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specters in Jackson, Douglas, and Klamath counties have 

 been active in teaching the growers the best methods of 

 spraying, pruning, and cultivating their orchards. They also 

 have been active in inspecting fruits of all kinds in the local 

 markets, and have prevented dealers from selling fruit in- 

 fested with injurious pests. At present, dealers are handling, 

 through this county inspection, much cleaner fruit than last 

 year. A rigid enforcement of the law in regard to the sale 

 of infested fruit will do more to cause the negligent to clean 

 up their orchards than any one thing that can be done. When 

 the grower finds he can not sell his infested fruit at any 

 price, he who is so negligent and careless of the reputation of 

 the fruit industry of the State should be at the whole loss. 

 He must spray, and clean up his infested orchard, or his 

 orchard will give him no returns. If he does neither, the law 

 should in his case be enforced. His infested orchard should 

 be destroyed by the State, and the expense of the State's 

 doing the work become a lien on his land as the law provides. 

 I know the question has been raised through the press that 

 this scaley, wormy fruit has an edible value, and a rigid en- 

 forcement of the law deprives the poor of cheap fruit. There 

 is false charity raised by this question. In this State there 

 are millions of capital invested in orchards. This investment 

 should have protection. By protecting to the extent possible 

 the painstaking, working orchardm.an from the negligence of 

 the ignorant and shiftless, we can build up an industry that 

 means millions to the people of this State each year. By 

 protecting the industry we increase the productive capacity 

 of our orchards, which demands labor at good paying wages, 

 which the able-bodied poor can take advantage of if they will. 



FIELD WORK. 



During the past two years, have visited personally a 

 greater portion of the orchards of the district, and can see 

 they are making progress in bettering their methods of care 

 and cultivation. Have had many letters from all parts of 

 the district on many topics relating to the care and manage- 

 ment of orchards, and have carefully answered the same. 



