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institution should be liberally supported at least until such time 

 as the necessities that now exist have been fully met. It should be 

 borne in mind that the increase of population and the concentra- 

 tion of large numbers in cities is a constant menace to health, from 

 the fact that it renders more easy the spread of disease, and makes 

 it necessary that there should be at all times available a trained 

 band of experts who will be able to meet conditions as they may 

 arise. A liberal appropriation should be made for the mainte- 

 nance of this institution during the coming year. 



PREVENTION OF DISEASE AMONG BEES. 

 Article 5 of chapter 338 of the Laws of 1893 provides for 

 the prevention of disease among bees. Since the enactment of the 

 law there have been no applications to this Department for any 

 action on the part of the Commissioner or the Department to 

 prevent or suppress any disease that might exist, or any complaint 



to the effect that any such disease so existed. 



PREVENTION OF DISEASES AMONG FRUIT TREES. 



Article 5 of chapter 338 of the Laws of 1893 also provides for the 

 prevention and suppression of diseases among fruit trees. Under 

 the provisions of sections 82 and 83 I have appointed the following 

 agents during the year ending September 30, 1895 : 



Miles Frost, Athol, Warren county, N. Y. 



George H. Howard, New Haven, Oswego county, N. Y. 



F. M. Fairchild, Hester, Schuyler county,"^. Y. 



R. W. TraviS;, Vincent, Ontario county, N. Y. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, 

 N. Y., submitted to me their fourteenth annual report, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of section 85 of the Agricultural Law, 

 which I transmitted to your Honorable body on March thirteenth 

 last. The work performed by that station is set forth in full in 

 said report. 



The Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell University has 

 also made its annual report in accordance with the provisions and 



