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in irrigation of the potato. In discussing clean seed, Dr. Orton said 

 that nearly all of the potato diseases were carried on the seed, and that 

 land whicii had been planted with eelworm infested potatoes was ruined 

 in so far as nursery stock growing was concerned. 



The importance" of seed inspection was ably discussed, and in the 

 ease of the Delta region the number of leading stations was so small 

 that the cost of inspection would be comparatively small. This cost 

 should be divided between the state and the grower. 



The necessity of finding some way of disposing of the culls, either by 

 establishing a "^ glucose factory and starch factory, or by feeding the 

 culls to stock, in order to pay the growers for taking the culls from the 

 land, was pointed out. 



By cooperation between the states, between the growers and the eom- 

 muilities themselves, these great problems would be best disposed of. 



Eelworm in Nevada. 



Director S. B. Doten, of the Nevada Experiment Station, gave a short 

 account of the eelworm in Nevada, and explained how the Italian 

 growej-s of that state had been educated along scientific lines, through 

 simply phrased literature, printed in their native language, in which 

 were outlined suggestions for the development of the potato industry. 



The Landlord. 



Colonel Irish, in speaking of the landlord, said that the landowners 

 were in constant contact with the Japanese farmers, and that they 

 found these farmers — who were variety farmers — maintained a fairly 

 excellent system of rotation. lie pointed out that what was needed 

 was an active, friendly cooperation between the landowner and the 

 tenant, and that it was the duty of the landlord to promote the profit 

 earning capacity of his tenant. He stated further that he had found 

 the Japanese farmers, as a rule, anxious for cooperation, when the land- 

 lord was willing to come half way. Another point brought out by 

 Colonel Irish in his talk was that the tenant took all the risk of flood, 

 insect pests and diseases, and that anything which would increase the 

 tenant's knowledge of the control of these difiierent pests would benefit 

 both tenant and landlord. 



The Potato as an Article of Food. 



Prof. M. E. Jaffa, of the University of California, at the banquet 

 given at the Hotel Stockton in the evening of the second day, explained 

 that the potato, by virtue of its chemical composition, was a product of 

 high value as foocl for the human race. 



The West Coast Potato Association. 



The organization of the West Coast Potato Association resulted from 

 this convention. Dr. A. J. Cook, State Commissioner of Horticulture, 

 was unanimously elected president, and William Garden, County Hor- 

 ticultural Commissioner of San Joaquin County, was elected secretary. 

 President Cook was authorized to appoint an executive committee of 

 five members, for the purpose of carrying out the recommendations 

 embodied in the resolutions adopted during the emergency convention, 



