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Experiment Stations, for I long talked and labored for their estab- 

 lishment, but do not want to see them spend their energies on little 

 things. Every man that has something new, that appears to be 

 promising, can test it himself. 



Mr. Dennis — That is just the trouble, these men often stumble 

 upon something valuable, but are pretty sure to keep it to them- 

 selves; but if it was discovered at the Experiment Station, it would 

 at once be made public. 



Mr. Periam — The Station can experiment only in a general 

 way and for the general good. The discussions here show that 

 orchardists do not fully agree as to the time and method of applying 

 arsenical poisons to fruit trees, or the proper strength of the solu- 

 tion. Such questions as this can and should be decided there. 



Adjourned. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



At 1:30 p. M. the President called the house to order, and said 

 the first business would be the 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NEEDED LEGISLATION. 



BY C. X. DENNIS, HAMILTON. 



Needed legislation is a large subject, as there are many wrongs 

 to right before the millennium. Supposing that the object intended 

 was horticultural legislation, I will say, first, we need a larger ap- 

 propriation for the use of our Society, that we may publish more 

 volumes of the " Transactions; " for it is a mortifying fact that we 

 are probably not represented in this meeting by over forty counties 

 out of the hundred in the State, neither do our publications prac- 

 tically reach a greater number. Next, in view of the rapid increase 

 of insects, it is a very serious question, in my mind, if some legis- 

 lation is not advisable in regard to their destruction. To illustrate : 

 The State takes and destroys diseased auimals afliicted with certain 

 contagious diseases to prevent the spread among their healthy 

 neighbors. Is it any more necessary among auimals than trees and 

 plants? Have I a right to propagate canker worms and codling 

 moths to devastate my neighbor's orchards? 



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