THE MONTHLY BULLETIN 



CALIFORNIA STATE COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE. 



DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE IN ITS BROADEST SENSE, WITH SPECIAL 



REFERENCE TO PLANT DISEASES, INSECT PESTS, AND 



THEIR CONTROL. 



Sent free to all citizens of the State of California. Offered In exchange for bulletins 

 of the Federal Government and experiment stations, entomological and mycological 

 Journals, agricultural and horticultural papers, botanical and other publications of a 

 similar nature. 



G. H. Heoke, State Commissioner of Horticulture Censor 



Geo. P. Weldon, Ghief Deputy Commissioner Editor 



Associate Editors. 



E. J. Vosler Acting Secretary State Commission of Horticulture 



Harry S. Smith Superintendent State Insectary 



Frederick Maskew Chief Deputy Quarantine Officer 



O. W. Newman Assistant Secretary State Commission of Horticulture 



Entered as second class matter December 29, 1911, at the post office at Sacramento, 

 California, under the act of June 6, 1900. 



Our purpose. 



This issue of the bulletin deals with matters intimately linked with the cause of 

 our country — the philosophy of the future for the men behind the gun and the men 

 behind the plow. The logic of events during the initial period of the present crisis 

 has made it plain that a consistent cooperation of these two great forces is essential 

 to success. 



Five months have wrought a remarkable transformation of conditions. We are 

 beginning to realize that we are charged with a resolute purpose, and that we must 

 sacrifice, if need be, in order to guarantee a continuance of that peace and security 

 we now enjoy in our home life and in our industries. 



Sacrifice is an inevitable condition. We must realize that we will be unable to 

 reap all the reward we had anticipated of agricultural action, but withal, how small 

 our sacrifice of material things when we think of those who have placed their lives 

 and fortunes in the hands of the pitiless fate of war. California's response to the 

 call of the nation has proved an inspiration; merchants, mechanics, farmers, and 

 professional men, regardless of the nationality from which they originally sprung, 

 have forged a chain without a weak link. The farmer has proved generously 

 patriotic. He was prompted by loyal motives, and has been assisted by particularly 

 favorable climatic conditions. His answer to the appeal of the men placed by the 

 state in charge of arousing his activities, has been indeed gratifying. Under such 

 conditions a financial reward is honestly earned, and his mind should be in a 

 receptive mood for suggestions relative to systematic provision for the coming year. 



"What to do and how to do it," is the problem. War conditions may arise that 

 will force the farmer to break with traditional policies and business habits, and the 

 normal course of procedure will be interrupted. The government may be forced, in 

 order to meet requirements, to exercise a more paternal power over economic con- 

 ditions. While the farmer may feel that he is being hemmed in, and that bis 

 liberties are being circumscribed, he will realize that after all in a time of national 

 necessity some general guidance must force effective work and cooperation along 

 the line of necessity. 



Restriction may force the elimination of the objectionable features of a vicious 

 system of speculation. Administrative action may restore a market to the producer 

 properly regulated by the local law of supply and demand. It is obvious at this 

 time that congress purposes to intercede in the distribution of the products of the 

 soil, but there is no implied threat that maximum prices to the producer will he 



