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the matter of eradicating them from insect pests. Then again ^ 

 it is becoming a harder proposition in these prosperous times^ 

 to dispose of an insect infested lot of fruit at any price. 



THE board's literature. 



There is a constant demand for the literature issued by the 

 board, not only by our own people, but it reaches out to every 

 state in the Union, Canada, England, Germany, Australia, and 

 Japan. As a standing advertisement of the fruit industry in 

 Oregon, its equal has never been produced. Very many com- 

 plimentary notices have been received from far and wide, on 

 the matter making iip the sixth biennial report issued by the 

 board. Mr. Henry E. Dosch, the compiler of this work, 

 should feel highly complimented, when it is known that it is 

 used at Cornell and the University of Minnesota as a text- 

 book in classes in forestry and horticulture. It is with par- 

 donable pride when I state that the fifth and sixth biennial 

 reports received the highest award at the Pan-American Ex- 

 position held at Buffalo, in 1901 — a gold medal — in competi- 

 tion with reports from many other states. 



Spray Bulletin No. 2, compiled by President Smith and is- 

 sued in July last, has been thoroughly distributed over the 

 state, and has received very favorable comment. 



MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. 



The semiannual meetings of the board are held in April 

 and October. At these gatherings, papers are read by each 

 commissioner on subjects most vital to the horticultural in- 

 dustry, and discussion of new experiments in the war against 

 fungi and insect pests, reports of which are published in part 

 in the daily press, and more fully incorporated in this work. 

 Very interesting horticultural meetings have been attended 

 by members of the board at Newberg and Corvallis ; papers 

 on subjects of interest to the fruit grower were read and dis- 

 cussed. 



At Salem, Milton, La Grande and Cove, President Smith 

 has assisted in organizing co-operative fruit unions. 



ORCHARD PLANTING. 



There must be a very large increase in the area that is 

 being devoted to fruit growing in our state, judging from the 

 large amount of nursery stock that began to arrive early in. 



