PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

Hospital for Consumptives of Maryland, Eudowood, Baltimore
County, Maryland—Receives from State $25,000 for 1913 and $25,000
for 1914. Its purpose is to provide care and proper treatment for those
suffering from consumption. This is a disease now recognized by
medical men as one requiring treatment in a hospital especially provided
for such patients. The need of such an institution is most obvious. These
unfortunates are in most cases incurable (as their malady is infectious),
and are not received in other hospitals. Apply to superintendent of
institution for particulars.

Maryland Hospital for the Insane, Catonsville, Maryland—Receives
from State $79,100 for 1913 and $75,000 for 1914. The hospital cares for
patients both from the counties and the city of Baltimore. Nothing is
received at the hospital, except through the counties and the city, who pay
at the rate of $150.00 a year for each patient, and the appropriation
from the State. The city of Baltimore and each of the counties is en-
titled to so many patients, according to the population. Admission is
obtained by the certificates of two physicians, according to law, and
by order of the court. Communications should be addressed to Mr. Arthur
D. Foster, Secretary, Catonsville, Maryland.

Springfield State Hospital, Sykesville, Maryland—Receives for 1913
for maintenance, $140,000, and for 1914, 140,000. For rules of admis-
sion, address the institution.

Maryland Agricultural College, College Park, Maryland—Receives.
from the State for 1913 and same for 1914: For maintenance, $16,000;'
also receives $5,000 for Experimental Station, for each of the years 1913
and 1914, $3,000 for demonstration work for each of the years 1913 and
1914; $2,318.86 for interest in each of said years, and $5,000 for en-
gineering course for 1913. In return for the above support the institu-
tion furnishes fifty-two scholarships, as follows: One from each county
of the State and each Senatorial district of Baltimore city, and twenty-
five industrial scholarships given young men in exchange for work done
for the college. The State scholarships are awarded by the School
Boards of the respective counties and the School Board of Baltimore
city, upon competitive examination) public notice of which is given. For
more specific information relating to scholarships, address the president
of the college.

The experiment station concerns itself primarily in making scientific
investigations and adding to the knowledge connected with agriculture
in all of its departments, and after collecting and codifying this in-
formation it is sent out to the public in the form of bulletins, free of
charge, to the farmers of the state. This information has been most
satisfactory in raising the standard of farming throughout the State.
These bulletins issued from the station are sent out in large issue at
least six times a year. There is no expense connected with the sup-
plying or mailing of them, and they are sent under the United States
Government frank as second-class matter.