American Agriculturist, January 26, 1924 
73 
Fruit Men Gather at Roch¬ 
ester Meeting of Horti¬ 
cultural Society 
I N his opening address on January 15, 
C. S. Wilson of Hall, president of the 
New York State Horticultural Society, 
remarked that he had never seen or heard 
of such a large attendance on the opening 
day. The meeting was held in the 
Assembly Hall at Egerton Park, Roches¬ 
ter, and continued until the 18th. 
Undoubtedly the weather, which was 
unusually fine, was responsible for the 
heavy attendance. Exhibition Hall was 
crowded with exhibitions of fruits. 
The interest of the meeting was fairly 
well divided between marketing, includ¬ 
ing packing, and spraying. In comment¬ 
ing upon the marketing end of the fruit 
growing business, President Wilson said 
that it was his opinion that growers 
should cut out some of the less desirable 
varieties. He stated that last year 141 
varieties were grown in New York State, 
which was by far too many. 
Dusting versus spraying was the 
subject of considerable discussion. The 
main speakers on this subject were 
Prof. P. J. Parrot and G. L. McLeod of 
the New York State Experiment Station 
at Geneva and Prof. H. H. Whetsel of the 
College of Agriculture at Ithaca. 
On Wednesday, Dr. R. W. Thatcher, 
Director of the New York State Experi¬ 
ment Station addressed the meeting. 
Other speakers of the week included T. 
E. Cross of Lagrangeville; Richard Well¬ 
ington and Dr. W. H. Rankin of Geneva, 
L. H. Strickland of Lockport, S. F Nixon, 
Westfield, Raymond Hitchings, Syracuse, 
W. D. Chase, Hilton, T. D. Whitney, 
Stanley, C. J. Hepworth, Milton, Dr. 
C. W. Flint, Syracuse University, Dr. 
G. F. Warren and G. W. Cavanaugh, 
(Continued on page 81) 
How the School Bill Would 
Lower Taxes 
(Continued from page 69) 
Knowing the above facts and holding 
the position I do as the representative of 
the people, I have felt it was my duty to 
do what I could to explain the provisions 
of this important bill to as many residents 
of the county as possible. In fact, I would 
justly expose myself to severe criticism 
if I did not do so. As soon as the new 
bill has been introduced and printed I 
will send a copy to any person sending 
their name and address to me at the 
Assembly Chamber, Albany, N. Y., as 
long as the supply lasts. Extra-copies 
will be printed which will probably be 
sufficient for all applicants. 
I have always desired to know the 
wishes of my constituents when they act 
upon the provisions of a bill which is 
before the legislature for consideration. 
I am sure I cannot be expected to 
seriously consider petitions or resolutions 
which are based wholly upon articles or 
letters published in newspapers, or other¬ 
wise, when they do not apply to the bill 
under consideration. 
The rural school bill to be introduced 
soon may not be the best in all particulars 
which can or will be written, but there 
are at least three provisions in it which 
will live and some day will be enacted 
into law. They are as follows: 
1. A LARGER MEASURE OF 
HOME RULE FOR RURAL SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS. 
2. FREE TUITION AND TRANS¬ 
PORTATION ADVANCED FROM 
THE GRADES TO THE COMPLE¬ 
TION OF HIGH SCHOOL, THEREBY 
GIVING THE COUNTRY BOY AND 
GIRL THE SAME FINANCIAL 
ADVANTAGES NOW ENJOYED IN 
CITIES AND LARGE VILLAGES. 
3. A MORE UNIFORM AND 
LOWER TAX RATE FOR SCHOOL 
PURPOSES. 
If all those who are interested in the 
betterment of country life, and indirectly 
the whole State, will join hands in an 
honest effort to produce the best bill to 
that end we may hope to see it become 
law in the near future. - 
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