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months we have had seven competent inspectors in that county, 

 at an average of $600 per month expense to the county. This 

 spirit has done much towards the success that has been had 

 in Controlling the blight in that county. During the past two 

 years I have visited all the principal centers of the several 

 counties of my district. I have held horticultural meetings in 

 all the larger fruit counties, and personally visited many 

 orchards, lectured, and made practical demonstrations as to 

 the control of fungous diseases and insect pests. 



OFFICE WORK. 



As the acreage to fruit grows, the office work increases. 

 It would not be unreasonable to say that on an average I 

 answer five letters a day from the fruit growers from all parts 

 of the district. They seek information on every phase of the 

 handling of their orchards. I have distributed 800 copies of 

 the tenth biennial report of this board, and had many requests 

 for more than my allotment. 



I have urged and advised many new people with small 

 means not to overlook the possibilities of small fruits, such 

 as strawberries, raspberries, etc. With water available for 

 irrigation, the growing of two to three acres of strawberries 

 means a good living for a family, as the market always 

 demands a good grade of this fruit at a good profit to the 

 grower. With water unavailable for irrigation and where 

 gravity Systems cannot be had, wells can be dug and water 

 raised by pumping to irrigate quite large tracts in straw- 

 berries and the garden that would make it possible for the 

 man with small means to make a good living and lay aside 

 njeans to meet the cares of old age. In this climate these 

 opportunities are here, and the man who desires to make a 

 small and comfortable home should look these opportunities 

 over, and not overlook them. Another source of diversity in 

 connection with small fruit growing is poultry raising. Eggs 

 in the local markets today at Grants Pass are 45 cents per 

 dozen. Broilers, two to two and a half pounds weight, readily 

 seil for 50 cents. With proper yards and daily care of poultry 

 a small family could easily make money. I have in mind an 

 old gentleman in this county that devotes his time to poultry 

 (he lives 20 miles from Grants Pass) . He keeps 200 hens, 

 buys a little feed, raises much from his garden, and every ten 

 days markets $20 worth of eggs the year around. This man's 

 success is because he daily attends to the wants of his hens, 

 changes their feed, and notes results, If he has a hen that 

 fails to respond and does not lay her quota of eggs, she is 

 sent to market. He keeps five hens in each pen, and keeps a 



