66 III Horticulture. 



2. Additional cl^ss-room and laboratory requisites. The follow • 

 ing are needed to assist in giving the kind of instruction that we 

 hope to offer when we equip our quarters in the new agricultural 

 compound : 



Lantern slides for sub-tropical horticulture $ioo 



Charts, maps, prints, etc lOO 



Models of fruit 200 



3. Experiment grounds arid field equipment. An area of fifty 

 acres is needed for permanent orchard experiments and for the 

 carrying on of market gardening and trucking experiments. It is 

 exceedingly important in the interests of Tompkins county and the 

 central counties of the State that the College of Agriculture should 

 demonstrate the feasibility of fruit-growing in this section. A 

 simple illustrative experiment, aside from all other considerations, 

 would be of great value. A certain part of this area should be set 

 aside for that purpose. 



4. The Department of Horticulture should have an annual appro- 

 priation of not less than $10,000 aside from salaries, for the carrying 

 on of its various enterprises. Orchard survey work alone would 

 absorb two to three thousand dollars of this sum if prosecuted as 

 vigorously as it should be. The development of the new orchard 

 tract, the equipment of class-room and laboratory with apparatus 

 for instruction and research will use a considerable portion of this 

 sum. The horticultural interests of the State demand that more at- 

 tention should be given them, especially along educational lines, 

 than has been done in the past. 



5. Manufacturing. The thorough utilization of horticultural 

 products calls for the establishment of a canning and manufacturing 

 laboratory in connection with the Horticultural Department of the 

 College of Agriculture. There is an immediate demand for infor- 

 mation in this department, and the whole subject will have to be 

 taken up in the near future. The modern college of agriculture 

 should be equipped with an evaporator, cannery and other features 

 for the utilization of the by-products of the orchard. Instruction 

 should be given in the arts which enable the grower to prevent waste 

 of orchard products during years of over-production. 



While this report comprises more of wants than accomplishments, 

 yet it seems proper at this juncture where we are entering a new 

 epoch in the life of the College to look our defects squarely in the 

 face and plan for their improvement. 



JOHN CRAIG, 



Professor of Horticulture. 



