THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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At 11.20 p.m. the meeting adjourned to meet at 12 o'clock noon,. 

 Friday, at the Hughes Hotel. 



Fresno, December 13, 1912. 



The association was called to order at 1.20 p.m. at the Hughes Hotel, 

 R. P. Cundiff, president, in the chair. In the absence of William Gar- 

 den, secretary, H. P. Stabler was appointed secretary pro tem. 



Mr. Hickman, chairman of the Committee on Constitution and By- 

 Laws, read the report of the committee. After various amendments- 

 were discussed and adopted, the report was referred back to the com- 

 mittee with instructions to rearrange the report and submit it to the 

 next session of the association. 



At 2.20 p.m. recess was taken until 7 p.m. at room 3, Hughes HoteL 



Fresno, December 13, 1912. 

 The Association of County Horticultural Commissioners was called 

 to order at 7 p.m., room 3, Hughes Hotel. 



R. P. Cundifle in the chair ; William Garden, secretary. A large num- 

 ber of the county commissioners present. Dr. Cook, Chief Deputy G. E. 

 Merrill, and E. 0. Essig, secretary of the State office, also Mr. P. A. Dix, 

 a nurseryman of Ogden, Utah, and Mr. Roeding of Fresno, J. W. Jef- 

 frey, secretary of the Deciduous Fruit League, were present. 



Chief Deputy Merrill presented a paper to the commissioners upon 

 the value of the monthly report of last year, commended certain county 

 commissioners for the promptness in which their crop reports were sent 

 to the State office, others were requested to be more prompt in the 

 future, as the State office is anxious to get the monthly report out on 

 time, as there is great call for it, and they have been of great service tO' 

 both growers and shippers in the past season. 



Dr. Cook, State Commissioner, also spoke in support of Mr. Merrill's 

 paper, and credited Mr. Merrill as being the author of the monthly 

 report. Mr. Bishop expressed himself in favor of reporting important 

 crops accurately (including all crops). 



Mr. E. 0. Essig desired to say a few words, before leaving for the 

 fruit growers' convention, and expressed appreciation of the efforts of 

 the county commissioners in supporting the State office and of the 

 harmonious feeling which had pervaded all the sessions of the conven- 

 tion, and expressed great pleasure in being present at such meetings, 

 and of the good that would result to all concerned. 



Mr. Cundiff asked Mr. Essig regarding quarantine orders, and 

 requested that all inspectors be supplied with same. 



Discussion of Mr. Merrill's paper was again resumed. Mr. Merrill 

 presented a chart, outlining the crops which he expects the commis- 

 sioners to make monthly reports on the coming year, which included 

 vegetables in great variety. Mr. Garden suggested that he add aspara- 

 gus to the list; it also included alfalfa to be cut for hay, alfalfa for 



