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• most pressing nature about which we know relatively little. No 

 one acquainted with the situation will deny that it would be the 

 part of wisdom to concentrate the best of the brains of the 

 country on these problems and to provide adequate facilities for 

 carrying on the work in the most comprehensive manner/' 



" The toll exacted by plant disease is appalling," says the 

 report. "It is estimated by the department that in 1919 field 

 diseases were responsible for the loss of approximately 190,000,- 

 000 bushels of wheat, of 78,000,000 bushels of oats, 200,000,000 

 bushels. of corn, of 86,000,000 ])ushcls of potatoes, of 58,000,000 

 bushels of sweet potatoes, of 18,000,000 bushels of apples, and of 

 1,742,000 bales of cotton. The cost of producing diseased and 

 healthy crops up to the time of harvest is practically the same, 

 so it is clear that plant diseases are a grievous and dangerous 

 overload on our agriculture." 



Visitors to the Garden 



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include Prof. J 



- Schramm, Cornell University (Feh. ii), Dr. Edward B. Chani- 

 herlain, Secretary-treasurer, SuIIivemt Moss Society (Teh. 19), 

 r. O. M. Eastman, Supervisor of Gardens, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 Mr. A. C. Gorham, Director of Rural Work, Sussex, N. B., Miss 

 Mabel Turner, formerly Supervisor of Gardens, Maiden, ]ylass. 



(Mch. 







), Prof. F. E. ]\Ielchers, 



State Agricultural College, 



:Manhattan, Kan, (Mch. 8), Prof. K. S. Ryu, Professor, College 

 of Agriculture, Morioka, Japan (April 8), Dr. M. A. Raines, 

 University of AVest Virginia, Prof. H. H. Whet2:e], Cornell Uni- 

 versity (May 17), and Mr. H. P. Agee, Director of the Experi- 

 ment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Hono- 

 lulu. 



On Wednesday, May 18, a class of 50 children from one of the 



public schools of Bayonne, New J 



visited the Garden. 



This shows a commendably broad policy on the part of the school 

 authorities of Bayonne and also bravery as well as enthusiasm 

 on the part of the teachers in charge. 



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