No. e. DEPARTMENT OF AORTCUL.TURE. 721 



VIRGINIA. 



The State appropi-iates !!")()(), out <»f which the Society publishes 

 its report. 



OHIO. 



Tlie State publishes the repoi't and appro])riates |1,0(I0, annually, 

 to the Societ}', aecordinj;' to our latest information. 



IOWA. 



The State publishes the report and appropriates |2,500 to the 

 Society, out of which the Society maintains experimental testing 

 stations in different parts of the State. 



MISSOURI. 



This State makes an appropriation which, as nearly as we can 

 ascertain here, is about |2,50(l, annually, in addition to printing the 

 report of the Society. 



OREGON, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON AND COLORADO. 



These States maintain State Boards of Horticulture which con- 

 sist of several Commissioners; but we haAe no data here on the 

 amounts expended. They are sufficient to enable the State Boards 

 to maintain central offices, and in California, Oregon and Washing- 

 ton, at least, the Commissioners have certain authority to inspect 

 shipments of nursery stock, fruits, etc., and to quarantine or destroy 

 them, if necessary. The Secretaries of these Boards are salaried offi- 

 cers, and are usually active workers in the Horticultural Societies 

 of their States. The societies of these States do not receive appro- 

 priations direct, so far as I can lears. 



NEW YORK. 



Under her constitution, this State canot appropriate State money 

 for State Societies, but the same end is accomplished indirectly by 

 offering a premium of |500 at the State Fair, annually, for the best 

 collection of fruit exhibited by any Society in the State. The prem- 

 ium has been secured the last two years by the new organized New 

 York State Fruit Grower's Association through the instrumentality 

 of large and compn-ehensive fruit exhibits contributed by its mem- 

 bers. 



KANSAS. 



This State publishes the annual volume of proceedings, and I 

 think makes an annual appropiiaiion to the Society besides, but 

 we have no data as to the amount. 

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