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hood of 1V,000,000 pounds. I have no statistics of the can- 

 ning industry, but it is very large, indeed. Novsr as to the 

 question as to whether the people are satisfied with the pay 

 they get you can best jadge by what they are continuing to 

 do. In addition to the orchards in bearing, there are mil- 

 ions of acres just coming into beiring and nowhere I have 

 ever been have I ever seen such live nursery interests. 

 Every few blocks in the city they would have a vacant lot 

 with a supply of trees and thousands of trees were going out 

 "for planting. You see their faith is good and there is some 

 way of making it pay them. Everything is most carefully 

 attended to ond we ought to pattern from them. I did 

 not see five neglected specimens of fruit trees in the 

 state. 



Prc^. Smith — Is the want of weeds in California due to 

 the fact that they do not use barnyard fertilizers? 



Mr. tstickney — Very largely, probably. In fact they do 

 not have many weeds. They have one weed though that 

 grows very dense and is an immense thing and has to be 

 cut and drawn away. Another weed has stalks eight or 

 ten feet high. These are all they have to contend with in 

 the way of weeds. Their grounds are not only kepi clean 

 but in the growing season a,re kept very thoroughly stirred. 

 Cultivators are going through their grounds constantly. I 

 «was quite surprised in the northern part of the state to find 

 20, 30, 40 and (JO acres of currant bushes. They were mostly 

 Red Dutch. Their currant bushes are pruned with just the 

 same care as the apple trees and grape vines. All are kept 

 perfectly open to the light, sunshine and air. The fruit 

 must be perfectly nice frait. I took a lesson that I think I 

 will appreciate now. I know I have bushes that are as 

 high as my head. All the good fruit I get is from the out- 

 ride. While it will cost a little more to keep them pruned I 

 think it will pay. Jhere are in southern California no 

 cherries nor raspberries. The market for these things is in 

 southern California. They do not do well there. 



Mrs. Smith — Is pruning carried on during the growing 

 season? 



Mr. Stickney — No, it is done during the dormant season 



