Hatch Act of 1887 - Wikipedia Hatch Act of 1887 For other uses, see Hatch Act ( disambiguation ). `` The template Infobox U.S. legislation is being considered for merging. '' Hatch 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. Enacted by the 49th United States Congress Effective March 2, 1887 Citations Statutes at Large 24 Stat. 440, Chapter 314 Codification Titles amended 7 U.S.C. : Agriculture U.S.C. sections created 7 U.S.C. ch. 14 § 361a et seq. Legislative history Introduced in the House by William H. Hatch ( D - MO ) Signed into law by President Grover Cleveland on March 2, 1887 The Hatch Act of 1887 ( ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440, enacted 1887 - 03 - 02, 7 U.S.C. § 361a et seq. ) gave federal funds, initially of $15,000 each, to state land - grant colleges in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations, as well as pass along new information, especially in the areas of soil minerals and plant growth. The bill was named for Congressman William Hatch, who chaired the House Committee of Agriculture at the time the bill was introduced. State agricultural stations created under this act were usually connected with those land - grant state colleges and universities founded under the Morrill Act of 1862, with few exceptions. Many stations founded under the Hatch Act later became the foundations for state cooperative extension services under the Smith - Lever Act of 1914. Congress amended the act in 1955 to add a formula that uses rural and farm population factors to allocate the annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations among the states. Under the 2002 farm bill ( P.L. 107 - 171, Sec. 7212 ), states will continue to be required to provide at least 100 % matching funds ( traditionally, most states have provided more ). On average, Hatch Act formula funds constitute 10 % of total funding for each experiment station. ( 7 U.S.C. 361a et seq. ). See also Adams Act of 1906 Purnell Act of 1925 Bankhead - Jones Act of 1935 United States federal agriculture legislation Farm Bills Federal Farm Loan Act ( 1916 ) Agricultural Adjustment Act ( 1933 ) Agricultural Adjustment Act Amendment of 1935 Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 Agricultural Act of 1948 Agricultural Act of 1949 Agricultural Act of 1954 Agricultural Act of 1956 Agricultural Act of 1961 Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 Agricultural Act of 1970 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 Food Security Act of 1985 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Agricultural Act of 2014 Other Agriculture Legislation Hatch Act of 1887 Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1905 Agricultural Appropriations Act of 1922 Cotton Futures Act ( 1914 ) Cotton Futures Act ( 1916 ) Grain Standards Act ( 1916 ) Wheat Price Guarantee Act ( 1919 ) Future Trading Act ( 1921 ) Grain Futures Act ( 1922 ) Capper -- Volstead Act ( 1922 ) Agricultural Marketing Act ( 1929 ) Farm Credit Act of 1933 Frazier -- Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act ( 1934 ) Bankhead -- Jones Act of 1935 Commodity Exchange Act ( 1936 ) Bankhead - Jones Farm Tenant Act ( 1937 ) Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 Federal Seed Act of 1939 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 National Wool Act of 1954 Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 Farm Credit Act of 1971 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980 National Aquaculture Act of 1980 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983 Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act of 1983 Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992 National Wool Act Amendments of 1993 Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000 This United States federal legislation article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hatch_Act_of_1887&oldid=796727806 '' Categories : United States federal agriculture legislation United States federal public land legislation Legal history of the United States 1887 in American law 49th United States Congress United States federal legislation stubs Talk About Wikipedia Norsk Edit links This page was last edited on 22 August 2017, at 18 : 24. About Wikipedia

Question: what was the purpose of the hatch act of 1887
Answer: gave federal funds, initially of $15,000 each, to state land-grant colleges in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations, as well as pass along new information, especially in the areas of soil minerals and plant growth