THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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man in charge, it would be difficult for any other county office to rival 

 it in point of general usefulness. 



"Horticultural Commissioner." The title itself implies the possible 

 scope of the service of the office to the producers of any county ni 

 California. Applied entomology is one of the phases, but the require- 

 ments of the position in its broadest sense call for a knowledge of the 

 soils of the locality and their adaptability to the production of specific 

 crops ; the best means of maintaining and increasing their productivity 

 and the most economical methods to be employed to make the same 

 fully available ; the varieties of different fruits suited to the particular 

 environment as well as the commercial requirements for the same ; a 

 working knowledge of the different grades of nursery stock and their 

 relative values, as well as the principles of laying out and planting an 

 orchard and the subseciuent general management of the same; and 

 above all, the ability to assimilate technical findings on all these sub- 

 jects and adapt the most economic ways and means of applying the 

 same to the immediate conditions of his own county. 



