  
    5. Michigan .............. 7,546,821 27. Kentucky ............ 1,185,542  ·
    6. Illinois .................. 6,556,659 28. Oregon ................. 1,043,702 E 
~ §§  § , 7. Ohio State ............ 6,296,368 29. Louisiana ............ 970,574 {
»·   1 8. Iowa ...................... 4,141,408 30. Idaho .................... 965,606  _
gg  I‘ 9. Missouri ................ 3,982,525 31. Maine .................. 948,337 ,
_ 5*3   10. Nebraska .............. 3,153,174 32. Nevada ................ 918,220 j 
    11. Penn.State College 2,802,713 33. North Dakota ....... 904,997 ,
Z`?   12. Washington .......... 2,740,209 34. Oklahoma ............ 884,713 _
v_; n .. 13. Texas .................... 2,555,191 35. Wyoming ............ 865,000  _Q
_  " 14. Virginia ........... . .... 2,297,059 36. Utah ..................... 757,812 ;_ 
`§  _~ 15. Kansas .............. 1,2,000,000 37. South Dakota ........ 750,000  
5, ; 16. Indiana ................ 1,681,600 38. Arkansas ............. 718,000  ‘
  . 1 17. New Jersey,Rutgers 1,660,979 39. Arizona ................ 708,500  Q_
'   -.  18. Colorado .............. 1,515,000 40. Florida ................ 698,000  
    19. Vermont ............... 1,511,222 41. Mississippi ........... 536,000  ’
  i` 20. Tennessee ............ 1,458,993 42. R. I. State College 485,335  
  g 21. Alabama .............. 1,439,318 43. Montana .............. ’ 430,252  9
—     22. South Carolina ...... 1,425,004 44. New Mexico ......... 250,426  ’
    Another table shows the investments made in University plants.  
·     It will be observed that only three southern states have a smaller  1
A ’ f .   investment than Kentucky. These are Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.  e
{   Our neighbors on the north have in Illinois an investment of $6,556,659;  -
. e ~ 3 Indiana with Purdue University, where Engineering and Agriculture are  
. - . E taught, an investment of $4,000,000; Ohio, $6,296,368. These iigures are  
`j ` i;_  now outgrown, and should be increased by many hundreds of thousands,  `
, 1 Q, f  while Kentucky’s investmenbhas been almost stationary for several years.  
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{     (b) Requirements for Agriculture and Engineering ‘ 
` l   _;_  The great need of the University is additional funds because of it 
· i Q changed conditions. These funds are required for the payment of better  ‘
_ ff' ;  salaries and the increase of departments, particularly in agriculture and ° 
__ It  engineering. The situation in the College of Agriculture has reached { 
  [   such a point that it can hardly be expected that the teachers in that col-  7
-   lege can be maintained largely from federal funds. The Experiment Station  ._
` JY   also should have additional land. The farm of 240 acres is insufficient  t
V _ ?;-  for the requirements of the University. While some progress has been  
A · {Y made in the purchase of livestock, still it is essential that the animals fof  —
—   instructional purposes should be largely increased.  
_ .   For twenty—five years now the College of Engineering has been  .
Q»_  getting on with inadequate equipment. Many of the buildings are HH-  
_ _   satisfactory, and much of the equipment is obsolete. The college has ,, 
‘   had the reputation of turning out capable young men. In fact, every mall  ;