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properly a greater number of inspectors is necessary, and to secure 

 the benefits of such service for our citizens a large appropriation is 

 needed. This Bureau should have for this work at least seventy-five 

 thousand dollars (|75,000) annually, as the present appropriation 

 is but forty thousand dollars (|40,000). 



DEMONSTRATION ORCHARDS 



We soon found in our work with pest suppression that many 

 orchard owners did not know how to use modern apparatus, nor how 

 to make and apply the insecticides and fungicides essential to pest 

 control. It becomes at once obvious that satisfactory results can 

 never be obtained by simply telling a man what to do. He must 

 be shown liow, and we undertook a definite demonstration service 

 in an extensive wslj in 1904, although it was started in a limited and 

 imperfect manner by us, originally in 1903. At first the demonstra- 

 tors were required to drive through the country, taking with them 

 in a wagon all the material and apparatus necessary for making and 

 applying the proper spray liquids. This meant that they should 

 transport boiling kettles, spray pumps mounted on barrels, hose, ex- 

 tension rods, etc. We at first selected orchards belonging to public 

 institutions as the chief places for demonstration service. We soon 

 found by practical experience that better care was given to private 

 orchards, and that more definite records could be kept there show- 

 ing the comparative results of proper orchard management. When 

 we commenced to give demonstrations on private premises it became 

 evident that the owners of the premises should by all means own 

 and operate their own spraying apparatus, and consequently the 

 plans developed until now each owner of a demonstration orchard 

 must own his own apparatus, and furnish his own material, and 

 transport the demonstrator to and from the nearest railroad or trol- 

 ley station, and furnish him board and lodging while at his premises. 

 This he is willing to do, because he realizes that he is procuring ex- 

 pert service, and enough of it to fully pay for the expense that he 

 incurs. At the same time such arrangement greatly reduced the 

 cost to the State. This is the reason why we are able to have such 

 an extremely large number of demonstration orchards in this State, 

 together with the other extensive duties performed under the limited 

 amount of appropriation that is available. The total number of 

 demonstration orchards in this State during this year was two hun- 

 dred and eighty-seven (287). This is greater than the total number 

 of demonstration orchards, combined, in all the other states of the 

 Union. These orchards are selected in reference to their availability 

 to the public for the purpose of giving public demonstrations. The 

 date is announced several days before the demonstrator is to be 

 present. Posters like sale bills are displayed in the country, and 

 local papers are requested to announce the time and place of the 

 demonstration. 



Our demonstrator always makes it a point to be present at the 

 appointed time and place, rain or shine. This year out of four hun- 

 dred and fifteen (415) public demonstrations that were scheduled 

 there were not more than five (5) at which the demonstrator failed 

 to be present. The assurance of the presence of the demonstrator 

 gives the public confidence, and men and women attend these meet- 

 ings regardless of weather. When it rains a lecture is given in the 



