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onl}^ under certain conditions ; — a law is universal. Laws'control 

 conditions that make facts possible here as applicable at Caribou, 

 Portland or Texas. 



The value of work at the Experiment Station will depend much 

 upon the attention they pay to the determination of laws, rather than 

 individual facts. We shall hope to reach many of the farmers of 

 the State, through their sons. 



Our President has said that he thought much of the value of 

 horticultural instruction given to the children ; but we have children 

 of larger growth at the college, who by precept and example hope 

 to encourage the practice of horticulture in our j-oung men. 



REPORT OF OUR MEMBER OP THE COUNCIL. 

 By D. H. Knowlton, Representative of the Pomological Society. 



It has not seemed necessary to your representative to make an 

 extended formal report at this time. The general outline of the 

 Station work in fruit and horticulture was presented to you last year^ 

 In addition to this it is a pleasure to state at this time certain matters 

 in connection with the work of the Experiment Station and the 

 State College. By recent legislation of Congress the State College, 

 in addition to other funds available, will receive from the general 

 government $15,000 as the first annual payment, and each year 

 thereafter the sum will be increased by $1,000 until the annual 

 stipend reaches the sum of $25,000. As the college and station are 

 closely associated together, that which increases the efficiency of the 

 former will also add materially to the extent and character of the 

 work done by the latter. So far as can be judged at this time, it is 

 the purpose of the trustees of the college and the faculty to extend the 

 curriculum in the college so as to give a broader scope to agriculture 

 and horticulture. The foremost men engaged in these pursuits are 

 earnestly urging the college authorities to this action, and it is 

 gratifying to note the extent of the new course outlined. As these 

 will not go into full effect until next autumn, it now remains to be 

 seen how fully the people will endorse the action of the college. 



The greenhouse erected by the State, is well equipped and is now 

 ready for work. This will be in charge of Prof. Manson, who comes 

 to the Station from the West well prepared to engage in the great 

 undertaking in the interest of horticulture. 



