44 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



tion ought to give the growers better prices without increasing the 

 cost to the consumer. 



There seems to be an increasing demand for apples packed in l.ushel 

 boxes, and in order that the fruit growers may be prepared to 'i;eet 

 this demand, we secured an expert packer to demonstrate during the 

 state fair, the different methods of packing used by the western grow- 

 ers with whom we have to compete. We have also at the auditorium 

 this winter a packer who will be giad to give any one all needed in- 

 formation. 



One has only to look over the fruit on the markets to see that we 

 need to establish a better system of grading and to maintain that grade 

 when once established. Make your marketing mean just what they 

 say. Our experience last winter proves that there is a demand as 

 well as a need for horticultural institute work. To secure results these 

 institutes must be held separate from Farmers' institutes, and only 

 speakers of practical experience along the lines they talk on be sent. 

 I believe this society should make an effort to continue this work started 

 a year ago. 



In my judgment the time has come when our recommended list 

 should be revised^ Some varieties are worthy of a more extended plant- 

 ing than is indicated in the present list; a few should be added, and 

 some cut out entirely. 



I recommend that a committee be appointed for this work, this com- 

 mittee to report at the next annual meeting, January, 1914. 



FORESTRY. 



A few years ago there was organized in this state a park and for- 

 estry association which took over the forestry work of this society. This 

 forestry association lias been allowed to die and its membership roll 

 and records are reported lost by our committee on forestry. 



This is a matter in which we are all deeply interested, and I believe 

 concerns the state more vitally than any other line of horticultural 

 work, and I recommend that our committee on forestry be instructed 

 to confer with the forester of the State University in an effort to re 

 vive the old, or to organize another, State Forestry Association. 



Nebraska is the only state in the union that has not horticultural 

 inspeetion law and consequently has no legally authorized horticultural 

 inspector. The Department of Entomology of the University has vol- 

 untarily acted in that capacity when necessary. 



Last summer Congress passed a Federal horticultural inspection 

 and quarantine law, making necessary a certificate of inspection on all 

 shipments of horticultural goods entering into interstate commerce, 

 naming the legally authorized state inspector as the ofl'icer to issue such 

 certificate. This inspector is also charged with a large part of the 

 detail work of enforcing the law. This law creates a Federal Horticul- 

 tural board, and gives them power to quarantine any state, or section 



