THE EXPERIMENT STATION EXTENSION, 



OR NIXON, BILL. 



A law has been passed by the legislature and signed by the 

 Governor, providing, amongst other things, an appropriation of 

 $8,000 to be expended by Cornell University for the benefit of 

 horticulture in the Fifth Judicial Department of the State — an 

 area comprising the counties of Cayuga, Seneca, Yates, Steuben, 

 and counties to the westward. This fund is to be expended " in 

 conducting investigations and experiments in horticulture ; in 

 discovering and remedying the diseases of plants, vines and fruit 

 trees ; in ascertaining the best means of fertilizing vineyard, fruit 

 and garden plantations, and of making orchards, vineyards and 

 gardens prolific ; in disseminating horticultural knowledge by 

 means of lectures or otherwise ; and in preparing and printing, 

 for free distribution, the results of such investigations and experi- 

 ments, and such other information as may be deemed desirable 

 and profitable in promoting the horticultural interests of the 

 State." This work is to be prosecuted by Cornell University 

 " under the general supervision and direction of the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture. " 



Owing to the lateness of the passage of the bill, few definite 

 lines of experiment could be undertaken the present season, but 

 efforts are making in investigating the conditions and enemies of 

 fruits and gardens, and especially in collecting and publishing the 

 actual results of spraying orchards and vineyards. It is desired 

 that any person or community which suffers an outbreak of any 

 serious enemy shall communicate the fact to the undersigned, and, 

 if possible, an expert will be sent to make an investigation. The 

 causes of the failures of apple orchards is now the subject of a 

 special investigation, and any person who has made experiments 

 in spraying or fertilizing apple trees should advise us of the fact, 

 in order that the results may be incorporated in the final report. 

 Experiments are also in progress in various places in the fertiliz- 

 ing of orchard lands, and in other directions, the results of which 

 will appear as they mature. 



L. H. BAILEY, Officer in Charge, 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



