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needed fundamental knowledge. Starting out to teach rela- 

 tive to some question concerning the propagation of plants 

 or the fertilization of the soil, they were confronted with ques- 

 tions which science had not yet given an answer to, and so the 

 demand c*iie from the agricultural colleges for the agri- 

 cultural experiment station, and the first one which was estab- 

 lished in 1875 was established not as a national institution, but 

 was started partly by private generosity, and partly by the 

 State, and was established in connection with Wesleyan Uni- 

 versity in Connecticut. In 1887, however, the movement had 

 gained such headway that Congress appropriated funds for 

 the establishment of an agricultural experiment station in con- 

 nection with every land-grant college in the United States. 

 So you see, today, Connecticut has the honor of starting 

 this movement in America, which has exerted such an untold 

 influence toward the elevation and permanent prosperity of 

 agriculture. 



I have been very glad to listen to the remarks of President 

 Stimson as to the condition of your college in Connecticut, and 

 I bespeak for him your cordial support in what he may pre- 

 sent to you later. You reahze, of course, that the funds which 

 are given by the United States government are not used, and 

 cannot be used to any extent for buildings and repairs. What- 

 ever each State has in that regard it provides for itself. 



Secretary Brown wrote me some weeks ago asking me to 

 speak to this meeting upon the subject of " Diseases and 

 Insects Injurious to Orchard and Field Crops " with up-to- 

 date methods of treatment. Some people have written a 

 whole book on that subject, and then have not exhausted it. 

 I was foolish enough, perhaps, to consent to address you on 

 that subject, provided he would allow me to limit it in one 

 way, and that was to present it from the standpoint of the 

 horticulturist, and, as we made a bargain on that point, the 

 result is I am here to address you upon the subject as an- 

 nounced. Of course I cannot cover every portion of the field 

 which this topic opens, and I have arranged my paper for the 

 purpose of giving you a general survey of the topic, trusting 

 that if you have a question-box you may bring aut by your 

 questions the points which most interest you if I fiil to touch 

 upon them. 



It is now generally understood by fruit growers, farmers, 



