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meii at Jamaica have been more or less thrown upon their own 

 resources, and much credit is due to them for the efficient and 

 practical manner in which they have performed the duties that 

 were assigned to them. 



In 1896 five bulletins were printed by this fund. Some im- 

 portant results have been reached. Leaving out of consideration 

 much other valuable information gained, it is safe to assert that 

 if the facts demonstrated by Messrs. Stewart and Sirrine relative 

 to spraying potatoes and cucumbers and the control of the cut 

 worm that attacks onions would be heeded by the farmers of 

 Long Island and Orange County alone, the benefits would an- 

 nually pay the entire expense of the Experiment Station several 

 times over. For account of these results reference is made to the 

 previous summary and to the detailed report herewith presented. 



This appropriation provides for instruction as well as investi- 

 gation, and in 1896 eight farmers' institutes were held in the Sec- 

 ond Department at Southold, Riverhead, Southampton, Jamaica, 

 North ville, Newburgh and Goshen. Twelve more are already 

 planned for 1897. 



The Relation of New York Farmers to their Experiment 



Station. 



It is gratifying to note how generally the agriculturists of this 

 state are in cordial sympathy with the work of their Experiment 

 Station. This is very encouraging to the officers of the Station. 

 They recognize that the cooperation of the farmers is essential to 

 the success of their efforts. There must be on the one hand the 

 search for truth, and on the other the disposition to learn and 

 practice it. Effort is demanded no less on the p.nrt of the farm- 

 ers than from those who are attempting to serve their interests. 

 Bulletins must be written in order that they may be read, but 

 they must be read, — yes, studied, before they effect any good. 



We suggest therefore, that while the Station officers are being 

 held to faithful and vigorous work, farmers shall consult their 

 own interests by giving careful consideration to whatever facts 

 the Station lays before them, either to approve and utilize or to 

 form the basis of criticism and inquiry. 

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