Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887
| Long title | An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto. |
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| Nicknames | Hatch Act of 1887 |
| Enacted by | the 49th United States Congress |
| Effective | March 2, 1887 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 49–314 |
| Statutes at Large | 24 Stat. 440 |
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| Titles amended | 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture |
| U.S.C. sections created | 7 U.S.C. ch. 14 § 361 et seq. |
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Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 is a United States federal statute establishing agricultural research by the governance of the United States land-grant colleges as enacted by the Land-Grant Agricultural and Mechanical College Act of 1862. The agricultural experiment station alliance was granted fiscal appropriations by the enactment of the Hatch Act of 1887. The Act of Congress defines the basis of the agricultural experiments and scientific research by the State or Territory educational institutions.