THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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manner to the evils of overproduction and prices, subjects 
which are very near the heart of every nurseryman. Let 
others present their views in a similar manner, and 
accompany them with suggestions as to remedies. 
STATE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU. 
As the result of conferences between prominent 
nurserymen and horticulturalists of this state, to which 
reference was made in our last issue, a commission, 
appointed for the purpose by Governor Flower, has 
formulated a bill which has been introduced in the 
legislature providing for the combination of the various 
agricultural departments of the state into a main bureau, 
under the supervision of one head. The law proposes 
sweeping changes. The commissioner of agriculture 
shall be the chief of the department. The New York 
state dairy commissioner shall be the commissioner of 
agriculture until his successor shall be appointed and 
qualified. The commissioner of agriculture shall be 
appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. His term of office shall be three 
years. He shall be paid an annual salary of $5,000 and 
his necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his 
official duties. He may appoint such clerks and assistant 
commissioners, and employ such clerks, chemists, agents 
and counsel as he may deem necessary for the proper 
enforcement of such laws and the proper administration 
of the department, who shall receive such compensation 
as may be fixed by him, and their necessary expenses. 
The power of the commissioner is thus defined : The 
commissioner of agriculture, his clerks, assistants, experts, 
chemists, agents and counsel employed by him, shall 
have full access to all places of business, factories, farms, 
buildings, carriages, cars and vessels used in the manufac¬ 
ture, sale or transportation within the state of any dairy 
products or any imitation thereof, or of any article or 
product with respect to which any authority is conferred 
by this chapter on said commissioner. They may examine 
and open any package, can or vessel containing or 
believed to contain any article or product, which may be 
manufactured, sold or exposed for sale in violation of the 
provisions of this chapter, and may inspect the contents 
therein, and take therefrom samples for analysis. The 
commissioner of agriculture shall have control of the New 
York agricultural experiment station, established in the 
village of Geneva for the purpose of promoting agricul¬ 
ture in its various branches by scientific investigation and 
experiment. He may appoint a director of the station 
who shall have the general oversight and management, 
subject to the commissioner, of the experiments and 
investigations necessary to accomplish the objects of the 
station, and hold office during the pleasure of the com¬ 
missioner. Cornell university is designated as the college 
within this state, solely entitled to receive the benefits of 
the act of the Congress of the United States, approved 
March 2, i8(S7, entitled “ An act to establish agricultural 
stations in connection with the colleges established in the 
several states under the provisions of an act approved 
Jul}^ 2, 1862, and of the acts supplementary thereto.” 
Attention is called to the expressions of appreciation 
of The National Nurseryman in another column. 
These were entirely voluntary and they are but a portion 
of the number received. The unanimous opinion is that 
there is a wide field of usefulness for such a journal. 
If you like it will you not send us your subscription at 
once ? Every nurseryman in the country can afford to 
subscribe. Indeed can any afford not to do so ? Can 
you afford to miss the suggestions and advice of the greatest 
practical nurserymen of the country based upon experi¬ 
ence which covers every branch of the trade and every 
section of the country, when these are brought to your 
hands for the nominal sum of one dollar ? The journal 
will be worth much more than that to you. Send us 
your subscription and interest other nurserymen in our 
behalf. We will try to do you good, and in whatever 
way you may patronize us we assure you that your 
returns will be more than satisfactory. 
Advertisers are requested not to name prices in their 
advertisements. The announcements, ‘' Prices upon 
Application,” “Correspondence Solicited,” “Write for 
Prices,” or similar ones will enable all to reach those 
whom they seek and at the same time will be a fair 
adjustment of a matter which otherwise would cause 
much dissatisfaction. Every advertiser will see at once 
that this regulation of The Nurseryman is just. 
Special attention is called to the brief article by H. 
E. Van Deman, emphasizing the importance of a stand¬ 
ard for the naming of varieties of fruit. This is a ques¬ 
tion of direct interest to fruit growers. Mr. Van De¬ 
man’s generous offer to correct the fruit catalogues of 
the country so far as he may be requested, should re¬ 
ceive hearty co-operation upon the part of growers. It 
is just such movements that tend to unite what will 
otherwise continue to be a diversity of interests. 
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Colonel John A. Cockerill, the famous journalist 
of New York City, president of the New York Press Club, 
in his address at the Chamber of Commerce banquet held 
in this city on February 17th, said ; “Amidthe hills of 
Southern Ohio I first heard of Rochester through the 
famous saltatorial feat of Samuel Patch. Later an am¬ 
bitious young uncle, seeking to extend his usefulness, 
accepted the agency of a Rochester nursery, and, from 
the beautiful specimen book sent to him, I learned that 
Rochester could produce the richest strawberries, the 
reddest apples and the bluest plums of any spot on this 
