520 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



Fresno, December 10, 1912. 



At 2 o'clock p.m., the association was called to order by President 

 Bishop. Dr. Cook read quarantine orders Nos. 17 and 18, after which a 

 general discussion took place on the advisability of modifying the quar- 

 antine in accordance with the views expressed at the morning session. 

 The commissioners generally agreed with Dr. Cook regarding the pro- 

 posed modification of the orders. Dr. Cook read an opinion by the 

 Attorney General on the laws under which the county commissioners 

 were working. On motion the Doctor was requested to mail a copy of 

 the opinion to each of the county commissioners of the State. The fact 

 that several counties have no county commission was presented to Dr. 

 Cook, and he was asked to urge the fruit groAvers in those counties to 

 proceed to have the county horticultural commissioner appointed in 

 those counties. A general discussion here ensued on the work of the 

 county horticultural commissioners and M^as participated in by all the 

 commissioners present. Mr. Wilsie spoke on the cotton industry in 

 Imperial Valley. Mr. Vailc spoke of his work in Ventura County, with 

 special reference to his experiments in the control of pests, morning- 

 glory, and the green spot of the lemon. Mr. Beers spoke of the valuable 

 work of Dr. Lipman in Santa Barbara County in soil investigations. 

 He said Professor Faweett had also assisted him very much in his work. 

 The advantage of the use of the King soil tester was referred to. 



At 4.30 p.m. recess was taken till 7.30 p.m. 



The association met at 8 o'clock at the Hughes Hotel. Twenty-six 

 county horticultural commissioners were present. 



Dr. Aaronsohn, of the Jewish Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Haifa, Palestine, was called to address the meeting. His remarks were 

 particularly interesting and were listened to with rapt attention. 



The subject of the uniform inspection certificate was taken up and 

 discussed. A copy of the certificate as used in Sutter County was ex- 

 hibited, and its advantages explained to the convention. Mr. Pease 

 favored the adoption of a uniform inspection certificate, and said if 

 nursery stock is carefully inspected the certificate should so state. Mr. 

 Cundiff uses the same certificate as the one exhibited, but sends it to the 

 shipper. He also attaches a tag certificate to each shipment. Mr. Vaile 

 said that the county commissioners should act together more closely 

 and should notify each other of rejected shipments. He thought 

 the Sutter County certificate could be placed on the tag for attaching 

 to shipments. Mr. B. R. Jones thought that the certificate should be 

 sent to county commissioners at destination and not to consignee. Dr. 

 Cook said Oregon nurserymen were making large shipments to Cali- 

 fornia this season. Mr. Vaile moved that the Executive Committee and 

 the State Commissioner be requested to draw a form of certificate, to 

 be printed at State expense, and its use urged on all county commis- 

 sioners. After some debate the motion was tabled. Mr. Hickman 

 thought the commissioners should be careful in the use of certificates 



