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(l)j. Model ()i-(liavds. Tlii' (k'uionstiiitious in (he oicliards were 

 for the jmrposes of jj:ivinj>' individual assistance to some orchard 

 growers here and tliere, and also to instruct as many |)eoi)le as 

 possiMe in each of several connnnnilies. For the jMirpose of i-each- 

 ing' as many visitors as jtossible, we established whal are now known 

 as Demonstralion Orchards, with from one to seven in each county. 

 The average nnnd)er per county was three or four. 



This was the contiuimtion of last year's demonstration orchard 

 methods, but we changed from the ])laii of using orchards in ])ublic 

 institutions to that of making use of orchards of })i-ivate ownership. 

 We have found this much to be preferred, because the private orchard 

 owners have their orchards more under their own care, than has 

 the care-taker at a ]»ublic institution, who is not confronted by the 

 im]>ortant need of jtersonal gain coming from carefully and cor- 

 rectly following what is recommended. 



The Demonstration Orchards became so popular, and the deniand 

 for them so gi-eat that we could not reach one-fourth of those which 

 were offered, and which we were desirous of accepting. It became 

 apparent that the owners of the other orchards sliould have the 

 service of this ottlce as far as possible, and to give this we established 

 what were further known as Supervision Orchards. 



In each of the Demonstration Orchards there Avere ])ublic meetings 

 three times during the year, showing how to prune, s})ray, and other- 

 wise conduct orchard operations. In the Supervision Orchards our 

 inspectors or demonstrators gave personal service to the owners 

 and such visitors as came, without attempting to give public demon- 

 strations of these methods. 



