Evolution of Iborttculture 



Hatcli Experiment Station of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College have also 

 published valuable papers. Among these, 

 On Fungicides and Insecticides, Four- 

 lined Leaf-Bug, Tests of Grapes, have 

 proved ad vant ageous to all interested. The 

 important subject of fertilizers, both 

 natural and artificial, their value to dif- 

 ferent crops, the mode of application, 

 and requisite amount, has received much 

 careful research by competent persons 

 connected with the several State stations. 

 The results have been most satisfactory. 



Next, the taxation upon the land 

 devoted to these purposes is proportion- 

 ately higher than it is upon that appro- 

 priated to ordinary farming. The outlay 

 for labor, fertilizing materials, imple- 

 ments, and seeds is also larger. However, 

 as time advances, more reliable and 

 satisfactory results in the interests of 

 horticulture may be expected from the 

 stations, in which the investigations will 

 be better organized and completed. 



At the present time, it is impossible to 

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