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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Society had demanded of the Trustees 
that the resignation be not accepted. 
That we have no support from the 
Legislature to supplement the funds of 
the Experiment Station has already been 
indicated. There is however, a very 
general misconception on this point, not 
only by the Legislators, but also by the 
Agricultural constituents in the State. 
The Experiment Station is frequently 
importuned by the Agricultural people to 
hold farmers institutes. Erom the read¬ 
ing of the law which I have quoted it is 
clear that it was not contemplated by 
Congress when this act was passed to use 
the funds of the Experiment Station for 
Earmer’s Institutes nor for demonstra¬ 
tion work. The following paragraph is 
taken from a letter of instruction sent out 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to the 
Directors of Experiment Stations: 
‘^‘The increased liberality of the Eederal 
Government in providing for the endow¬ 
ment of research and experimentation in 
agriculture should be a further incentive 
to the States and local communities to 
supplement these funds for the extension 
of demonstration experiments, farmers’ 
institutes, agricultural colleges, schools, 
and courses of instruction, and the gen¬ 
eral education of the rural communities 
along industrial lines, in order that the 
masses of our farmers may be so edu¬ 
cated from early youth that they will ap¬ 
preciate the benefits of original research 
and experimentation as applied to agri¬ 
cultural problems and be able to appro¬ 
priate in the most effective manner for 
their own benefit and the general welfare 
of the nation whatever practical results 
are obtained from the work of the agri¬ 
cultural experiment stations.” 
Erom this you will see that it is very 
clear that the expenses of organizing and 
running farmer’s institutes and other 
similar institutions in the State of Elorida 
must be met from funds provided by the 
Legislature. 
SEPARATION OF THE EXPERIMENT STA¬ 
TION FROM THE UNIVERSITY. 
The Board of Control of the Elorida 
educational institutions as soon as they 
came into power decided to make a more 
sharply defined segregation between the 
University and the Experiment Station. 
Through their President Dr. Sledd of the 
University, they have promised us that 
the workers in the Experiment Station 
should not be required to do University 
work. 
This segregation has its advantages 
and also its disadvantages. It has its 
disadvantages in losing the services of, at 
least, two very able men. Dr. Elint and 
Dr. Sellards; on the other hand, it has 
its advantages in securing the undivided 
efforts of a number of the best workers 
that we have in the South. During the 
present fiscal year: i. e., until June 30, the 
connection between the University and 
Experiment Station will continue as it 
has been for the past fourteen years. At 
the beginning of the next fiscal year, 
which is July ist, the Experiment Station 
staff will be entirely free from teaching- 
work. This will make it possible for this 
corp of scientists to devote their entire 
time to the working out of experiments 
that have been inaugurated. It will also 
enable them to visit various portions of 
the State of Elorida at such a time, and 
for such a length of time, as their experi¬ 
ment work will permit. During the 
coming year it will be possible to deliver 
lectures from time to time at other points 
and at more frequent intervals. 
