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State, so that the people of the State with the least expense 

 could use to a greater degree of efficiency these respective 

 departments of our experiment Station. This fund is to 

 enable these departments to do other and more work beyond 

 that for which they were already being maintained and 

 equipped. It is less than two years since this fund has been 

 available and I have the pleasure to report to you the depart- 

 ments of entomology, plant pathology and horticulture of our 

 experiment Station have each secured several competent and 

 expert men, equipped with the technical and scientific training 

 peculiar to their respective work; that all of these men have 

 been able to push their research work to more extended limits 

 and in some cases to definite conclusions. The horticulturist 

 feels secure when he knows for a certainty the life history 

 of an insect pest and the way in which to control that pest, 

 when he knows the characteristics of an injurious fungus 

 and bacterium and the way in which to control them. This is 

 the character of the Information we expect these young men 

 to give us before our crops are lost and our orchards are swept 

 out of existence. 



Bulletins will be issued by these departments under the 

 name of "Crop Pest Report" which are for free distribution 

 to all residents of our State, and I suggest that every fruit- 

 grower send to the Agricultural College for a copy of this 

 report. 



Chas. A. Park, 

 Commissioner of Second District. 



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