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tion; by our Economic Zoologist; by the National Department at 

 Washington and by the Experiment Stations of the several states. 

 Nothing has yet been found that is in all respects and under all 

 conditions better than Bordeaux and an Arsenate. It seems that 

 under certain weather conditions they will all do more or less in- 

 jury. It is up to our scientific men now to tell us under what weather 

 conditions we should not spray with anything, and under what 

 weather conditions we may use the several sprays which they have 

 found effective. 



The use of self-boiled lime-sulphur for the control of brown rot 

 in the peach is gaining in popularity, and we hope that before an- 

 other year has passed, we may have a formula for making it that 

 will be certain in its effect on the fungus, and at the same time do 

 no injury to the foliage. 



The most hopeful sign of the times is the interest the young men 

 are taking in horticulture as is shown by the number of students in 

 the regular four years course in horticulture at State College, in the 

 two years course and in the twelve weeks course, and the young 

 farmers who attend the lectures on horticulture during farmers' 

 week. These young men are not only learning how to grow fruit, 

 they are carefully studying the art of grading and packing, and 

 already are sending to the general market box apples and barrel 

 apples, which for skillful, honest work will compare favorably with 

 those from the famous orchards of the west. These young men are 

 doing much toward establishing a reputation for Pennsylvania 

 fruit. We all recognize the fact that the greatest need of the fruit 

 industry in Pennsylvania is men properly trained for the work, and 

 this need is being gradually supplied, with a number of Horticul- 

 tural graduates going out from State College each year and hun- 

 dreds of working farmers going to the college each year for a week's 

 lecture course, with the Farmers' Institute bringing lecturers to 

 their very doors, to tell them why they should do certain things, and 

 the demonstrators of the State Department following up the insti- 

 tute to show them how to do it, the men are rapidly being trained for 

 the work, and we are developing a class of fruit men in Pennsyl- 

 vania equal to any that can be found in the most progressive fruit 

 district of the countrv. 



EEPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION 



We the Committee on Legislation beg to submit the following re- 

 port and would respectfully recommend as follows: 



1. That the real estate owners of Pennsylvania demand a just 

 equalization of taxation in this State. We would reiterate that if 

 personal and corporate property were taxed at the same average 

 mill rate that real estate would be taxed, personal and corporate 

 property would be required to pay forty-five million instead of 

 twenty million. We further believe that a great help towards the 

 equalization of taxation is found in the proposition of having the 

 State pay the minimum salary of school teachers for the minimum 



