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  Annual 
  REroiix 
  of 
  iiie 
  C'ommissioneu 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  RECOMMENDATIONS. 
  

   For 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  beginning 
  October 
  1, 
  1000, 
  I 
  hereby 
  respect- 
  

   fully 
  make 
  the 
  following 
  recommendations 
  as 
  to 
  appropriations 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  work 
  under 
  the 
  present 
  Agricultural 
  Law, 
  viz. 
  : 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  general 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  $150,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  IsTew 
  York 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Society 
  (for 
  

  

  premiums) 
  20,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  Farmers' 
  Institutes 
  20,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  money 
  among 
  agricultural 
  

   societies 
  and 
  the 
  Am.erican 
  Institute 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  

  

  of 
  N'ew 
  York 
  56,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  general 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  at 
  

  

  Geneva 
  50,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  experimental 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  Geneva 
  Experiment 
  

  

  Station 
  8,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  chapter 
  

  

  437 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1890 
  (fertilizers) 
  10,000 
  OO 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  Geneva 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  provided 
  in 
  chapter 
  965 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  

   1896, 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  chapter 
  687 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  

  

  1899 
  10,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  maintaining 
  the 
  veterinary 
  college 
  at 
  Cornell 
  

  

  University 
  20,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  State 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  5,000 
  00 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  beet 
  sugar 
  culture 
  60,000 
  00 
  

  

  The 
  detailed 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  fully 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  in 
  the 
  Appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report 
  under 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  

   Assistant 
  Commissioners 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  divisions, 
  together 
  with 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  veterinarians 
  and 
  nursery 
  inspectors. 
  

  

  It 
  affords 
  me 
  pleasure 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  my 
  belief 
  that 
  the 
  Assist- 
  

   ant 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  divisions, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  others 
  in 
  

   the 
  employ 
  of 
  this 
  Department, 
  have 
  used 
  their 
  utmost 
  efforts 
  to 
  

   make 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  successful 
  and 
  of 
  great 
  benefit 
  

   to 
  the 
  interests 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  created. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  C. 
  A. 
  WIETL^G, 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  