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Peaches : 



Number of orchards of 20 to 50 acres: 5. 

 Number of orchards of 5 to 20 acres: 27. 



10. EXHIBITIONS 



As the Secretary of Agriculture received communications from 

 various County Fair Managers, asking if we could make exhibitions 

 of specimens, apparatus, machinery, chemicals, etc., for the Fairs, 

 we replied in the affirmative, and at once made arrangements to 

 do so. 



At the Brie County Fair, at Corry, and at the Cumberland County 

 Fair, at Carlisle, we made extensive exhibitions, and also shipped 

 the same to the Bradford County Fair, at Athens, but, unfor- 

 tunately, the shipment was delayed, and did not reach its destina- 

 tion in time. These exhibitions consisted of charts of many species 

 of insects, greatly enlarged, showing their life history, actual photo- 

 graphs from orchards, showing properly pnined, cultivated and 

 sprayed trees, fruit of many kinds, spraying apparatus, chemicals, 

 specimens of beneficial and injurious insects, and many mounted 

 birds and mammals. The wisdom of making and preserving a col- 

 lection of economic birds and mammals in their relation to agricul- 

 ture, primarily designed for the St. Louis Exposition, aud for 

 which a gold medal was awarded to the writer, is now well shown. 

 These specimens were nicely preserved (notwithstanding a report to 

 the contrary), and were exhibited at the County Fairs named above 

 and elsewhere, and were a source of considerable instruction, at- 

 tracting a large crowd at all times. 



At the meeting of the State Forestry Association we made an ex- 

 hibition of injurious and beneficial insects in the forests, which 

 attracted much attention and was the subject of most cordial 

 commendation by the officers of that Society. 



The important educational factor of the demonstration trains is 

 recognized, and we are co-operating with the railroad companies, 

 as with all other agencies, for the good of the cause which we 

 mutually represent, and arrangements are being made to run a series 

 of demonstration trains in the State of Pennsvlvania in the vear 

 1912. 



That the fruit growers of this State recognize the value of the 

 work of this office is shown by the fact that at the last meeting of 

 the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, 

 Pa., strong resolutions were passed commending this service and 

 requesting its continuation. 



NEEDS OF THE OFFICE 



In conclusion, we must again emphasize the needs of this office 

 in the important work it is doing. 



(1) We need a larger appropriation in order to let us add more 

 demonstrators to the force and to extend the service more thoroughly 

 and fully to those who need it. 



(2) We need more office room. Our rooms are crowded, and the 

 work is becoming more burdensome because more extensive. Two 

 additional rooms for office purposes are very seriously needed, and 

 the work will be handicapped seriously if these can not be provided. 



