DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 183 



KECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. 



Committee on Liberal Arts. 

 School year 191G-1917. 



Receipts : 



June 30, 1916. Balance on hand . . . .| 319.28 



June 30, 1917. Student fees 1,391.26 



Gate receipts 154.25 



Dishitrscmcnts: 



June 30, 1917. Refund to students .... | 2.99 



Labor 51.75 



Entertainments 1,160.00 



Printing 14.00 



Miscellaneous 73.30 



Street car expense .... 63.00 



Balance on hand 499.75 



§1,864.79 11,864.79 



H. J. EUSTACE, 



Treasurer. 



REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OP NURSERIES AND 



ORCHARDS. 



To the State Board of Agriculture. 



Gentlemen — During the past year, the work carried on by this depart- 

 ment has not differed materially from that of previous years. As soon 

 as the season was sufficiently advanced so that we could be reasonably 

 certain there would be little danger of the trees becoming infested 

 previous to being dug in the fall, they were carefully inspected and 

 certificates were granted to all of the nurseries in the state, except a 

 few where the certificates were withheld until the conditions were im- 

 proved. For the most part, the stock was found to be in excellent con- 

 dition so far as injurious insects and diseases were concerned. This 

 was especially true of the nurseries proper. The principal difficulty was 

 found upon the premises of a few dealers and growers of small fruit 

 plants who had the previous spring purchased a number of fruit trees 

 and, being unable to dispose of them, had lined them out to grow for 

 another year. During the summer they had become infested with the 

 San Jose scale and in two cases it was found necessary to condemn the 

 entire nursery plantation. 



Not only were the trees in the regular nurseries free from the San 



