48 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



NOTES FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 



By Geo. P. "WeldoNj Chief Deputy State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



It is designed to make this department of The Monthly Bulletin of 

 particular interest and value to the county commissioners, and with 

 that idea in view the editor of the department would be glad to receive 

 short notes in regard to the work in the various counties, which is being 

 done for the benefit of the fruit growers. We believe that nowhere else 

 can be found a like body of men performing such valuable horticultural 

 service as is being rendered by the county commissioners of this State. 

 Things that are of value in one county may also be in others, and a 

 dissemination of such information as may be helpful to all those in the 

 work, through the county commissioner department of the Bulletin, 

 should be well worth while. All articles should be short and to the 

 point, as the greatest good will come out of great numbers from various 

 parts of the State. 



December 5th to 12tli proved to be a very enjoyable and helpful time 

 to members of the State Commission and County Horticultural Com- 

 missioners who were in attendance at a course of lectures given under 

 the auspices of the State Commission at Sacramento. The following 

 county commissioners were in attendance: Fred Seulberger, Oakland; 

 F. C. Schell, Fresno ; H. H. Bowman, Bowman ; H. P. Stabler, Yuba 

 City; F. Swett, Martinez; Wm. Garden, Stockton; Geo. Hecke, Wood- 

 land; Carl J. Ley, Willows; H. A. Weinland, San Diego; C. W. Beers, 

 Santa Barbara ; S. A. Pease, San Bernardino ; C. R. McBride, Yacaville ; 

 F. W. Waite, El Centro ; Geo. Marchbank, Madera ; C. B. Weeks, Red 

 Bluff ; Wm. Wood, Los Angeles; A. L. Rutherford, Modesto; J. E. Hass- 

 ler, Placerville; J. B. Hickman, Aromas; K. Knowlton, Bakersfield; 

 R. P. Cundiff, Riverside ; Geo. Weatherby, Eureka ; Geo. A. Lyon, Lake- 

 port; R. K. Bishop, Santa Ana; A. G. Schulz, Porterville; G. E. Lami- 

 man, Anderson; 0. C. McManus, Modoc; D. F. Norton, Grass Valley; 

 A. R. Gallaway, Santa Rosa; Earl Mills, Oroville, E. L. Morris, San 

 Jose ; J. F. Wetzel, Yreka. 



The get-together spirit was very evident at this meeting and great 

 good will undoubtedly result from it. 



An examination was given at Redwood City on December 20th. 

 There were five applicants for certificates entitling them to serve as 

 county horticultural commissioners. It is hoped that San Mateo County 

 will soon be numl^ered among those having the advantage of the ser- 

 vices of a commissioner. 



The following interesting item comes to us from Kern County: "I 

 wish to report the conditions in this county regarding the potato tuber 

 moth : The Tehachapi district is by far the worst infested. In some 

 cases the loss was nearly 60 per cent of the crop, where the potatoes 

 were planted in ridges. There is very slight damage in any other part 

 of the county. "^ — Kent 8. Knowlton. 



Mr. J. E. Hassler, of El Dorado County, is carrying on a strenuous 

 campaign against the pear blight. He is requiring the disinfection of 

 all tools in orchards where pruning is being done, and where the blight 

 is known to occur. 



