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this summer what effect cultivation and frequent crop rotation, 

 short crop rotation, have on the soil, securing the growth of hay 

 and other crops rapidly before the moisture has been depleted 

 by the drought. I was at a grange in Penobscot county this 

 fall and tried to speak to them a little on this matter, and 

 when I got through some questions in regard to some of 

 these things came up and I was most agreeably surprised 

 to find that a goodly number of those farmers present were 

 fully as well qualified to talk on that subject as I, and I 

 had been giving it a little special attention ; but they got right 

 hold of the heart of the matter. And the point is, as I found 

 it, there isn't a lack of knowledge in many of these lines, but we 

 don't make the application. 



MAINE ORCHARD DISEASES IN 1908. 



W. J. ]\IoRSE, Plant Pathologist, Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. 



During the past summer my associate, Doctor Lewis, and I 

 have spent considerable time in studying conditions with 

 regard to fungus diseases as they occur in Maine orchards. 

 The following towns have been visited at least once and some 

 of them several times : — Auburn, Lewiston, Turner, Monmouth, 

 Leeds, Winthrop, Readfield, Manchester, Augusta, Hallowell, 

 Gardiner, West Gardiner, Standish, Baldwin, Anson, Water- 

 ville, Dover and Foxcroft. ]Menibers of this Society have 

 assisted us materially, either in sending us names of orchard 

 owners or in personally giving their time in taking us to other 

 orchards or in showing us over and pointing out interesting 

 features in their own. We are also considerably indebted to 

 several members, particularly to the President and Secretary 

 for sending us various specimens of fruit and leaf diseases as 

 they came to their notice. 



As a result of our observations certain facts are very evident. 

 One is, that while there is plenty of need for investigation 

 along the lines of orchard pathology there is a much greater 



