434 ANNUAL REPORT. 



bound in cloth to he used in making the customary exchanges, supply- 

 ing one copy to every library and scientific institution, and the bal- 

 ance to the society. In 1883 the law was so amended as to provide 

 for the publication of 3,500 copies of transactions, limiting the size to 

 600 pages. In 1878 the legislature made an appropriation of $2,000 

 for the purchase of an experimental fruit farm, also provided $1,000 

 for Mr. Peter M. Gideon to use in developing and managing it. This 

 appropriation is still continued. In 1881 the timber act was passed, 

 which gave a bounty of three dollars per acre for six years to persons 

 who would plant and maintain in thrifty condition 2,700 trees per 

 acre, of any timber variety except black locust. The enactment also 

 provides for a bounty of two dollars per year for each half mile of 

 highway trees planted and maintained in thrifty condition for six 

 years, the trees to be eight feet apart; cuttings and seed planting al- 

 lowed under the act, but in such cases the first year is not counted. 

 In 1883 there was an appropriation of $5,000 to be employed in forest 

 planting, editing and distributing literature in the interests of forestry, 

 protection of forests, etc. 



In Missouri the reports of the state horticultural society (organized 

 in 1859) were printed by the state after 1863. The report, until 

 recently, was issued as a part of the report of the state board of 

 agriculture. Since 1879 the horticultural report has been issued as a 

 s'^parate document. For some years the state horticultural society has 

 received an annual appropriation of $1,250. 



In Nebraska in 1873 the legislature voted an annual appropriation 

 of $1,000 in aid of the work of the state horticultural society, and its 

 reports have been published at the expense of the state. For the 

 year previous, the appropriation was $2,000. 



In New York liberal appropriations have been made from time to 

 time in the interest of horticulture. The organization of an agri- 

 cultural experiment station and the annual outlay of $20,000 is largely 

 in the interests of horticulture. The experiments heretofore con- 

 ducted have already proven of great value. 



The Ohio state pomological society, organized in 1847, was reorgan- 

 ized as the state horticultural in 1867, and by legislative enactment 

 the proceedings were published by the state in the volume issued by 

 the board of agriculture. An appropriation of $300 per j^ear was 

 made by the same legislature for the use of the society in the prosecu- 

 tion of its work; and two years thereafter it was raised to $500 per 

 annum, and again in 1883 raised to $1,000. The publication of the 

 state horticultural reports with the volume of the board of agriculture 



