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western fruit grower says today, and as soon as our business 

 is put upon this basis, we will find a large number of our west- 

 ern fruit growers coming back here and seeking eastern land 

 upon which to grow fruit, because they know the great advant- 

 ages which we hold here at the East as soon as we adopt west- 

 ern methods. I discovered that many of those western fruit 

 growers believe that the great future of this country in fruit 

 culture has its highest value here in our eastern land. 



Another point which is of great value in co-operative work 

 is the legislation which it is possible for fruit growers to obtain 

 when they are combined in organization. At the West they 

 have no difficulty about careless neighbors, because every west- 

 ern state has upon its statute books today laws that arc rigidly 

 enforced against insect pests and diseases. It is only necessary 

 for any fruit grower in the West to receive notice that he has 

 insects upon his trees that are injuring his fruit which he must 

 attend to promptly — it is only necessary to receive a notice from 

 the county commissioner, or the county inspector, and when he 

 receives such notice he must move promptly to treat his trees. 

 If he does not do it, it is done by the county commissioner and 

 the cost is assessed upon his property. This is one of the great 

 advantages which come from co-operative work, that when a 

 good law is obtained there is power to enforce it in the com- 

 munity. Now you and I who try to take excellent care of our 

 orchards are continually called upon to meet a large expense 

 through the carelessness of our own neighbors. For instance, 

 I will cite what occurred in my case this last year. The San 

 Jose scale had been introduced, unfortunately, upon some nur- 

 sery trees in two or three different plantings, undiscovered by 

 the nurseryman, undiscovered by myself, until several years 

 afterward we found that in different parts of the farm the 

 scale had got in and was spreading. And of course when you 

 once get it on your place it is like the poor, you always have 

 it with you. Now we have sprayed exactly as Mr. Drew has 

 outlined here this afternoon. We have used the soluble oil 

 sprays. We had it as we supposed fairly well cleaned up last 

 year. Our trees bloomed, the fruit was beautiful and clear until 

 along about the middle of July when we discovered here and there 

 a little appearance and increase of the scale again, and in going 

 throui^h the neighborhood and examining the trees on all sides 



